Blade: Carbon steel, heat tempered, edge: Sharp, hand sharpened by Japanese whetstone, ham on(tempered line): Obvious ham on, hand polished on, hi(blood groove): Hi on each side, tusk(handle): Genuine ray skin and black Japanese cotton into with dragon menace(ornament), say: Black piano lacquered wood with black cotton sage, tuba: Mustache tuba, tang: Signed full tang with 1 mekugi (peg), condition: Brand new and can be fully disassembled and assembled, blade length(with hibachi): 10. 4 Blade length(without hibachi): 9. 1 Handle length: 5. 8 Overall length(with say): 17. 6 Weight(with say): 1. 2 Lbs. weight(without say): 0. 99 Lb. package weight: 4 Lbs. package includes: 1 Assembled sword with say 1 black cotton sword bag 1 cardboard sword box.