Takeda saw his strength not in the rooted stone of his rivals but in bold action and a confident and well-timed attack. This made him stand out from many of his peers who were focused on castle-building as a military strategy. Takeda Shingen was a masterful general and the motto emblazoned upon his war banner was a paraphrased passage from Sun Tzu – a passage that he clearly took to heart for he was a masterful strategist who placed a great emphasis on having well-drilled forces who were flexible, swift and hard-hitting. Included with the sword is a cloth sword bag. The carved wood scabbard is coated in a textured red lacquer and it has fittings of polished buffalo horn. The habaki and seppa are silvered and the tsuka grip is fashioned from wood and it has panels of genuine rayskin and a tight tsuka-ito grip wrap with gold Takeda Mon menuki fitted beneath the ito folds. The kashira pommel cap is emblazoned with the fierce tiger of his namesake picked out in gold. The blackened Tsuba features the famed Furinkazan banner of Takeda and its reverse displays the stern daimyo in portraiture, his war fan held aloft and ready to signal the commencement of a thundering cavalry charge from his samurai warriors. The body and spine of the katana is of a softer, shock-absorbing 40 HRC hardness. The blade was differentially-tempered in the traditional manner which imbued it with a hardened edge of 60 HRC with a visible hamon. The blade of the katana is forged from 65Mn high carbon steel – a steel with good resilience and toughness which is optimized by the addition of manganese. The Hanwei Takeda Shingen Katana pays homage to one of the most respected Daimyo of the Sengoku Period. Though he took the name Shingen (Compassionate Eye) to profess his fairness and wise perception in resolving domestic matters, Takeda Shingen became much more popularly known as the Tiger of Kai for his prowess in battle and his swift tactics which struck the forces of his rivals with unyielding ferocity. – The Furinkazan banner of Takeda Shingen
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