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Kuroin Katana Sword (黒刃) – Dark Blade

£250.00

T10 Steel High hardness and excellent cutting performance.
full tangBlade running through the entire handle for maximum strength.

Where darkness meets the cutting edge, the Kuroin katana sword (黒刃) embodies the duality at the heart of bushido. Its T10 high-carbon blade, forged using traditional swordsmith methods, reveals an authentic gunome-midare hamon through differential tempering. Black tsuba with kamon, dark lacquered saya with gold glitter, and diamond-braided tsuka-ito: every detail commands presence.

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Kuroin Katana Sword (黒刃) – Dark Blade
Kuroin Katana Sword (黒刃) – Dark Blade
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Blade Material: No selection

T10 Steel
Blade colour: No selection

Steel
Hamon: No selection

With Hamon
Scabbard (Saya 鞘): No selection

Black grainy lacquered wood with gold glitter top
Sageo (下げ緒): No selection

Black and gold
Handle (Tsuka 柄): No selection

Faux white stingray leather and wood
Tsuka-ITO (柄糸): No selection

Black diamond
Menuki (目貫): No selection

Black dragon
Guard (Tsuba 鍔): No selection

Rounded black alloy with a tripod base
Fuchi (縁): No selection

Black alloy with tripod stand
Kashira (頭): No selection

Black alloy with tripod stand
Habaki (鎺): No selection

Black brass with kamon
Blade length (cm): No selection

71
Overall length including handle (cm): No selection

103
Length with scabbard (cm): No selection

105
Handle length (cm): No selection

26.5
Blade thickness (cm): No selection

0.7
Blade width (cm): No selection

3.2
Weight (kg): No selection

1.25
Package weight (kg): No selection

1.55

Kuroin Katana Sword, the Dark Blade Awakens

In the language of the Japanese sword, few statements are as absolute as total black. The Kuroin katana sword, whose name unites kuro (黒, darkness) and in (刃, cutting edge), is built around that conviction. Every element of its koshirae speaks in the same voice: iron-black tsuba, black lacquered saya, deep black ito, matched fuchi and kashira forged in perfect visual accord. This is not a blade that seeks attention through ornamentation. It commands it through unity, discipline, and the quiet authority of a weapon that has nothing left to prove.

Kuroin Katana Sword (黒刃) – Dark Blade
Kuroin Katana Sword (黒刃) – Dark Blade

Forged in the Spirit of Bushido

The Kuroin sword embodies the fundamental duality of bushido: protective darkness balanced against revealing light. Its T10 steel blade, forged using traditional swordsmith methods and available sharpened or unsharpened to your preference, carries a genuine midare hamon along its full length, dynamic undulations rising and falling from hamachi to kissaki in a pattern that is never quite the same twice. The shinogi-zukuri geometry, with its clean ridge line and moderate tori-zori curvature, is the definitive katana form, optimized for the draw cut, built for the hand that knows what it is doing.

Traditional Craftsmanship, Uncompromising Quality

A katana is more than a sword, it’s a symbol of precision, discipline, and Japanese heritage. Our katanas are crafted with respect for traditional sword-making standards, offering you a reliable, durable, and beautifully finished blade. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced collector, you’ll find the perfect katana for your needs.

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A Koshirae Without Compromise

The circular iron tsuba of the Kuroin katana is worked with sukashi openwork cutouts in a dynamic tripod motif, its surface bearing an ishime-ji stone-ground texture that catches light in shifting patterns of matte depth. A gilt seppa between the tsuba and habaki introduces a single note of gold against the black body, an accent that is answered across the entire mounting: by the gold-flecked lacquer of the saya, by the black and gold sageo, by the habaki in black brass bearing its own gilt kamon. The fuchi and kashira repeat the tripod motif in matched black alloy, completing a koshirae of rare compositional intelligence.

The Grip, the Groove, the Edge

Beneath the tight hineri-maki diamond wrap in deep matte black cotton, white samegawa creates a high-contrast pattern that is both visually striking and functionally essential, its raised nodules anchoring every movement with the grip security that martial practice demands. Black dragon menuki, staggered in the traditional manner, sit beneath the wrapping and shape the hand’s natural position. At the tip, a sharply defined chu-kissaki with a clean yokote line closes the geometry with the precision this Dark Blade deserves. The deeply lacquered black saya with gold-fleck accents receives the blade with the ceremony it has earned.

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Delivery is free on all orders placed on our site, with no minimum purchase required.

Once your order is validated, our team processes it within 24 business hours. Your order is then shipped within 1 to 15 business days. You will generally receive your package within 15 business days from your order date, though in some cases delivery may take up to 36 business days. Our katanas are forged by master swordsmiths in Longquan, China, a region with centuries of unrivalled blade-making heritage. Each katana is dispatched directly from our workshops, allowing us to deliver exceptional quality at an honest price. From the moment your order is placed, you will receive email updates so you can track your shipment every step of the way.

Every item undergoes rigorous quality checks before being shipped. Our team oversees each step of the process to ensure your order meets the highest standards.

If your package has not arrived within 36 business days from your order date, please contact us at contact@japanese-swords.co.uk and we will take care of it.

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You have 30 days from receipt of your package to report a problem or request an exchange or refund. The item must be returned in its original, unused condition and will undergo a quality check. If the check is successful, the refund will be issued to your original payment method within a few business days.

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