Oda Nobunaga Samurai Handmade Full Tang Warrior Katana Blood Groove

Oda Nobunaga Samurai Handmade Full Tang Warrior Katana Blood Groove Review

Oda Nobunaga Samurai Handmade Full Tang Warrior Katana Blood Groove Feature

• Blade- 27" Carbon Steel Sharpened Full Tang Blade with japanese characters - Blood Groove
• Handle- 14" Wood with covered imitation sting ray skin covered real cotton, Pegs removal with tool to disassemble and clean samurai sword
• Tsuba- Each tsuba is different and is unique to the Japanese Samurai Warrior
• Accessories- CD showing how to use sword and how it is made, wooden box, cleaning cloth, sword oil, peg removal tool, sword bag
• Scabbard- Japanese Samurai Painting on Wood lacquered scabbard

Katana blade is sharpened hand forged full tang high carbon steel that can cut through bamboo. Katana is ~ 41" overall. Oda Nobunaga Legendary warrior and ruler, who also distinguished himself in politics, economics, religion and cultural pursuits. Nobunaga Oda was the eldest son of Nobuhide Oda, a noble samurai during the "Age of Warring States," when there was much conflict between rival warlords throughout Japan. At the age of 26, Nobunaga led an attack party of 3000 cavalry on the forces of opposing General Yoshimoto Imagawa and his army of 40,000. Surprising the larger forces, who were planning an attack on Kyoto, Oda won a resounding victory, killing Imagawa in the process and ending his dream of conquering all of Japan. In 1561, Oda formed an alliance with Ieyasu Tokugawa, with whom he collaborated in order to unite Japan. He had the foresight to manufacture great quantities of guns, which had only recently been introduced from Europe. He formed a rifle brigade to neutralize his opponents' heavy armor. A tactical genius, Nobunaga brought about a complete change in local methods of warfare. He was eventually appointed Minister of the Right, one of the two highest ministerial ranks. Just as he was about to complete his plan of unifying Japan through conquest, he was attacked unexpectedly by Mitsuhide Akechi, one of his subordinates, whose forces ambushed him and his son Nobutada while they were staying at the Honnoji Temple during a visit to Kyoto. Rather than surrender to his traitor general, Nobunaga, as well as his son, took their own lives as the temple burned. It is reported that priests quietly gathered their ashes and enshrined them in the Amidaji Temple. I Pictures 5 & 6 are samples to show you what the blade looks like (tsubas and item are as pictures in pics 1-4)