Fuyu means winter — and this straight ninja sword wears the season on its steel. The blade runs a cold blue shot through with white patterns, like frost spreading across a winter pane. Where the curved katana belongs to the open battlefield, the ninjato is the shadow weapon: shorter reach, straight spine, drawn fast and close.
Forging & Steel
The Fuyu is forged from high-carbon steel, the working backbone of any functional blade, here finished blue with white patterning for its wintry character. It is sharpened and run full-tang into the handle, a genuine cutting profile under the cold colour rather than a costume finish — steel chosen to be used, not merely looked at, and tough enough to forgive a beginner finding their form.
Mount & Fittings
The mount is fully traditional. A zinc-alloy tsuba guards the collar, the white-lacquered wood saya carries a sageo, and the handle is wrapped in synthetic stingray leather over a zinc menuki set, secured by two bamboo mekugi pegs through the tang. Nothing here is glued shut — the pegs draw out, the blade lifts free for care, and the whole assembly follows the same logic a working ninjato has always followed, all at an entry-level price.
Specifications
| Blade steel | High-carbon steel |
|---|---|
| Blade colour | Blue with white patterns |
| Tsuba | Zinc alloy |
| Saya | White-lacquered wood with sageo |
| Tsuka | Synthetic stingray leather, zinc menuki set, 2 bamboo mekugi |
Dimensions
| Total length | 103 cm |
|---|---|
| Blade length | 71 cm |
| Handle length | 26 cm |
| Blade width | 3.2 cm |
| Blade thickness | 0.7 cm |
| Weight | 1.2 kg |
Is it battle-ready?
Yes. The Fuyu is a sharpened, full-tang high-carbon ninjato pegged through with bamboo mekugi — a genuine working blade at an entry-level price, not a wall toy. Compare it with the Damascus Ninjato Nami or the all-wood-mounted Ninjato Ki, and browse the full ninjato collection.
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