Hanwei Nagamaki

Swords of tradition and beauty the refined blades made by skyjiro forge offer an excellent choice of options with their range including swords made using tradition tamahagane steel smelted from iron sand oroshigane steel smelted from iron pieces forge folded forged edge tempered forged throught.

Hanwei nagamaki. By david muskegon mi question. 149 01 20 quantity. This large japanese nagamaki has a sword like blade of 1045 high carbon steel secured within a polearm haft of wood its long blade tang is secured with a dual pinned construction. Special thanks to sword friend corey for sending this my way to review.

Based on a ko katana with extra long handle and kogarasu crows beak double edged tip the end result is an extremely versatile and unusual sword that is used more like a short halted glaive than a katana but by using various grip position combinations it can be used in a number of very surprising ways and is especially suited to indoor use or. Taken from this. Product description japanese naginata the naginata famed weapon of the sohei or warrior monks of medieval japan was fearsome in the hands of a skilled combatant and is today of great importance in the martial arts field. A traditional japanese sword this style has an extra long handle and was used by the samurai class of feudal japan.

Skyjiro forge is the new bench mark sword studio in united states australia and asia. The tsuba and hilt fittings are blackened steel and the habaki and seppa are brass. This is a review of a hanwei naginata. These are sold from cas iberia but made by the hanwei forge.

Here is a ninjato with a difference. This steel used for this katana is super good. It s a mix between katana and naginata swords but the unokubi zukuri blade shape is one of a kind. The raptor katana unokubi zukuri cormorant s neck blade design also called nagamaki naoshi is patterned after the shape of the nagamaki the powerful long handled sword popular between the 12th and 14th centuries.

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