Bamboo Style Katana
At Bugei we reach into history to design blades to be used by the student of traditional Japanese Sword Arts. The Bamboo
Katana was Bugei's first production sword. And all these years later the updated Bamboo Katana with its elegant
black fittings and gold
bamboo highlights continues to be one of our most popular swords. 
Bamboo is a popular theme for Japanese sword mounts as it represents
both strength and flexibility, qualities highly prized by the Samurai.
The tsuba (sword guard) is made from a plate of soft copper that
is given a hard gloss black coating and then gold highlights are applied to the intricate bamboo. The tsuka (handle)
is wrapped in black silk ito to complement the
gloss black saya and glossy black fittings.
Originally made of Manchurian Rail steel, the Bamboo Katana is now made with a superior folded Swedish Powdered
steel for added beauty and toughness. The Bamboo is a larger sword with moderate niku ("meat to the blade") creating an excellent sword for more difficult traditional targets.
As always, our swords not only look like high quality swords, they also have quality of design, fit and finish that is not readily
visible, like our 10" nakago with two mekugi to insure that the blade stays secure in
the tsuka.
 The steel of these blades is folded and forged, then clay coated and
heated to a red hot state before being quenched in water. This forms a resilient softer steel body
(45-48 RC) with an aggressively hard edge (59 RC). This provides exceptional strength and shock
resistance with superior edge holding and cutting ability. Careful polishing reveals the hamon and hada showing off
the different crystalline structures of the steel. Our swords clearly show the martinsite edge, the pearlite body,
and nioi crystalline structure that lights up on the true hamon. Both the tsuka and the saya are
hand made for each individual sword. This attention to detail means that you, our customer, get the
best that we can provide.
We also offer a wakizashi and tanto with
fully matching furniture should you want to form a matching set (daisho).
Included with each sword are a sword bag and quality cleaning kit we import directly from Japan. And as is true of all
of our swords, each sword is carefully hand inspected and fine-tuned by Keith Larman before being
offered up for sale.
ALSO AVAILABLE!
Bamboo Wakizashi
Bamboo Tanto
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