
The blade
Dragon engraving, Damascus grain and hitatsura
The blade is specified as folded T10 Damascus steel, clay-tempered with a hitatsura hamon. A dragon horimono adds a separate engraved subject to the patterned surface. It is worth looking at both the dragon and the surrounding steel rather than treating them as one motif. The blade has a hand-shaped point, full-tang construction and a sharpened edge.



















