Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 The Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 Hunter Katana Overall 41-1/4"<>27-5/8" L6/Bainite Steel Blade MFG'S Price $1899.00 Thank you and good luck!!

Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 The Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 Hunter Katana Overall 41-1/4"<>27-5/8" L6/Bainite Steel Blade MFG'S Price $1899.00

Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 Hunter Katana Overall 41-1/4"<>27-5/8" L6/Bainite Steel Blade!The Hunter Katana is built on the Hanwei L6/Bainite blade in the Shinogi Zukuri style, and featuring superb koshirae, the Hunter is a very desirable and functional piece. The subdued green silk ito and green striped lacquered saya compliment the blackened tsuba with golden accents, featuring a raptor stalking his next prey. Bainite is a structure of high-carbon steel that combines great strength with excellent flexibility and shock absorption characteristics. It has been known as an exemplary Katana blade component for a number of years but its use has been restricted to a few top-class master smiths, due to the difficulties involved in performing the exacting heat treatment procedures necessary for the production of a Bainite blade body in combination with the very hard Martensite Yakiba (edge section) required for Katana blades. Hanwei has now mastered this difficult process, using billets of L-6 tool steel (a very tough high-carbon low-alloy steel) as a starting point. Blades are forged and shaped in the normal way, then carefully heat treated to achieve the required Bainite and Martensite structures before final polishing.  Key Features: L6/Bainite Blade Silk sageo Traditional Construction Hunter Katana MSRP: $1,899.00 Low stock! Made In China Specifications Overall: 41 1/4" Blade Length: 27 5/8" Handle Length: 12 1/4" Weight: 2lb 12oz Point of Balance: 4 1/2" Thickness at Guard: 0.28" Sori: 5/8" Blade Steel: L6 Specs will vary slightly from piece to piece.   Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 The Paul Chen/Hanwei SH2471 Hunter Katana Overall 41-1/4"<>27-5/8" L6/Bainite Steel Blade MFG'S Price $1899.00 "World Wide SPECIAL" "GET ONE BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE" "Made In China"