Bamboo Katana - Photo Gallery

The Bamboo Katana was Bugei's first production sword.

Golden bamboo highlights on the Bugei Bamboo kashira.

The tsuba (sword guard) is made from a plate of soft copper that is given a hard gloss black coating and then gold highlights are applied to the intricate bamboo.

Tsuba, seppa and habaki of the Bugei Bamboo Katana

The Bamboo Katana was Bugei's first production sword. All these years later the updated Bamboo Katana with its elegant black fittings and gold bamboo highlights continues to be one of our most popular swords.

The Bamboo Katana is now made with a superior folded Swedish Powdered steel for added beauty and toughness.

Both the tsuka and the saya are hand made for each individual sword. This attention to detail means that you, our customer, get the best that we can provide.

The steel of these blades are folded and forged, then clay coated and heated to a red hot state before being quenched in water. This forms a resilient softer steel body (45-48 RC) with an aggressively hard edge (59 RC).

Nakago with two mekugi to insure that the blade stays secure in the tsuka.

Bugei uses only the best quality Same(ray skin) to wrap on Bamboo Katana.

The tsuka (handle) is wrapped in black silk ito to complement the gloss black saya and glossy black fittings.

Bamboo is a popular theme for Japanese sword mounts as it represents both strength and flexibility, qualities highly prized by the Samurai.

Originally made of Manchurian Rail steel, the Bamboo Katana is now made with a superior folded Swedish Powdered steel for added beauty and toughness. The Bamboo is a larger sword with moderate niku ("meat to the blade") creating an excellent sword for more difficult traditional targets.