Shadow Dancer Advanced Musashi Wakizashi

This Advanced Musashi Wakizashi pays homage to Miyamoto Musashi, an artist, writer, tosogu-shi, and swordsman known for his undefeated 61 duels and his books: The Book of Five Rings and Dokkōdō.

Forged from folded steel, differentially hardened, clay tempered, and Kesho (cosmetic) polished, the Shinogi zukuri (curved blade with yokote and shinogi close to the mune) blade has a beautiful jihada and gunome (waves) hamon. The blade is secured to the tsuka using a mekugi for added stability.

As its name implies, this wakizashi is equipped with a double iron ring tsuba, a design that was created by Musashi himself. It also features blackened brass fuchi, kashira, and menuki, along with copper seppa and habaki. The haichi style tsuka is first covered with white samegawa and wrapped with kapok ito from Japan. The blade is then sheathed in a glossy saya with koiguchi, kurigata, kojiri, brass shitodome, and artificial silk sageo from Japan.