The
Daishō sword pair "Musashi Ichi" impresses with the simplicity of the tsuba with the traditional double rings. One of the most impressive samurai in Japanese history is Miyamoto Musashi. As one of the best swordsmen in Japan, he was both an artist and a craftsman. He not only developed his own fighting style "Niten Ichiryu" but also made unforgettable tsuba in his own art school. The most famous of them is tsuba consisting of two oval ones.
The Daisho set consists of the John Lee Ichi Katana and the John Lee Ichi Wakizashi. The set has been extra blunt ground.
Features:
- Shinogi-Zukuri style blade with groove (Bo-Hi), hand forged from 1045 carbon steel.
- The blade is blunt ground
- The handle (Tsuka) is made of wood, covered with real ray skin (Same)
- The handle winding (Tsuka-Ito) is made of black cotton and attached in the traditional way
- Two menukis are inlaid in the handle
- The tsuba is made of cast iron in traditional double ring form
- The scabbard (saya) is made of wood
- Made after museum originals
John Lee Ichi Katana
blade steel 1045 | handle material wood / ray skin / cotton | scabbard wood | handle length 31 cm | blade length 73 cm | total length (without scabbard) 105 cm | weight (without scabbard) 1000 g | weight with scabbard 1150 g
John Lee Ichi Wakizashi
blade steel 1045 | handle material wood / ray skin / cotton | scabbard wood | handle length 24,5 cm | blade length 53 cm | total length (without scabbard) 78 cm | weight (without scabbard) 800 g
