
The blade
T10 steel with an all-over hamon pattern
The blade is hand-polished T10 tool steel with a hitatsura hamon. Here, the cloud-like markings extend beyond a simple narrow line beside the edge, giving the polished surface more to look at. The 72 cm blade is full tang and sharpened. Kumo is listed as T10 steel, so the cloud pattern should not be confused with a claim that it has a Damascus-layered construction.









