SH2438CAS HANWEI List Price: $1,259.00 Our Price: $899.90
KEY FEATURES: • HWS-2S Steel Blade
• Quality fittings
• Hand Woven Silk Sageo "CAS Hanwei Announces
a revolutionary blade
material in this all new High Alloy Steel Katana"
BAMBOO MAT KATANA (SH2438)CAS HANWEI Our Bamboo Mat Katana features a chu-kissaki blade of Hanwei's own high-alloy HWS-2S steel, which combines impressive performance with a striking O-choji hamon. This steel is made in Hanwei's new factory, with high-tech equipment, producing a very pure, advanced-metallurgy blade with excellent edge-holding capability and resilience. The Bamboo Mat Katana measures 40 1/4 inches in overall length and finds its point of balance 5 3/8 inches from the guard.
The fittings feature a bamboo-themed black iron tsuba, textured in a bamboo mat design with a jointed bamboo rim and highlighted with gold-tipped bamboo leaves. The fuchi/kashira follow the same theme and the golden menuki feature a pair of sparrows. The saya is finished in high-gloss lacquer with horn fittings.
Includes a protective cloth bag and traditional maintenance kit.
Made in Hanwei’s new factory, these two high-tech steels are proving to be not only unrivaled in their performance and resilience but Hanwei is paying special attention during differential hardening to produce some of the most intricate hamon styles and variations we’ve yet seen. This revolutionary blade material along with the traditional sword fitting themes combine to create a high quality package at very attractive prices. ...more info
CAS Hanwei video:James Williams of Bugei testing HWS-1S steel on yellowed bamboo
These all new katana feature Hanwei’s own high-alloy katana steels (HWS-1S / HWS-2S), which combine impressive performance with a striking O-choji hamon. This steel is made in Hanwei’s new factory, with high-tech equipment, producing a very pure, advanced-metallurgy blade with excellent edge-holding capability and resilience.
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