Peace Wakizashi - Photo Gallery

The black gloss saya (scabbard) shows the summer grasses starting to grow. They are hand brushed in gold paint and gradually increase in frequency.

Brown silk sageo on the Peace Wakizashi by Bugei Swords.

The Peace Wakizashi was designed by Keith Larman of Summerchild Polishing.

The menuki chosen were single gold horses. Keith wanted to show the horses running free without saddles or other samurai gear to help show the idea of the horses returning to the wild after a chaotic battle.

The Peace Wakizashi features a hamidashi tsuba (small tsuba) designed to be carried in the obi alongside the katana without too much restriction.

The Peace Wakizashi has fittings that accent the Peace Katana but with with some intentional variations. This was common on traditional Japanese Dasiho as the Katana and Wakizashi rarely matched perfectly.

Keith also asked Hanwei to have the smiths making the sword fold the steel billet an extra time before finishing the blade.

Bugei asked the Hanwei forge to fold the steel an extra time to get the finer grain that is distinctive of the Peace Katana.

A sedated suguha hamon on the Swedish Powder Steel gives it a very subtle but elegant look. The hamon is deep with vivid nioi and on close inspection you can see the interaction of the suguha (temper line) with the underlying finely folded steel.

The Peace Wakizashi was designed by Keith Larman of Summerchild Polishing as both a companion piece to Bugei's popular Peace Katana, but also as a blade that would be strong, tough, beautiful, and would appeal to modern practicing martial artists.

The Bugei Peace Wakizashi is a great companion piece to the Peace Katana, made in the same tradition and high quality materials as the katana.