The Dragonfly Katana is inspired by the meaning behind the dragonfly in samurai culture. Dragonflies symbolized tireless movement and loyalty\u2014qualities every samurai aimed to live by. This sword reflects that same spirit with a fast, lightweight design made for real use.<\/p>\n
The blade is hand-forged and folded using a mix of T10 tool steel and 1055 carbon steel. This combo gives it both strength and flexibility. Folding the steel creates a bold grain pattern (hada) across the blade, and the clay tempering adds a real O-Choji hamon that hardens the edge for cutting.<\/p>\n
The fittings are designed to look like aged iron. The tsuba is made of iron with a copper-inlaid dragonfly that really stands out.<\/p>\n
The handle is wrapped in dark brown silk ito over black rayskin, using the traditional hineri-maki style for grip. It also has a slight curve in the middle (called ryugo), which feels great in the hands and is popular among sword users.<\/p>\n
It comes with a lacquered wooden scabbard that gives off a clean, shiny finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dragonfly Katana is inspired by the meaning behind the dragonfly in samurai culture. Dragonflies symbolized tireless movement and loyalty\u2014qualities every samurai aimed to live by. This sword reflects that same spirit with a fast, lightweight design made for real use.<\/p>\n
The blade is hand-forged and folded using a mix of T10 tool steel and 1055 carbon steel. This combo gives it both strength and flexibility. Folding the steel creates a bold grain pattern (hada) across the blade, and the clay tempering adds a real O-Choji hamon that hardens the edge for cutting.<\/p>\n
The fittings are designed to look like aged iron. The tsuba is made of iron with a copper-inlaid dragonfly that really stands out.<\/p>\n
The handle is wrapped in dark brown silk ito over black rayskin, using the traditional hineri-maki style for grip. It also has a slight curve in the middle (called ryugo), which feels great in the hands and is popular among sword users.<\/p>\n
It comes with a lacquered wooden scabbard that gives off a clean, shiny finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":109073,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"brands":[1856],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[89,1930,84,85,83],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-product","13":"product","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/109078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"brands","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brands?post=109078"},{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=109078"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=109078"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=109078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}