The maintainance kit has everything in it which you need for the must of care for your handmade sword. Comes with oil and powder.
Oil is used to prevent the rust of the sword. Oil makes a film of the oil between the
sword body and the air, and it prevents the oxidization of the sword body. Oil dries in
about some time. Therefore, reprint it in the new oil once in a month.
The thing which made a whetstone powder-shaped is being packed into the Uchiko.
White powder appears from the Uchiko when a sword body is struck with the Uchiko.
There are two use purposes. The Uchiko removes the old oil which sticks to the
sword body. Furthermore, the Uchiko beautifies the surface of the sword.
Nuguigami:
The Nuguigami is not just regular paper, it is high quality thick japanese paper for cleaning swords. It is used for wiping out old oil and wiping out the Uchiko.
The Mekuginuki is used to remove the Mekugi of the sword. The Mekuginuki can remove the Mekugi with the sharp part. In order to use the Mekuginuki for removing the Mekugi, the hammerhead part can be removed from the rest of the Mekuginuki.
How to take care for your sword:
How to take care of the sword after an Iaido practices or Tameshigiri will be explained with this topic. Take care of the sword after the practices always. If the care for the sword is neglected, a sword rusts in the sweat of the hand.
Face an edge toward the top, and pull out a sword slowly from the sheath. Then,
be careful not to damage a sheath.
Hold the sword pulled out with your left hand. Then, remove old oil and dust from
the sword with the Nuguigami. Put a Nuguigami on the Mune of the sword when
wiping the sword, and wipe the sword toward the top from the bottom.
Pat a sword body with the Uchiko. Powder equally on the both sides of the sword body. Then, wipe the white powder with the new Nuguigami which is different from the paper used some time ago. Repeat this handle, and remove the blurs of the oil completely.
Apply new oil to the sword body, and put away a sword to the sheath. Put the oiling paper on the Mune of the sword when oiling the sword, and oil the sword toward the top from the bottom. Don't oil a sword in quantity very much. Oil equally the both sides of the sword body.
If the care for the sword is finished, put a sword in the sword bag, and keep it. Keep a
sword in the place where it dries in the shade.
How to take care of the sword of this topic isn't perfect. Therefore, remove the hilt once in three months, and care for the tang (Nakago) and so on.
Bankai Cutting Moon Wooden Sword,The Tensa Bankai is consists of an handforged katana with a black blade, a handguard in the shape of the manji, which is the kanji for "ban" (full), and a short broken chain dangling as the blade's tassel and replacing the cloth from its released (Zangetsu) form. The blade is made out of steel and has a solid black liquid finish that gives it the black blade. The Guard is made out of
Casting material
and has a black liquid finish. This sword is great for cutting as it is a real sword and very affordable.
Details
Overall Length: 137 cm
Blade Length: 95 cm
Handle Length: 40,5 cm
Weight: 1.85 kg
1050 Steel
Cloth wrapped handle
Black Blade
The black coated blade is made of 420 stainless steel. The nylon sheath features a back carrying strap.
Details:
Overall length: approx. 100 cm
Blade length: approx. 73 cm
Blade Material: 420 Stainless Steel