Katana B Closer

The Japanese longsword is one of those shapes that needs almost no explanation: a shallow curve, a single edge, a disc guard and a long two-handed grip. What you have here is a display and costume interpretation of that outline rather than a working blade, a prop sword meant to be carried, posed and photographed. The proportions follow the full-length katana rather than the shorter wakizashi, so it reads correctly slung at the hip of a samurai costume or mounted on a wall bracket. There is enough definition around the guard and the hilt fittings to reward careful paintwork, while the blade itself stays clean and uninterrupted along its run. Intended for anime and historical-samurai cosplayers, for film and stage prop builders, and for anyone who wants a sword on the shelf without a sharpened one in the house.