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WKC brings a new wakizashi, based on the forging technique of Makuri. The blade is made up of a soft steel inside (shingane) coated with a hard steel (kawagane) with higher percentage of carbon. The material is called tama-hagane:
- Sugata (Blade style):
- Hand-forged curved blade with double Bohi (groove). The outside Bohi is larger than the inside Bohi, blade with Chu-Kissaki (tip).
- The blade spine is iori-mune. The blade is forged from 2 sorts of steel, the softer low carbon steel is embedded into the harder Tamahagane steel. This forging art comes from the Japanese model Makuri which was taught in Japan since centuries but only to the best smith. The two steel are forged up to 32768 layers and thanks to the traditional clay-wrapping technique for differential hardening, you can see the martensite crystals and the Hamonline. This is made visible with our carbon steel blade only by manual polishing. The hardness of the Mune is ca 48° HRC and the Ha (blade edge) is ca 61° HRC.
  
- Dimensions:
- Nagasa (blade length): 20 inch.
- Nakago (tongue) with Mei (inscription) according to the tradition: WKC - year of production.
- Kashira (Cap):
- Beautifully carved. Carbon steel (C45). Steel oxidized, black color.
- Tsuka (Grip):
- Wood grip, adapted to the tongue.
- Tsuka-ito (Handle wrap):
- Samé:
- 2 Menuki:
- Brass, hand-polished, gold-plated. One each side, traditional mounting of Menuki.
- Habaki:
- Seppa:
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Mekugi:
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Tsuba (Guard):
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- Carbon steel (C45), hand-polished. Steel oxidized, black color.
Saya (Scabbard):
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- Selected wood. Black lacquered with samé around the top part. Curved according to the Sori. The Koi-guchi (mouth piece) is made of buffalo horn. Saya with kurikata and 2 shitodome to hold the Obi.
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