Wakaba Katana (T10 Steel)

The term wakaba refers to the new leaves throughout Japanese nature: their bright, almost yellow green is considered the signature color of late spring. There is also the wakaba mark, the yellow-green sticker that newly licensed drivers must display on their car for the first year: a universal symbol of inexperienced freshness. The Wakaba Katana captures this quality of absolute beginning.

The blade's T10 steel (60-62 HRC hardness, nagasa of roughly 70 cm) is finished with a particularly luminous mirror polish, like the newly formed cuticle of a young leaf in the May sun.

The mounting embraces spring green: new-leaf-green ito over light samegawa, a light alloy tsuba with a seven-pointed leaf motif (the classic maple), a saya lacquered in apple green with a lemon-yellow sageo, and a burnished silver habaki.

A replica for lovers of spring palettes, a decorative piece for bright rooms with abundant houseplants, or a gift for someone starting a new phase of life (graduation, new job, moving house). A katana that symbolizes a new chapter.