Paul Chen Wakizashi

27 7/8" overall. 19 3/4" blade. Golden Oriole swords have a sharpened hand tempered steel blade. Genuine rayskin handle with blue Japanese cotton cord wrap. Cast metal tsuba has antique copper finish with brass and gold highlights depicting mantis stalking a cricket, unaware that he himself is being stalked by the Golden Oriole. Wooden scabbard with blue lacquer finish. Comes with cleaning kit and cloth storage sleeve. Made in China.

The blade of the Tonbo wakizashi is hand-forged and folded from powder steel, with a medium-length (chu) kissaki. The saya is a deep black lacquer featuring gold dragonflies. High quality ray skin (same) is used on the tsuka. The tsuka-ito is made of premium purple Japanese cotton. The tsuba is crafted in black iron, with detailing in gold and bronze and an exquisite dragonfly scene decoration. The silk sageo compliments this piece and is elegently woven in dark blue and black. The fuchi and kashira are black with bronze and brass detailing, and the kojiri, koiguchi and kurikata are of polished buffalo horn. The habaki is a one-piece brass construction. Made by Hanwei. Made in China.