Hunter L6-Bainite Samurai Sword in Shinogi Zukuri style

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 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.

It comes with a carbon blade care kit.
Nichiken Yamabushi Armory adds an embroidered storage bag.

Key points
- L6/Bainite blade
- Silk sageo
- Traditionnal construction

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

-Bainite

Specs will vary slightly
from piece to piece.