Katana Hasunohana 蓮の花

Hasunohana means lotus flower — the bloom that rises clean and luminous out of dark water, prized in Japan as a symbol of purity drawn from struggle. This katana wears that idea in metal: a folded Damascus blade flushed with a rare reddish luster, dressed entirely in hand-carved copper that warms as it ages.

Forging & Steel

The blade is genuine Damascus steel, folded again and again so the grain flows across the surface in the way only layered, hand-forged steel can. Where a stamped blade is flat and anonymous, this one carries that living watered pattern, here lifted by a distinctive reddish sheen that catches under display lighting. The construction is full-tang, the blade running unbroken into the handle — so beneath the artistry sits a sword that can genuinely cut.

Copper is a deliberate choice for a piece like this: soft enough to take fine hand-carving, and prone to a warm patina that deepens with handling, so the mounting reads as something that has lived rather than left a mould. The 115 cm overall length gives the Hasunohana real presence on a stand, while the 72 cm folded blade keeps it a true sword beneath the artistry. We sharpen and mount it as a full working katana, so a trained owner can take it down for tameshigiri before it returns to display.

Fittings

Both the saya and the matching tsuka are hand-carved from solid copper, worked with traditional motifs that turn the whole mounting into a single sculptural object. A finely carved iron tsuba completes the assembly with a deliberate contrast of warm copper against dark iron.

Specifications

Dimensions

Is it battle-ready?

The Hasunohana is conceived first as a collector’s and display sword, but the full-tang Damascus blade remains capable of tatami cutting in trained hands. Browse the rest of our katana collection, or compare it with other folded-steel pieces such as the Katana Sakana and the Katana Owari.