Akagane Ryū Katana Sword (銅龍) – Copper Dragon

£497.00

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Akagane Ryū Katana Sword (銅龍) – Copper Dragon
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Discover the Akagane Ryū (銅龍) Copper Dragon katana, whose round, pierced copper tsuba houses a coiled dragon. The fuchi evokes its scales and breath, while the kashira bears its engraved head. The damascus steel blade, clay-tempered, reveals a genuine notare hamon and three distinct steel tones. Hand-sharpened to a keen edge, it is completed by a speckled orange lacquered saya with gilded kamon.

  • Hand-finished
  • Ultra-High-Strength Steel
  • Hand-sharpened
  • Cutter and display piece

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Akagane Ryū (銅龍): the copper dragon

Akagane is the ancient Japanese word for copper, literally, “red metal”. Paired with dragon (ryū), it names a creature forged from that warm, fire-lit metal.

This katana lives up to its name entirely: the dragon is shaped in the copper of the fittings, coiled within the tsuba, its scales and breath rendered on the fuchi, its head carved into the kashira. The orange saya extends the copper tones across the whole piece.

A damascus steel blade with a genuine notare hamon

The blade is forged in damascus steel, produced by layering and folding multiple steel sheets to bring out distinctive, one-of-a-kind patterns. It is further distinguished by three steel tones: bright steel, natural steel and black steel.

The blade has been clay-tempered, revealing a genuine notare hamon : broad, softly undulating waves running the length of the cutting edge. With no bo-hi, the entire surface is left free to display both the damascus pattern and the hamon in full. The edge is hand-sharpened, an artisanal finish that makes all the difference.

Copper fittings with a coiled dragon

The round copper tsuba is pierced in the form of a coiled dragon. The copper fuchi is engraved with a motif evoking the dragon’s scales and breath, the wind and the ocean. The copper kashira bears an engraved dragon head, closing the fittings at the pommel.

The tsuka combines a wooden core with faux white ray skin, wrapped in a diamond-pattern brown tsuka-ito braid, beneath which black dragon menuki emerge. The gilded brass habaki is pierced to reveal a black alloy surface worked with fine hammered dots (nanako).

An orange lacquered saya with gilded kamon

The saya is crafted in hardwood, finished with a speckled orange lacquer and decorated with gilded floral motifs (kamon). This warm tone answers the copper of the fittings. A black-and-gold sageo brings structure and cohesion to the whole.

Dimensions and handling

With a blade of 71 cm and an overall length of 103 cm, the Akagane Ryū carries the proportions of a traditional katana. Its 26.5 cm tsuka allows a firm two-handed grip. At 1.4 kg, it carries solid, assured presence in the hand. At 105 cm in its saya, it is equally suited to wall-mounted display or a tabletop stand.

Additional information

Blade Material: No selection

Damascus Steel
Blade colour: No selection

Three tones, light steel, steel and black steel
Hamon: No selection

With Hamon
Hamon Type: No selection

True Notare hamon, achieved through differential clay tempering.
Bo-Hi (棒樋): No selection

No
Scabbard (Saya 鞘): No selection

Speckled orange lacquered hardwood with golden flower crests (kamon)
Sageo (下げ緒): No selection

Black and gold
Handle (Tsuka 柄): No selection

White faux stingray leather and wood
Tsuka-ITO (柄糸): No selection

Diamond-patterned brown
Menuki (目貫): No selection

Black dragon
Guard (Tsuba 鍔): No selection

Round openwork copper guard with a coiled dragon
Fuchi (縁): No selection

Engraved copper depicting motifs evocative of the dragon's scales and breath, wind and ocean
Kashira (頭): No selection

Engraved copper guard featuring a dragon's head
Habaki (鎺): No selection

Openwork gilded brass, revealing a hammered black alloy dotted with tiny points (nanako)
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

1.4
Package weight (kg): No selection

1.7

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