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The Torakami ('Tiger Spirit') is the first elite Limited Edition blade in the Offcial SBG Katana line up.

T-10 Tungsten Tool Steel
Differentially Hardened with prominent Hamon
Superior Fittings and Components
Individually Hand Made
Approved for serious martial arts useage
100% Guaranteed Quality Control
LIMITED EDITION - NOW WITH CUSTOMIZATION OPTION!




The 2.45 shaku (29") hand forged and polished blade is made from high quality T-10 High Speed Tool Steel, chosen because of its relative tensile strength and scratch resistent properties (HRC 58-62 on the edge and 54-56 on the spine) and has a bo-hi (fuller) to lighten and balance the it to achieve optimal performance, though the current custom option also allows you to choose a solid bodied blade without bo-hi to enhance its strength and cutting power.



The blade has a full length nakago (tang) and is differentially hardened with a natural hamon. It also has a sharper blade than the basic Kuramono Katana, with a sueprior 12 step polishing process applied instead of the traditional 10 step process.



The brass habaki is carefully fitted to the blade, which fits perfectly into a textured black saya with extra thick and hard wearing brown sageo (though you can select another sageo color).



The tsuba is made of solid brass, depicting two tigers stalking through a bamboo jungle.



The tsuka is 11" long and perfectly friction fitted to the blade and secured with two top quality bamboo mekugi.



The tsuka is extremely tightly wrapped (in the correct, alternating style) over real black rayskin with high quality brown synthetic silk ito as default that is actually TOUGHER wearing than REAL silk (but from an aesthetic sense is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing).

With the current custom option, you can select your own ito style and color as suits your personal taste.

The tsuka assembly has high quality solid brass, silvered menuki ornaments, depicting a dragon.

Made for both performance, aesthetics and durability - this is a Katana built to stand the tests of time.

KEY FEATURES

• High quality blade made from durable T10 steel with a real hamon

• Basic dynamics designed and approved by a team of high ranking Canadian Japanese Sword Art Sensei

• Carefully assembled and guaranteed to be free of the common flaws that plague entry level (and even more expensive) Katana

• All Brass fittings and higher level of sharpness (12 stage sharpening) than the basic Kuramono Katana (10 stage sharpening).

MEASUREMENTS

Blade length: 29"
Handle length: 11"
Overall length: 40"
Blade thickness: 0.3"
Blade width: 1.18"
Weight: 2lb 12oz
Point of Balance: 5.1" from tsuba (bo-hi version)

CUSTOM OPTION

As the Limited Edition Torakami Katana is only being brought back by popular request and made to order, it is now possible to customize it to suit your own personal preferences.

Options are all set to the default of the original Torakami, but below are the options available:

Select the Blade

First off simply select if you would prefer a sword with bo-hi:



Or if you would prefer a standard (stronger and heavier) non fullered blade:



Choose the Ito Wrap

Now it's time to select a choice of Ito (handle) to make modify the Torakami to suit how you want it to look. There are 14 different colors of synthetic silk ito (almost indistinguishable from the real thing) to choose from, leather or high quality cotton. You can also decide if you want to have natural white rayskin or have it dyed black to contrast your choice.

SYNTHETIC SILK ITO



COTTON AND LEATHER ITO



ADD SAGEO

Then choose a sageo cord color (the sageo is the cord tied around the saya and used to fasten the sword to the obi/belt).



And there you have it, your OWN customized Torakami, hand made to your specifications and shipped out to you within 3 months!*

* NOTE: All lead-time estimates above are estimates only. Please understand that the hand forged nature of these swords, combined with our made-to-order approach, means that delays are possible. Be assured we will do our best to ensure production within the estimated time frame, but some circumstances are beyond our control and may extend production times slightly outside the estimated timeframe.