Silver Plum Blossom Tanto – Gunome Damascus Mini Dagger

Product Introduction

The Silver Plum Blossom Tanto is minimalist zen-style miniature samurai dagger, separated from tactical, dark fantasy and full-size samurai swords. Centered on traditional plum blossom oriental aesthetic, it is ideal for small desk ornament, tea room display and delicate low-budget cultural gifts. The blade adopts maru-gitae multi-layer damascus steel with Tsuchioki clay temper craft, forming neat continuous gunome wave hamon, plain short shinogi shape without blood groove, taganeha fine mirror polishing and light factory edge, only suitable for slow static drawing appreciation, heavy cutting operation is strictly prohibited.

All mounting hardware is copper base silver plated alloy carved with plum blossom patterns, including matching plum menuki, floral tsuba, fuchi and kashira. The short grip uses genuine ray skin inner lining wrapped with black moro-hineri cotton weave. The scabbard is solid hardwood finished with dotted ray skin imitation lacquer texture, matched red-black mixed woven cotton sage binding cord. This mini tanto adopts single fixed full tang structure without disassembly design, stable for long-term static storage. A lightweight fabric tanto pouch is provided as free gift; custom plum blade engraving upgrade service available on request.

Core Selling Advantages

• Exclusive silver plum blossom zen mini positioning, differentiated from dark, tactical and beast themed short blades
• Gunome wave damascus folded steel blade, delicate layered temper grain texture
• Full set silver plated plum blossom copper fittings, unified elegant oriental floral style
• Unique dotted imitation ray skin solid wood scabbard, soft low-key visual tone
• Ultra light small size, easy to place on narrow desktop and shelf space
• Entry friendly price, perfect beginner nihonto collection choice

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

Parameter Item	Parameter Value
Zencho Entire Total Length	37cm / 14.5inch
Hacho Effective Blade Length	19.3cm / 7.59inch
Tsuka Handle Length	10.8cm / 4.25inch
Sori Blade Curvature	0.3cm / 0.11inch
Sakikasane Tip Thickness	0.5cm / 0.19inch
Motokasane Root Thickness	0.7cm / 0.27inch
Sahihaba Tip Width	2.3cm / 0.9inch
Motohaba Root Width	2.7cm / 1.06inch
Mizuheshi Heat Treatment	Tsuchioki Traditional Clay Tempering
Hamon Temper Pattern	Gunome Continuous Wave Hamon
Blade Raw Material	Maru-gitae Multi-Layer Damascus Steel
Hi Blood Groove	No Hi (No Groove)
Blade Forge Structure	Maru-gitae Solid Forging
Blade Polishing Craft	Taganeha Fine Mirror Polishing
Tsuba Hand Guard	Silver Plum Pattern Copper Alloy
Tang Disassembly	Non Removable Fixed Full Tang
Mekugi Peg Holes	No Peg Hole Design
Fuchi & Kashira Material	Copper Base Silver Plated Plum Relief
Tsuka Wrap Craft	Moro-hineri Black Cotton Ito
Tsuka Inner Lining	Genuine Natural Ray Skin Samekawa
Side Menuki Ornaments	Mini Silver Plated Plum Copper
Blade Seppa Washers	Solid Copper Alloy
Habaki Blade Collar	Solid Raw Copper
Saya Scabbard Base	Solid Wood Dotted Imitation Ray Skin Lacquer Finish
Sageo Binding Cord	Red Black Mixed Woven Cotton Rope
Free Gift Accessory	Lightweight Tanto Fabric Storage Pouch
Total Full Set Weight	454g / 1lbs
Desheath Blade+Handle Weight	352g / 0.77lbs
Blade Sharp Option	Fully Sharpened / Unsharpened Optional
Custom Blade Engraving	Extra Charge Plum Pattern Custom Upgrade Available
Handmade Reminder	All handmade mini tanto have slight texture & dimension deviation for reference only

Mini Zen Tanto Parts Terminology Guide

Simple component glossary for plum themed miniature sword collectors:

KASHIRA: Silver plated plum blossom pommel cap

MENUKI: Tiny plum copper side ornaments

TSUKAMAKI: Black moro cotton grip wrap

FUCHI: Silver plum copper grip ring

TSUBA: Floral silver plated hand guard

HABAKI: Solid raw copper blade collar

KOIGUCHI: Dotted ray texture sheath mouth

SAGEO: Red black mixed woven cord

SAYA: Dotted imitation ray solid wood scabbard

KOJIRI: Smooth wood sheath bottom cap

This chart displays mini blade thickness & temper data. If you need custom plum engraving, visit Custom Blade Customization

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What makes this plum tanto different from other mini daggers?
A: Centered on elegant silver plum blossom floral motif, soft dotted ray sheath zen style, separated from dark rough tactical mini blades.

Q: What is gunome hamon?
Gunome forms rounded continuous wave temper grain on damascus blade, softer visual than straight suguha grain.

Q: Can this small damascus blade cut thick bamboo?
A: Only light drawing display allowed, heavy friction will damage delicate folded grain surface.

Q: Will dotted lacquer sheath fade quickly?
A: Multi-layer baked lacquer, avoid long-time direct sunlight to retain dotted texture.

Q: Similar full ray wrapped mini dagger reference?
A: View full black ray skin compact tanto: Confuse Tanto.

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