High carbon steel hand-forged KATANA : The Golden Dragonfly is a high differentially hardened by clay-wrapping technique. Excellent value. WKC katanas are the only in the world that are ISO-9001-2000 certified, and have 1 year warranty against blade breakage.

Wonderful folded steel, hand-forged KATANA : The Golden Dragon has a silver-plated Habaki. The Menuki is gold-plated. Delivered with a certificate of authenticity. Excellent value. WKC katanas are the only in the world that are ISO-9001-2000 certified, and have 1 year warranty against blade breakage.

Sugata (Blade style):

• Hand-forged curved blade with a Bohi (groove) and Chu-Kissaki (tip). Folded steel (C45 & C105W- USA: Steel 1095). 13 times folded to achieve ca. 8192 layers. Traditional clay-wrapping technique for differential hardening. There are beautiful hada (grain in steel, pattern of folding the steel) in the blade. The hardness of its Mune is ca 43° and the Ha (blade edge) is ca 60° HRC Rockwell. The blade spine is iori-mune, the edge is without Niku. (The blade has got a flat and cutting sharp edge).
• Dimensions:
  • Nagasa (blade length): ca; 71 cm / 28 inch.
  • Sori (curvature): ca. 1.52 inch / 0,6 inch.
  • Moto-Kasane (Thickness at base): ca. 8 mm/ 0.31 inch.
  • Saki-Kasane (Thickness at tip): ca. 6 mm / 0.23 inch
  • Saki-Haba (width at tip): ca. 24 mm / 0.94 inch.
  • Moto-Haba (width at base): ca. 32 mm / 1.26 inch.
  • Balance point (measured from Habaki): ca.11 cm / 4.33 inch.
  • Nakago (tongue) with Mei (inscription) according to the tradition: WKC - year of the production

Estimated delivery time: 8-10 weeks.

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