www.AbandonTheCart.com AbandonTheCart@Hotmail.com CLICK HERE To Start Shopping  Wind and Thunder Tanto SH5003 MSRP: $499.00 Price: $424.15 Specifications: Overall: 15 1/2"" Blade: 9" Handle: 5 1/2" Weight: 11oz Wind and Thunder Katana SH5001 MSRP: $899.00 Price: $764.15 Specifications: Overall: 42" Blade: 29 1/2" Handle: 11 3/4" Weight: 3lb 5oz Wind and Thunder Wakizashi SH5024 MSRP: $599.00 Price: $509.15 Specifications: Overall: 26 1/2" Blade: 19 3/4" Handle: 6 1/2" Weight: 1lb 13oz Each piece in the Wind & Thunder Set (SH5001 & SH5003) has a hand-forged 1065 high-carbon steel blade (nagasa) and is differentially tempered using a traditional claying method. The blades in the set feature a large o-kissaki. The Wind & Thunder Set is fitted with the black iron Raiden tsuba and Tomoe mon motif fuchi and kashira. The handle is wrapped in genuine ray skin (same) and the tsuka-ito and sageo are premium Japanese black cotton. The saya is done in a deep black lacquer and the sageo is black Japanese cotton. CAS/Hanwei have designed a cutting katana with thicker and heavier blades specifically for the martial artist that needs a sword for the demands of cutting the larger goza (tameshigiri). This set is ideal for those looking for a katana for the rigors of Battojutsu.