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Kinmokusei Katana Sword (金木犀) – Osmanthus

£360.00

Damascus Steel Wavy pattern with balanced strength.
full tangBlade running through the entire handle for maximum strength.

The Kinmokusei katana sword takes its name from the golden osmanthus, Japan’s most fleeting autumn bloom, and carries that poetry into every fitting. Its Damascus steel blade bears a genuine hamon and undulating patterns echoing wind-scattered petals, while the orange-lacquered saya, hammered copper tsuba, and gilded kashira compose a complete vision of autumnal Japanese craftsmanship.

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Kinmokusei Katana Sword (金木犀) – Osmanthus
Kinmokusei Katana Sword (金木犀) – Osmanthus
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Blade Material: No selection

Damascus Steel
Blade colour: No selection

Steel
Hamon: No selection

With Hamon
Scabbard (Saya 鞘): No selection

Lacquered and sandblasted wood in orange tones
Sageo (下げ緒): No selection

Brown
Handle (Tsuka 柄): No selection

Genuine stingray leather and hardwood
Tsuka-ITO (柄糸): No selection

Diamond-shaped brown
Menuki (目貫): No selection

Silver dragon
Guard (Tsuba 鍔): No selection

Rounded cross, dark copper, hammered with dots
Fuchi (縁): No selection

Copper Japanese symbol
Kashira (頭): No selection

Gilded copper
Habaki (鎺): No selection

Hammered brass
Blade length (cm): No selection

71
Overall length including handle (cm): No selection

104
Length with scabbard (cm): No selection

106
Handle length (cm): No selection

26
Blade thickness (cm): No selection

0.7
Blade width (cm): No selection

3.2
Weight (kg): No selection

1.4
Package weight (kg): No selection

1.7

Kinmokusei Katana Sword: the Soul of Autumn in Steel

In Japan, the kinmokusei, golden osmanthus, blooms only briefly each autumn, its fragrance more powerful than its appearance suggests. Discreet nobility. Fleeting perfection. This Kinmokusei katana sword carries that same paradox: a blade of extraordinary visual drama wrapped in a koshirae as cohesive as a master painter’s composition. From the undulating hamon that storms across the steel like autumn waves to the gold-flecked lacquered saya catching morning light, every element speaks the same language, one of craft, intention, and quiet mastery.

Kinmokusei Katana Sword (金木犀) – Osmanthus
Kinmokusei Katana Sword (金木犀) – Osmanthus

Forged the Way It Has Always Been Done

This Kinmokusei sword is forged using traditional swordsmith methods, with Damascus folded steel constructed through the ancient orikaeshi-tanzo process, producing a boldly visible itame-hada grain pattern across the blade body. Layering lines sweep in organic arcs, confirming the integrity of the fold-welded construction beneath the polished surface. Genuine clay-tempered differential hardening through traditional tsuchioki application then draws the hamon out of the steel itself, not as a surface treatment, but as a structural event. This is not simulation. This is the process that defined Japanese swordsmanship for centuries.

Every Damascus Sword Tells Its Own Story

Damascus steel is one of the most legendary materials in sword-making history, and its secret lies in the craft itself. Each blade is forged by folding and hammering hundreds of layers of steel together, then treated with acid to reveal the natural wavy patterns created by those layers, making every Damascus sword truly unique, no two blades ever share the exact same design. Our Damascus swords are crafted using high-quality folded steel, delivering a blade that is as beautiful as it is durable. Whether you’re a sword enthusiast or looking for a statement display piece, our Damascus swords are built to stand the test of time. Explore our full Damascus sword collection and own a piece of history.

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A Hamon Alive with Activity

The hamon of the Kinmokusei katana follows a complex gunome midare pattern, wide and turbulent, rising and falling like osmanthus petals carried on an autumn wind. Along the habuchi, nie sparkles as individual martensitic crystals catch the light, while fine ashi project diagonally into the ha zone, evidence of genuine differential hardening rather than decorative imitation. Nioi creates a soft luminous gradation at the boundary, and faint sunagashi trace brushed-sand lines through the interior. The chu-kissaki terminates with a clean yokote line and a technically precise boshi. The no-hi blade surface carries no groove, keeping every centimeter of attention on the jihada and hamon. The iori-mune spine, cleanly ridged and consistent, completes a blade geometry optimized equally for iaido draw efficiency and the visual language of the Japanese sword at its most refined.

A Koshirae Built for Eternity

The tsuba is an exceptional piece in its own right: a mokko-gata form in deep black-iron with nanako-ji fish-roe stippled ground, its perimeter set with raised gilt brass inlay elements, and ko-hitsu-ana utility holes confirming its roots in authentic Edo-period sword furniture tradition. The tsuka combines genuine stingray leather samegawa under a tight hineri-maki diamond wrap in warm brown cotton, the white nodes of the samegawa surfacing between each lozenge in high-contrast alternation. Finely chiselled silver-plated dragon menuki anchor the grip at their traditional offset positions. The matched fuchi-kashira set, the fuchi engraved with traditional Japanese symbols and the kashira finished in gilded copper, frame the handle with a unified warmth that extends through to the saya. Lacquered in gold-flecked urushi-nuri with orange earth tones and fitted with a hammered brass habaki ensuring a perfect scabbard seat, the Kinmokusei katana sword is as complete a composition as the season that inspired its name, worthy of the iaido dojo at dawn and the collector’s study at every other hour.

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