Dark Tiger Katana – T10 Choji Clay Temper Samurai Sword

Product Introduction

The Dark Tiger Katana is full-size warrior themed samurai katana, completely differentiated from lightweight mid wakizashi and red lacquer fierce tiger sword. Its core design adopts pure black high-gloss scabbard hand-painted vivid white tiger pattern, matching two-tone silver copper tiger relief hardware, targeting warrior culture collectors, study large display and vintage oriental art gifts. The blade uses premium T10 high carbon steel processed by traditional Tsuchioki clay temper technology, forming clear continuous choji clove wave hamon, standard shinogi-zukuri profile without blood groove, real embossed yokote line, midarekomi tip shape, multi-stage shiage fine hand polishing and factory light sharp edge. This blade is only allowed for slow static drawing appreciation, heavy cutting and violent friction are strictly prohibited to protect delicate temper grain.

The full set mounting fittings are two-tone silver gild copper alloy with three-dimensional white tiger relief craft, including hollow round tiger tsuba, textured fuchi & kashira and tiny tiger menuki ornaments. The oval imogata tsuka grip uses genuine natural ray skin inner lining wrapped with thick black moro-hineri cotton ito. The scabbard is solid hardwood with high gloss black baking paint, hand-drawn continuous white tiger landscape pattern, matched white tassel thick cotton sage binding cord. This katana adopts dual bamboo mekugi pegs for fully removable full tang structure, easy to disassemble for regular blade anti-rust maintenance. A dedicated katana fabric storage bag is provided as free gift; custom blade engraving service is available for extra charge.

Core Selling Advantages

• Exclusive black sheath white tiger painted positioning, distinct from all red wood, plain solid color samurai swords
• Collectible T10 choji clove wave clay tempered hamon blade with clear temper line
• Unified two-tone silver copper tiger relief full hardware matching system
• High gloss black lacquer solid wood saya with hand-painted white tiger artwork
• Genuine natural ray skin grip lined with classic black diamond woven wrap
• Dual bamboo peg detachable full tang, convenient daily blade maintenance
• Standard 103cm full length fits large wooden sword display rack

Complete Official Original Specifications (All dimensions & materials fully retained without omission)

Parameter Item	Parameter Value
Zencho Entire Total Length	103cm
Hacho Effective Blade Length	72.5cm
Tsuka Handle Length	26.8cm
Sori Blade Curvature	2cm / 0.78inch
Sakikasane Tip Thickness	0.45cm / 0.17inch
Motokasane Root Thickness	0.7cm / 0.27inch
Sahihaba Tip Width	2.3cm / 0.9inch
Motohaba Root Width	3.15cm / 1.24inch
Kissaki Nagasa Tip Length	4cm / 1.57inch
Boshi Tip Shape	Midarekomi
Mizuheshi Heat Treatment	Tsuchioki Traditional Clay Tempering
Hamon Temper Pattern	Choji Clove Continuous Wave Hamon
Blade Raw Material	T10 High Carbon Mono Solid Steel
Hi Blood Groove	No Hi (No Groove)
Blade Forge Structure	Maru-gitae Mono Solid Forge
Blade Polishing Craft	Shiage Fine Hand Polishing
Blade Profile	Shinogi-zukuri
Yokote Reinforcement Line	Real Embossed Yokote
Tang Disassembly	Fully Removable Full Tang
Mekugiana Peg Holes	Two Bamboo Peg Holes
Mekugi Fix Pegs	Natural Solid Bamboo Pegs
Fuchi & Kashira Material	Copper Base Silver Gild Two-Tone Alloy
Tsuka Wrap Craft	Moro-hineri Black Cotton Ito
Tsuka Inner Lining	Genuine Natural Ray Skin Samekawa
Side Menuki Ornaments	Mini Tiger Silver Copper Alloy
Blade Seppa Washers	Solid Raw Copper
Tsuba Hand Guard	Hollow White Tiger Two-Tone Copper Alloy
Habaki Blade Collar	Solid Raw Copper
Saya Scabbard Base	Solid Wood High Gloss Black Baking Paint, Hand Painted White Tiger Pattern
Sageo Binding Cord	Coarse Cotton Rope With White Tassel
Shitodome Fitting	Zinc Alloy
Free Gift Accessory	Katana Fabric Storage Carry Bag
Total Full Set Weight	1329g / 2.92pounds
Desheath Blade+Handle Weight	1083g / 2.38pounds
Blade Sharp Option	Fully Sharpened / Unsharpened Optional
Custom Blade Engraving	Tiger Pattern Extra Charge Custom Upgrade Available
Handmade Reminder	All handmade swords have slight dimension & painting deviation for reference only

