T10 Clay Tempered Naginata - Handcrafted Folded Steel, Real Hamon, Blue Saya, 118cm

The naginata occupies a distinct place in Japanese martial history - a curved blade mounted on a long staff, used by sohei warrior monks and samurai alike, and later becoming the traditional form carried by the onna-bugeisha, the women of the samurai class who trained in its use as a matter of cultural identity. This T10 carbon steel version carries that format at 118cm overall: a 72cm nagasa and a 41cm tsuka that give the naginata its characteristic reach and leverage.

The blade begins as T10 carbon steel - a high-carbon tool steel with the consistency that hand-forging and clay tempering reward. The folding process refines the steel's grain structure; the clay coating applied before the final quench creates differential hardness between the edge and the spine, producing the hamon - the visible crystalline line that runs the full length of the nagasa. It's the direct result of the tempering process, readable as a record of how the blade was made.

The blue lacquer saya and dragon tsuba set this naginata apart visually from the standard black-and-natural finish most associate with the format. The combination - blue, black cord, black ray-skin, dragon guard - gives the piece a distinct identity on a display stand or wall mount. Verified buyers describe it as "impressive high quality" and "the very best sword I have."

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