White Snake Asks Immortality Katana – T10 Kobuse Sanbonsugi Blade

Product Introduction

The White Snake Asks Immortality Katana is exclusive oriental legend themed samurai sword, separated from beast, koi, dark minimalist and military sword lines. Rooted in classic white snake folk tale culture, it targets chinese legend collectors, classical study decor and high-end cultural art gifts. The blade adopts T10 high carbon kobuse layered composite steel, crafted via traditional Tsuchioki clay temper craft to form neat continuous sanbonsugi wave hamon, standard shinogi-zukuri shape with real yokote line, single blood groove design, multi-stage shiage mirror polishing and factory light sharp edge, only suitable for slow static drawing display, heavy continuous cutting is strictly forbidden.

The full set mounting hardware is copper base silver gild alloy with coiled snake relief carving, including snake pattern tsuba, fuchi, kashira and mini snake menuki ornaments. The oval imogata tsuka uses genuine natural ray skin as inner lining, wrapped with brown moro-hineri diamond cotton ito. Scabbard is solid hardwood with high-gloss black lacquer finish, all sheath end fittings made of natural cow horn, matched light gold woven cotton sage binding cord. This katana adopts dual bamboo mekugi removable full tang, convenient for regular blade anti-rust maintenance. Complete gift set including storage box, sword bag, wooden stand and maintenance kit provided as free accessory; custom snake & story text blade engraving upgrade service available on request.

Core Selling Advantages

• Exclusive white snake folk legend positioning, fully differentiated from tiger, koi, dark pattern and military sword series
• Premium T10 kobuse layered composite steel, collectible grade sanbonsugi temper grain
• Full coiled snake silver gild alloy hardware, unified legend themed visual system
• Gloss pure black solid wood scabbard matched full cow horn fittings, low-key luxury texture
• Genuine natural ray skin grip with warm brown woven wrap, soft holding experience
• Dual bamboo peg detachable full tang, simple daily blade maintenance operation
• Complete full gift package, perfect cultural collection gift choice

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

Parameter Item	Parameter Value
Zencho Total Full Length	104.5cm / 41.1inch
Hacho Effective Blade Length	72.5cm / 28.5inch
Tsuka Handle Length	27cm / 10.6inch
Sori Blade Curvature	1.5cm / 0.59inch
Sakikasane Tip Thickness	0.45cm / 0.17inch
Motokasane Root Thickness	0.7cm / 0.27inch
Sahihaba Tip Width	2.35cm / 0.92inch
Motohaba Root Width	3.1cm / 1.22inch
Kissaki Nagasa Tip Length	4.3cm / 1.69inch
Boshi Tip Style	Notarekomi
Mizuheshi Heat Treatment	Tsuchioki Traditional Clay Tempering
Hamon Temper Pattern	Sanbonsugi Continuous Wave Hamon
Blade Raw Material	T10 Kobuse Layered Composite Steel
Hi Blood Groove	Single Hi Groove
Blade Forge Structure	Kobuse Composite Forge
Blade Profile	Shinogi-zukuri
Yokote Reinforcement Line	Real Embossed Yokote
Tang Disassembly	Fully Removable Full Tang
Mekugiana Peg Holes	Two Peg Holes
Mekugi Fix Pegs	Natural Bamboo Pegs
Fuchi & Kashira Material	Copper Base Silver Gild Snake Relief Alloy
Tsuka Wrap Craft	Moro-hineri Brown Cotton Ito
Tsuka Inner Lining	Genuine Natural Ray Skin Samekawa
Side Menuki Ornaments	Mini Snake Silver Gild Copper Alloy
Blade Seppa Washers	Solid Copper Alloy
Tsuba Hand Guard	Coiled Snake Silver Gild Copper Alloy
Habaki Blade Collar	Solid Copper
Saya Scabbard Base	Solid Wood High Gloss Black Lacquer Finish
Koiguchi Sheath Mouth	Natural Cow Horn
Kurikata Cord Ring	Natural Cow Horn
Kojiri Sheath End Cap	Natural Cow Horn
Sageo Binding Cord	Light Gold Woven Cotton Rope
Shitodome Fitting	Alloy Material
Free Full Gift Set	Gift Box + Katana Storage Bag + Wooden Sword Stand + Maintenance Kit
Total Full Set Weight	1413g / 3.11lbs
Desheath Blade+Handle Weight	1083g / 2.38lbs
Blade Sharp Option	Fully Sharpened / Unsharpened Optional
Custom Blade Engraving	Snake & Legend Text Custom Upgrade Available
Handmade Reminder	All handmade swords have slight dimension & carving deviation for reference only

Katana Parts Names and Terminology Guide

Professional nihonto glossary for chinese legend sword collectors:

KASHIRA: Coiled snake silver gild pommel cap

MENUKI: Mini snake alloy side ornaments

TSUKAMAKI: Brown moro woven grip wrap

FUCHI: Snake pattern silver gild grip ring

TSUBA: Full coiled snake hand guard alloy

HABAKI: Solid copper blade collar

KOIGUCHI: Natural cow horn sheath mouth

SAGEO: Light gold woven binding cord

KURIKATA: Cow horn cord ring fitting

SAYA: High gloss black lacquer solid wood scabbard

KOJIRI: Natural cow horn sheath bottom cap

This diagram displays kobuse composite blade size & temper parameters. If you need custom snake pattern engraving, visit Custom Blade Customization

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What’s the core design feature of this legend katana?
A: Centered on classic white snake folk story, full coiled snake silver gild hardware forms exclusive legend visual, separated from beast and floral themed swords.

Q: What’s kobuse steel advantage compared to single T10?
A: Kobuse layered composite forging balances hardness and toughness, more stable temper grain for long-term collection.

Q: Will cow horn fittings wear quickly?
A: Natural cow horn forms vintage aging luster after long display, avoid heavy impact to prevent cracking.

Q: Can this kobuse blade cut thick bamboo continuously?
A: Delicate sanbonsugi hamon surface scratches easily, only slow drawing static display allowed.

Q: Similar entry decorative sword reference?
A: View dark ink carved minimalist samurai blade: Ink Scar Katana.

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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.