Kagekiyo Blue 2 Kurouchi is made from hand-forged aogami #2 steel laminated san-mai in soft iron cladding heat treated to ~63HRC. These blades feature a smooth kurouchi finish on the blade, with well-executed wide bevel grinds by Max at Baba Hamono. The handle is an octagonal walnut with pakka wood ferrule.
Edge length: 208mm
Weight: 168g
Height at heel: 48.1mm
Spine thickness above heel: 2.8mm