Katana Standard Parts Terminology Guide

Professional nihonto glossary for white tiger warrior sword collectors:

KASHIRA: Textured two-tone silver copper pommel cap

MENUKI: Mini tiger silver copper side ornaments

TSUKAMAKI: Black moro diamond cotton grip wrap

SAMEKAWA: Natural dotted ray skin inner lining

FUCHI: Two-tone silver copper grip ring fitting

TSUBA: Hollow white tiger carved hand guard

HABAKI: Solid raw copper blade collar

KOIGUCHI: Black painted tiger scabbard mouth

SAGEO: White tassel coarse cotton binding cord

KURIKATA: Zinc alloy cord ring fitting

SAYA: High gloss black lacquer white tiger solid wood scabbard

KOJIRI: Smooth black paint sheath bottom cap

This schematic shows choji temper blade thickness & curvature parameters. If you need custom tiger engraving, visit Custom Blade Customization

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What’s the difference between Dark Tiger and Fierce Tiger Katana?
A: Dark Tiger uses pure black lacquer scabbard with hand-painted white tiger artwork, while Fierce Tiger adopts red gold printed sheath; hardware tone and overall dark minimalist style are completely different.

Q: What is choji hamon feature?
A: Choji clove-shaped continuous temper wave, delicate layered grain, higher ornamental value than plain suguha blade.

Q: Will the white tiger painting on black saya fade easily?
A: Multi-layer baked lacquer craft, avoid long-time direct sunlight to retain bright white tiger pattern.

Q: Can this T10 clay temper blade cut thick bamboo continuously?
A: Delicate choji hamon scratches easily, only slow static drawing display permitted.

Q: Similar lightweight mid-length sword reference?
A: View light blue snow lacquer wakizashi: Light Wakizashi.

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Katana parts names and terminology

In the world of Katana, Katana parts names and terminology are very important as most of the Katana parts names use Japanese vocabulary and special nouns. This page can help you understand Katana faster.

 

A.SAKIKASANE  Thickness of blade tip.

B.MOTOKASANE Thickness of the bottom of the blade.

C.KISSAKI NAGASA  Length of tip.

D.SAKIHABA  Width of blade tip.

E.MUNE  The surface of the katana back.

F.MOTOHABA  Width of bottom of blade.

G.MUNEMACHI  The notch at the top of the blade stem,where the back surface (mune) of the blade begins.

H.HAMACHI  A notch at the top of the blade,where the blade begins.

I.FUKURA  The radian of the blade in the tip area.

J.BOSHI  Blade text in the tip area.

K.YOKOTE  The boundary between blade tip and blade body.

L.KOSHINOGI  Shinogi-ji above the blade tip area (yokote).

M. MITSUKADO  Intersection point of yokote and blade edge of blade body and blade edge of tool tip.

N.SHINOGI MITSUKADO  Shinogi,Koshinogi und Yokote linien.

O.SHINOGI-JI  Blade surface between shinogi and mune.

P.SHINOGI  A chear straight line extending along the longitudinal direction of the blade is the thickest part of the blade (only appearing on katana of shinogi-zakuri) .

Q.JI  The surface between shinogi and nioiguchi.

R.HA  The edge area of the cutter body is hardened by quenching.

S.HASAKI  Asharpened edge.

T.NIOIGUCHI  A clear line separating the hardened blade from the softer part of the blade body.

U.ASHI  Nioiguchi's extension line in the direction of the blade.

V.HACHO  A straight line that determines the length of the blade.

W.SORI  Degree of blade bending.

X.ZENCHO  The total length of the katana,including the stem (the blade length is only the blade body).

Y.NAKAGO NACASA  Length of katana stem.

Z.MAKUGIANA  A hole in the shank for receiving Mekugi (bamboo nail for fixing the blade in the handle).

AA,MEI  Inscription on the hilt (usually the name of the katana maker,but there are often other information).

Now that you have learned the terminology and proper nouns of katana through this article, you also design customize your ideal katana.