Paul Chen Orchid Series Katana - Hanwei swords

This is the Katana sword of the amazing Orchid Series by Paul Chen. The blade of this katana is hand forged & folded K120C powder steel blade, differentially tempered using a traditional claying method to produce an HRC60 edge, HRC40 back.

The temper line (hamon) is evident and prominent and the grain pattern (hada) shows distinct layers. The saya are deeply lacquered in blue. High quality ray skin (same) is used on the tsuka, and the tsuka-ito and sageo is woven from top of the line Japanese cotton. The tsuba of the katana is of blackened iron, with an Orchid and Butterfly decoration inlaid in silver, brass and copper.

 The scabbard mouth (koiguchi) and cord knob (Kurikata) are of buffalo horn, and the fuchi, kashira and kojiri are of bronzed iron with silver and gold detailing. The bade collar (habaki) is a one piece brass construction. The katana and wakizashi feature a medium length (chu) kissaki.