Katana Golden Crow Maru Blade Suirai Koshirae 金烏 Sanmai and balanced cutting performance

and balanced cutting performance

The “Kuruma” (車輪) tsuba is a classic iron sukashi-style (openwork) guard characterized by its radiating wheel pattern

formed through folded forging (折り返し鍛錬) in Maru-zukuri (丸造) construction

completed with blackened patina

Katana Golden Crow Maru Blade Suirai Koshirae 金烏 Sanmai and balanced cutting performanceShinken () Golden Crow Katana: TangGu () Maru Blade () + TangGu () Suirai Koshirae () This traditional style koshirae combines functional design with traditional aesthetics. The saya is finished in black lacquer with speckled shimmer. A deep violet sageo is tied in a standard pattern. The tsuka is wrapped in green ito over white samegawa (ray skin) with hishigami inserts for a symmetrical grip. The menuki are shaped as stylized arrowheadsone trident