John Lee Fujisan Katana with Damascus Blade

Hand-Forged Samurai Sword from the John Lee series.

Masterpieces of asian swordcraft : 

• Handforged from carbon steel and traditionally hardened
• The blades were folded 12 times (8000 layers) and display lovely damascus properties
• The sharpened blade has a fuller for weight reduction
• The hilt (tsuka) is made of wood and covered in real fish skin (same)
• The hilt is wrapped (tsuka-ito) in traditional black cotton
• There are two decorative grip swells (menuki)
• The hilt (tsuka) is anchored to the blade with bamboo pins (mekugi)
• The scabbard (saya) is made of wood
• The blade has a brass collar (habaki) so it won't rattle in the scabbard
• This sword was crafted following museum originals

JOHN LEE Fujisan Katana 

Mount Fuji is Japan's highest at over 3700 meters high. In Shinto religion it is considered holy. Fu means rich, Ji means warrior, San means mountain. 

This sword's tsuba depicts mount Fuji.