Fierce Tiger Katana – Oil Quench Maru-Gitae Damascus Blade

Product Introduction

The Fierce Tiger Katana is full-size warrior themed samurai sword, separated from medium wakizashi and compact tanto mini daggers. Centered on fierce tiger relief hand guard design, targeted at warrior art collectors, study large display and vintage oriental cultural gifts. The blade adopts maru-gitae multi-layer folded damascus steel with standard oil quenching heat treatment, plain shinogi-zukuri profile without blood groove, fine kajitogi hand polishing and factory light sharp edge, only suitable for slow static drawing appreciation, heavy continuous cutting is strictly prohibited.

The whole set mounting hardware is copper base gilded silver alloy, core highlight is three-dimensional fierce tiger carved round tsuba, matched triple spiral pattern fuchi & kashira and tiny silver animal menuki. The oval imogata tsuka uses genuine natural ray skin inner lining wrapped with black moro-hineri cotton ito. Scabbard is solid hardwood with high-gloss red baked lacquer, decorated continuous golden arrow graphic print, matched red black mixed thick cotton sage binding cord. This katana adopts dual bamboo peg fully removable full tang, convenient for regular blade anti-rust maintenance. A dedicated katana fabric storage bag is provided as free gift; custom tiger blade engraving upgrade service available on request.

Core Selling Advantages

• Exclusive fierce tiger hand guard full-size katana positioning, differentiated from animal themed wakizashi & tanto series
• Maru-gitae layered damascus steel with natural flowing folded grain texture
• Full set triple spiral gild silver copper unified hardware matching system
• Unique red high-gloss lacquer sheath with continuous golden arrow decorative pattern
• Genuine full ray skin grip lining with classic black diamond woven wrap
• Dual bamboo peg detachable tang for simple daily blade maintenance
• Standard 103.5cm full length fits large wooden sword stand display

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

Parameter Item	Parameter Value
Zencho Entire Total Length	103.5cm / 40.7inch
Hacho Effective Blade Length	73.5cm / 28.9inch
Tsuka Handle Length	27cm / 10.6inch
Sori Blade Curvature	2cm / 0.78inch
Sakikasane Tip Thickness	0.5cm / 0.19inch
Motokasane Root Thickness	0.7cm / 0.27inch
Sahihaba Tip Width	2.3cm / 0.9inch
Motohaba Root Width	3.15cm / 1.24inch
Mizuheshi Heat Treatment	Standard Oil Quenching
Blade Raw Material	Maru-Gitae Multi-Layer Damascus Steel
Hi Blood Groove	No Hi (No Groove)
Blade Forge Structure	Solid Maru-Gitae Folding Forge
Blade Polishing Craft	Kajitogi Fine Hand Polishing
Blade Profile	Standard Shinogi-Zukuri
Tsuka Handle Shape	Imogata Oval Style
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 Gilded Silver Triple Spiral Alloy
Tsuka Wrap Craft	Moro-Hineri Black Cotton Ito
Tsuka Inner Lining	Genuine Natural Ray Skin Samekawa
Side Menuki Ornaments	Mini Silver Animal Copper Alloy
Blade Seppa Washers	Solid Raw Copper
Tsuba Hand Guard	Gilded Silver Copper Fierce Tiger Relief
Habaki Blade Collar	Solid Raw Copper
Saya Scabbard Base	Solid Wood High Gloss Red Baked Lacquer, Golden Arrow Print
Sageo Binding Cord	Red Black Mixed Thick Woven Cotton Rope
Shitodome Fitting	Alloy Material
Free Gift Accessory	Katana Fabric Storage Carry Bag
Total Full Set Weight	1429g / 3.15pounds
Desheath Blade+Handle Weight	1186g / 2.61pounds
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 & lacquer print deviation for reference only

Full Size Warrior Katana Parts Terminology Guide

Complete nihonto glossary for tiger themed full size sword collectors:

KASHIRA: Triple spiral gilded silver pommel cap

MENUKI: Mini silver animal side ornaments

TSUKAMAKI: Black moro diamond cotton grip wrap

SAMEKAWA: Natural dotted ray skin inner lining

FUCHI: Triple spiral copper grip ring

TSUBA: 3D fierce tiger relief hand guard

HABAKI: Solid raw copper blade collar

KOIGUCHI: Red lacquer sheath mouth

SAGEO: Red black mixed binding cord

KURIKATA: Alloy cord ring fitting

SAYA: Red gold arrow printed solid wood scabbard

KOJIRI: Smooth red lacquer sheath bottom cap

This chart displays full size blade thickness & curvature parameters. If you need custom tiger engraving, visit Custom Blade Customization

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What’s the core feature of Fierce Tiger Katana?
A: Unique three-dimensional fierce tiger carved copper tsuba, full-size red golden lacquer sheath, independent warrior full-size sword positioning, different from medium wakizashi and tiny tanto daggers.

Q: What’s maru-gitae damascus advantage?
A: Uniform multi-layer folded grain, stable oil quenched hardness, better ornamental texture for static collection.

Q: Will the golden arrow print on saya fade?
A: Multi-layer baked lacquer craft, avoid long-term direct sunlight to retain bright color.

Q: Can this damascus blade cut thick bamboo continuously?
A: Delicate folded grain scratches easily, only slow drawing static display permitted.

Q: Similar animal themed mid-length sword reference?
A: View orange fox wakizashi: Little Fox Wakizashi.

Browse all full-size & medium animal themed samurai swords in Handmade Katana Collection.

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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.