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Kuroshi Katana Sword (黒死) – Black Death

£250.00

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

The Kuroshi katana sword (黒死, “Black Death”) channels the samurai’s unflinching acceptance of mortality into every detail: a Damascus steel blade with undulating smoke-like patterns, a skull-shaped tsuba, black dragon menuki, and a purple-black and gold lacquered saya. Darkness, rendered in its most disciplined form.

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Kuroshi Katana Sword (黒死) – Black Death
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Blade Material: No selection

Damascus Steel
Blade colour: No selection

Steel
Scabbard (Saya 鞘): No selection

Purple and black lacquered wood
Sageo (下げ緒): No selection

Black
Handle (Tsuka 柄): No selection

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

Black braided diamond shape
Menuki (目貫): No selection

Black dragon
Guard (Tsuba 鍔): No selection

Black alloy round in the shape of a skull
Fuchi (縁): No selection

Smooth black alloy
Kashira (頭): No selection

Smooth black alloy
Habaki (鎺): No selection

Brushed golden brass
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

Kuroshi Katana Sword, Where Steel Meets Mortality

Its name is written in two kanji: 黒, darkness, and 死, death. The Kuroshi katana sword does not seek to impress, it commands. Every element of this blade, from the flowing Damascus grain rippling across its surface to the sculptural skull guard carved in high relief, speaks a single language: the warrior’s unflinching reckoning with impermanence. This is not a sword that disappears into a collection. It is a sword that defines one.

Kuroshi Katana Sword (黒死) – Black Death
Kuroshi Katana Sword (黒死) – Black Death

Damascus Steel, Forged for Legacy

The Kuroshi sword blade is forged using traditional swordsmith methods in pattern-welded Damascus steel, producing a flowing itame-to-masame grain that no two blades replicate exactly. Each layer of folded steel surfaces as a unique organic current across the ji, brought to life through a skilled two-tone polish: the shinogi-ji ground to near-mirror clarity, the ji finished to reveal the Damascus pattern in full dramatic contrast. A notare-gunome hamon with visible ashi traces the cutting edge, framed by a cleanly defined chū-kissaki and a ko-maru boshi at the tip, indicators of attentive, unhurried finishing work.

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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Black Death, Worn in Every Detail

The koshirae of the Kuroshi katana is a unified statement in darkness. The round maru-gata tsuba is sculpted in high-relief takabori, rendering a dokuro skull in three dimensions, its surface treated to a deep lacquered black finish that absorbs light rather than reflecting it. This motif carries genuine historical weight: skull imagery in Edo-period sword fittings was a meditation on mujo, the Buddhist concept of impermanence, a philosophy every serious warrior internalized. The matched fuchi and kashira, in the same black-finished alloy, complete the guard assembly with quiet authority. Against them, the gold habaki blazes, a deliberate accent that bridges blade to koshirae with a single flash of warmth. Beneath the black diamond hineri-maki wrapping, bright white samegawa creates a maximum contrast that rewards close inspection. The menuki, cast as black dragons, add a final layer of symbolic force: the spiritual power that endures beyond death.

A Scabbard Pulled from the Night Sky

The saya of the Black Death katana is finished in a deep murasaki-kuro ground, a purple-black that carries the weight of Heian imperial symbolism, where murasaki was the exclusive color of the highest court nobility. Across this ground, gold kin accents drift in irregular flecks and organic streaks, creating an effect reminiscent of a galaxy suspended in lacquer. The technique is contemporary, executed with considerable skill, and the result is a scabbard that functions as a work of art independent of the blade it houses. A black sageo and matching black kojiri and koiguchi collars complete the assembly with cohesion. The mu-hi blade, free of any groove, adds solid presence in hand, the quiet confidence of a sword that needs no embellishment beyond what it already carries. This is the Kuroshi: a complete object, philosophically grounded, visually uncompromising, and entirely unlike anything else on your wall.

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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.

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