Katana Golden Plum Oroshigane Kobuse Blade Kinbai Koshirae 金梅 YX organic brown surface with subtle

organic brown surface with subtle fiber-like patterns that evoke the natural texture of palm bark

Menuki (目貫): Yellow brass menuki in a bamboo-form profile

carved with serpent designs to match and harmonize with the tsuba

Shadow Butterfly) tsuba is a refined iron sukashi tsuba featuring an abstract butterfly motif expressed through elegant openwork forms

Katana Golden Plum Oroshigane Kobuse Blade Kinbai Koshirae 金梅 YX organic brown surface with subtleFolded Oroshigane Steel Shinken () Golden Plum Katana: TangGu () Oroshigane () Kobuse Blade () + TangGu () Kinbai Koshirae () This katana brings together the elegance of traditional craftsmanship and the strength required for practical use. The blade is forged from in house refined Oroshigane () steel in Kobuse zukuri () construction, with a hardened outer steel layer and a softer core the same method used in tamahagane blades for balanced cutting and