Katana Golden Torrent Kobuse Blade Kogane Shizuku Koshirae 金流 Kobuse Chinese lion) motif finely engraved

Chinese lion) motif finely engraved in katakiri-bori (single-line carving)

The surface is openworked and carved with a coiled serpent motif (蛇図)

Folded Oroshigane Steel Shinken (真剣) | Spring Ember  Katana: TangGu (湯谷) Oroshigane (卸し金) Kobuse Blade (甲伏造) + TangGu (湯谷) Sakurai Mokko Koshirae (桜影拵)

finished with a glossy surface

Katana Golden Torrent Kobuse Blade Kogane Shizuku Koshirae 金流 Kobuse Chinese lion) motif finely engravedClay Tempered Full Tang Shinken () Golden Torrent Katana: TangGu () Kobuse Blade () + TangGu () Kogane Shizuku Koshirae () The blade is forged in Kobuse zukuriconstruction, where a hardened steel jacket surrounds a softer core to achieve both resilience and cutting power. The surface reveals Masame hada and Mokume hada, displaying fine straight grains mixed with swirling woodgrain patterns through orikaeshi tanrenfolding. Along the edge runs a