- Performance Elite Blade Geometry
- Traditional Construction
- Designed for Cutting
- Item # SH6009K2
|
Blade Steel |
Weight without Saya (Sheath) |
Overall Length |
Nagasa (Blade) Length |
Tsuka (Handle) Length |
Kasane (Thickness at Habaki) |
Sakikasane (Thickness at Tip) |
Motohaba (Width of Blade at Habaki) |
Sakihaba (Edge to back at Yakote) |
Sori |
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1566 |
2 lbs 13 oz |
44 1/4" |
28 3/4" |
14 1/8" |
7.1 mm |
4.3 mm |
35.2 mm |
26 mm |
3/4" |
The CAS Hanwei Performance Series is a standard in the Japanese sword market. Being the go-to cutting katana for practitioners, our newly updated Performance Series katana continue to out rank the competition within their niche in the sword world with their consistency and reliability of quality and cutting execution. Highly imitated but never truly replicated, you can purchase with confidence in the CAS Hanwei brand swords with our over four decades of knowledge and expertise in manufacturing.
The PSK Pro Elite Katana was built for those who needed a little more leverage and reach. Keeping the furniture of the Practical Pro Katana, the Elite version gets an upgrade with a cotton handle wrap and the Shinogi Zukuri blade geometry. Allowing for a variety of cuts on diverse targets, the Elite design offers the practitioner the ability to take advantage of cutting light or heavy targets with one sword. The 1566 steel and differentially hardened in the traditional manner, producing an edge hardness of HRC60 and spine hardness of HRC40. Cut with speed and accuracy with the Practical Pro Elite Katana.