Hunter Wakizashi

Hunter Wakizashi

The Hunter Wakizashi 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 Bainit e 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 for this katana. Blades are forged and shaped in the normal way, then carefully heat-treated to achieve the required Bainite and Martensite structures before final polishing.

The matching Hunter Katana (Product no. SH2471) is also available to complete your collection.

Made by Hanwei.

Key features:
- L6/Bainite blade 
- Silk sageo
- Traditional construction

Details:  
- Blade material: L6/Bainite
- Overall length: approx. 70 cm
- Blade length: approx. 50.8 cm 
- Handle length: approx. 15.9 cm 
- Weight: approx. 615 g  
- Point of balance: approx. 8.9 cm from the guard 
- Manufacturer's product no.: SH2472

Specs may slightly vary from piece to piece.

Please note:
We do not sell this product to customers under the age of 18. Please provide your birth date when ordering. We'll also need a copy of your ID-card or passport by email, scan, fax or mail.