Wakizashi Functional Orchid , Made by Hanwei
Paul Chen's Hanwei's Orchid Wakizashi is as fast as it is beautiful, with a relatively light blade made of folded K120C steel and impressive koshirae. Or hamon is prominent and the hada shows distinct layers. This Samurai sword features a medium length kissaki. The same high quality (ray skin) is used in tsuka, and tsuka-ito and sageo are woven with premium Japanese cotton. The blackened iron tsuba features an orchid and butterfly motifs encrusted in silver, brass and copper. The saya is deeply lacquered to blue with koiguchi buffalo horn and kurikata. Or fuchi , kashira and kojiri are worked in tan iron with silver and gold details. Or habaki is a one-piece brass construction.
The corresponding Orchid Katana (Product No. SH1207) and Orchid Tanto (Product No. SH1209) are also available to complete your collection.