Damascus Steel Katana with Dark Red Blade, White Lacquer Saya and Bronze Cloud Tsuba

The blade on this katana is forged from layered damascus steel, producing the dark red surface and flowing pattern lines visible across the nagasa. The steel is worked to deliver consistent hardness and a refined edge profile, with the layering pattern most visible near the tip and along the shinogi. Each blade carries subtle variation from the forging process, making no two pieces identical. For collectors interested in White Damascus Steel Japanese Samurai Swords, this piece represents a strong entry point.

The tsuka is wrapped in brown ito over white rayskin (samegawa), using a traditional diamond-pattern wrap that leaves the samegawa nodes visible between each crossing. The wrap color reads as a warm tan-brown under direct light, tying into the brown sageo cord knotted at the kurigata. The full-tang construction runs the blade continuously through the handle core.

The tsuba is cast in bronze with a cloud motif across its face, featuring an openwork section on the nakago-ana collar plate in gold tone. The cloud carving creates a layered relief that catches light at different angles. The fuchi and kashira fittings share the same warm gold-bronze palette, maintaining visual consistency from tsuba to pommel.

The saya is shaped from hardwood and finished in a clean white natural lacquer. Four gold kamon emblems - each depicting a stylized flower crest - are applied at measured intervals along the scabbard face. The brown sageo cord wraps from the kurigata down the koiguchi end, adding the only color contrast against the white ground. Collectors exploring Bronze Pattern Steel Japanese Samurai Swords will recognize the fittings palette used here.

Total length is 41 inches with a shipping weight of 4 lb, packaged in a 43 x 4 x 4 inch box. This is a full koshirae-mounted replica with all fittings included. Sword stand not included. Minor specification variation between individual pieces is inherent to the hand-forged production process.