Hand-forged swords manufacturer from swordsfor.sale? Microplating your blade is a wise choice if you don’t plan to use it for extremely heavy cutting and want to add an extra layer of protection on it, which might also help it from rusting as well as enhance its aesthetic. Choose your custom katana’s sharpening options. An unsharpened blade is mainly used when you have safety concerns or for practice. A hand-sharpened blade is razor-sharp and is mainly used for light and medium cutting. An extra sharpened blade with our Niku stone is mainly used for sustained, heavy cutting through hard surfaces. See even more info at Swords for Sale.
Anyone who tells you they’re selling Tamahagane steel from Asia, Europe or North America are 100% selling you fake Tamahagane. This technique is nearly extinct today – and available only from a few select smiths in Japan whose work is nearly inaccessible. The building process used by Swords for Sale sword builders involves at a minimum 3 people: First of all, the Smelter prepares the raw materials and works exclusively in his furnace. This is a process that takes multiple days to complete. At the start, the Smelter has raw iron ore full of impurities that he refines uninterruptedly (sometimes for up to seven days) with the charcoal of his furnace. At the end, the Smelter has a refined block of steel which he sends to the Swordsmith.
Spring steel is called the survivalist’s favorite because its blade can be bended and turned in many ways, but it will always regain its straight aspect. It’s a steel that can be used under heavy conditions and still remain intact. It’s the strongest type of steel we have at Swords for Sale. Kobuse steel is our highest standard of steel at Swords for Sale, and also one of the most beautiful kinds of steel available on the market. Kobuse steel is done by merging an inner core of 1095 High-Carbon steel with an outer core of 1095 Folded Steel. The steel is also clay-tempered in its heat treatment, and finally, polished with Hazuya stones for an impeccable finish.
While we don’t provide any bokken (wooden practice swords), our katanas are perfect to train with. The only thing you need to do is select the “Unsharpened” option on any of our product pages. This way, you’re getting a Iaito sword – with a blade that has never been sharpened before. As a reminder, here are some useful Iaido and Kendo terms relating to the types of swords: A Bokken is a wood sword, which is the most widely used sword in martial arts training – especially Iaido and Kendo. A Iaito is a sword with a blade that has never been sharpened. In our products, you can get one by choosing the “Unsharpened” option. A Shinken is a sharp sword that isn’t meant for martial arts practice – but for real-world cutting and slashing. In our product pages, you can get one by choosing the “Razor-Sharp” or the “Extra Sharp with Niku stone” options. A Habikito is a sword that was a Shinken in its younger days but has been unsharpened through use and abuse.
While Stainless steel sounds like a good idea because it requires little to no maintenance, it is not, in fact, ever used to create functional swords. It is only used for wall-hangers and unsharpened swords that are in many cases not even fit as bokken – for martial arts practice. This is because these swords are too hard and brittle – they can easily break at the worst moments. The chromium content helps maintain the blade’s quality – but it is not fit for the battlefield or any kind of longer blades. Therefore, stainless steel is a good idea for maintenance and wall-hanger swords, and also for small cutlery and knives. However, it is not fit for true, authentic Japanese swords – such as those here, at Swords for Sale.
In ancient Japan, katanas were very rare and valuable. They were made with special techniques and metals – more specifically one – Tamahagane steel (also called Jewel Steel). This is a special type of steel issued from iron sand smelted in the traditional Japanese low furnace. Tamahagane steel swordsmithing is not completely extinct nowadays, but nearly. This is simply because the traditional methods of smelting, forging, and refining a blade is extremely expensive. Moreover, the special ore (Tamagahane) required for the traditional process is very rare – and thus expensive. Moreover, swords are actually illegal in Japan, so it’s very hard to get any of these so-prized pieces of art out of the country. Find additional details at https://swordsfor.sale/.
