Enjoy Kage No Senshi Chokuto, Battle Swords

Kage no senshi chokuto, battleblades

The Kage no Senshi Chokuto is steeped in the mysteries surrounding the existence of modern shinobi. The sword's name translates as shadow warrior, which, along with the dark blue color of the sageo and ito, indicates the shadows in which shinobi supposedly operate. The youngest member of the Chokuto family is characterized by an unusual o-kissaki blade tip, rarely seen in shinobi gatana. This not only gives the blade a distinctive look but also makes it easier to stab with. The katate maki-wrapped tsuka is decorated with custom golden dragon menuki and a kabuto gane-style kashira. Overall, the sword is more compact than the Chokuto shinobi, as it has a slightly shorter blade and smaller tsuba. The Rikko-style tsuka, on the other hand, is 10 mm longer than the Shinobi Chokutō for increased torque and maximum cutting power. The hand-forged, polished, and ground Hazuya T10 blade features our signature clay-hardened, lustrous hamon. Guarding the blade is a fully custom-made, jet-black saya with a unique Koiguchi shape for easier insertion.

This weapon is Battleblades quality guaranteed and comes with an embroidered Battleblades silk sword bag and a serial numbered certificate.

How the shinobi ninja provinces were born

To protect themselves, their homes, and their families from the constant warfare of the Sengoku period (1467–1598), the commoners now known as shinobi formed their own caste outside of the usual feudal social categories such as princes, samurai, and serfs. Shinobi stealth may date back even further, but it wasn’t until the Sengoku period that ninja were trained specifically for their intended purpose: to take advantage of constant warfare.

The Yamabushi also lived in the mountainous regions of Iga and Koga and practiced religion and inner peace. The new caste system was founded in part by them because they wanted nothing to do with the brutal outside warfare. The formation of their own caste system allowed the two ninja strongholds of Iga and Koga to exchange information and develop their own techniques of medicine, espionage, warfare, and assassination. Both Iga and Koga were governed by a city council rather than a daimyo (ruler), making them politically and socially independent, democratic, and autonomous ninja provinces. However, this era would soon come to an end when the last Koga ninja were deployed in the Shimabara Revolt of 1637, and the mountainous regions came under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and its 300 daimyos. The Shimabara Rebellion was the largest civil war in Japan during the relatively peaceful Edo period (1603–1867). With the end of the Edo period, Emperor Meiji and the Boshin War restored imperial rule in Japan.

Ninja weapons

During the Sengoku and Edo periods, the two ninja strongholds of Iga and Kōga developed their own weapons in addition to martial arts. The preferred weapons of the ninja were the katana and straight-bladed swords like the ninjato. Ninja used many techniques with these swords, including using them as weapons and as distractions. Ninja swords were coated with a combination of red pepper and earth at the tip of the scabbard. When the sword was drawn, the mixture was thrown into the eyes of enemies to distract them from the fatal blow.

Much is left to the imagination, as much of the known information about the national myth surrounding the ninja comes from folk tales and modern pop culture. This mystery surrounding shinobi has led to the belief that some of them even possessed supernatural powers, such as flight, invisibility, shapeshifting, the ability to split into multiple bodies, summon animals, and control the five classical elements.

The modern ninja of pop culture was primarily inspired by the actor, writer, and martial artist Sho Kosugi, who made the straight-blade ninja sword famous through his films and television shows in the 1980s. Whether a straight-blade ninja sword with a square tsuba actually existed in feudal Japan is still debated, though it is depicted in many paintings. Myth or not, the Kage no Senshi Chokuto is a tribute to the great Sho Kosugi and the ninja too he brought back into popularity.

Details:

- Blade material/nagasa material: T10 steel

- Total length: approx. 84.6cm

- Blade/nagasa length: approx. 56.2 cm

- Handle/tsuka length: approx. 27.7cm

- Blade thickness at the back/casane: approx. 7.1 mm

- Blade thickness at the front/sakikasane: approx. 3 mm

- Blade/motohaba width: approx. 3.2 cm

- Blade width at tip/sakihaba: approx. 2.4 cm

- Weight with cover/saya: approx. 1.2kg

- Weight: approx. 1.04 kg

The above specifications may vary slightly from specimen to specimen.



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