Katana-US brand San-Mai* Katana. T10 inner core, Damascus outer jacket. The blade on this appears to be a legitimate San-Mai construction and has clean geometry and an appealing shape. The koshirae on the sword however is quite poor. The saya is serviceable and the tsuba features an interesting distinct omote/ura theme, but the tsuka is of poor build quality. This would be a great sword to swap another tsuka on to and retain the saya and tsuba. It is priced as such.
*Katana-US advertises this as San-Mai. I can not confirm this, however all external signs in the steel point to it being true San-Mai construction.
