Wakazashi 21.125 in. Blade

The Wakazashi blade is made from AUS 1050 spring tempered steel. The handle, 6.5 inches long, is covered in ray skin and wrapped in the traditional “cross-over” style with black braid cord. The blade collar is hand-made out of polished brass. Wakazashi comes complete with black lacquered wood scabbard. The overall length of Wakazashi is 27.625 inches with a 21.125 inch blade.

Wakazashi is a Japanese sword, similar to, but shorter than Katana. The wakazashi was usually worn together with katana by samurai or swordsmen back in feudal Japan. When worn together, the pair of swords was called daisho, which literally translates to “large and small.” The katana was often times called the sword or the long sword and the wakazashi was the companion sword. Wakazashi were made with different shapes and sizes, usually thinner that katana. Wakazashi as generally used when the Katana wasn’t available.