Hanwei / Paul Chen - Golden Oriole Katana

€623,20 (US$ 990,89) (VAT Included)

The Golden Oriole Katana is a high quality and fully functional reproduction of an original Japanese Katana.
Each blade is handforged from 1065 high-carbon steel which is then differentially tempered using the traditional clay-method to create an edge of 60 HRC and a back of 40 HRC hardness.
This also creates a very authentic and clear hardening line or hamon, visible in the picture as a wavy line along the length of the blade.
The Golden Oriole has mirror-polished bo-hi or grooves over almost the full length of the blade, they reduce the weight and produce the characteristic sound when executing a perfect cut.
The handle or tsuka is covered in real rayskin and the wrapping or tsuka-ito is made from blue Japanese cotton.
Underneath the wrapping two small ornaments or menuki are placed.
The tsuba or guard is beautifully decorated with a praying mantis stealthily stalking a cricket, unaware that he himself is being stalked by the Golden Oriole bird.
The scabbard or saya has a deep blue laquer and its cord or sageo is made from blue Japanese cotton.

Do not make the mistake to see this katana as some chromed wallhanger.
Although this sword is highly decorative, it is fully functional and can be used for tameshigiri, or cutting practice.
The traditional clay-tempering method used for this sword creates a differential hardening in which the cutting edge reaches a much higher hardness than the back of the blade.
The main advantage; the sword receives excellent cutting abilities while still maintaining enough resilience to withstand the repeated impacts of practice.
After the handforging process and the extremely important heat-treating each katanablade is sharpened by hand to a razorsharpness (!), after which the back of the blade is handpolished.
A beautiful example of a mid-priced sword.

In the table below you find the variation in which this product is available.

Shipping
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The shipping costs that we charge to you are depending on the weight of your order, the selected service, the destination and the order amount. In general, when you order more products, the shipping costs will be lower.

Time of shipping
In the table below you find information regarding the availablilty and time of shipping of your order.
Products that we have in stock are shipped within 0 - 1 bussiness day, guaranteed. In other words, the day you place the order or the next bussiness day. On some other products we offer the same guarantee. Please read the text at the bottom of this page for more information!

Fast delivery, fair prices
Whenever you buy anything on the Internet, you want to get it as cheap as possible and you want to receive it as soon as possible.
To keep prices low, many Internet shops do not keep stock, and you will not know when your order is shipped. We do keep many products in stock, but not all. The number of products in our assortment is much larger than in any regular shop, and therefore we cannot keep all items in stock.
We do however guarantee fast shipping, on many products, and advice you on expected shipping times on other products.

Guaranteed and expected shipping time of your order
With every product on our website, we either list the guaranteed time to ship or the expected time to ship, which depends on our own stock position and the delivery time of our supplier.
We cannot guarantee the time it takes for your order to arrive after we shipped it. We give an indication for all shipping services, but we do not guarantee these transit times.

Our time to ship guarantee
When we give you a guaranteed time to ship, and we do not ship your order by that time, you’ll receive 30% of the order amount as a rebate on future orders.

Terms and conditions

The guarantee only applies to orders that are placed using our website.

The guaranteed time to ship, is the time that is shown at the moment that you confirm your order. In some cases this time may me different than the time shown on our website earlier; for instance when we stock two items and you order three.

If there are any open issues regarding your order, the given time to ship will start at the time all issues are solved.

If you want to make use of our etching service, you should add one business day to the given time.

The rebate that we give when your order does not ship within the guaranteed time can only be used for future orders.

When you return one or more items or cancel your order, the rebate on future orders that is eventually given, will be voided. If it has already been used, we will deduct it from the refund.

If we do not ship in time, you must claim the rebate within 30 days.