Components/Specifications:
Blade:
8 3/8" x 1 1/2" x approx 3/16" of brute de forge 1070, hand sanded to 600 grit then etched and polished to highlight and nice hamon.
Handle/hardware:
The stylized coffin handle is highly figured, air dried, Pennsylvania Black Walnut with a single file-worked copper spacer between two deeply etched, polished and heat blackened wrought iron spacers and a peened copper pin. The guard is the same etched, polished and blackened wrought iron. The ricasso is wrapped with a copper habaki.
Sheath:
Premium 6/7 oz veg-tanned leather case and harness with a buffed mink oil finish. The case has a highly polished, air-dried walnut inlay, and a copper "coffin" frog which helps retain the removable belt loop. The entire sheath is lined with brain tanned deer skin the mouth is carved to accept the habaki.
8 3/8" x 1 1/2" x approx 3/16" of brute de forge 1070, hand sanded to 600 grit then etched and polished to highlight and nice hamon.
Handle/hardware:
The stylized coffin handle is highly figured, air dried, Pennsylvania Black Walnut with a single file-worked copper spacer between two deeply etched, polished and heat blackened wrought iron spacers and a peened copper pin. The guard is the same etched, polished and blackened wrought iron. The ricasso is wrapped with a copper habaki.
Sheath:
Premium 6/7 oz veg-tanned leather case and harness with a buffed mink oil finish. The case has a highly polished, air-dried walnut inlay, and a copper "coffin" frog which helps retain the removable belt loop. The entire sheath is lined with brain tanned deer skin the mouth is carved to accept the habaki.