All of our tsuka of the swords facing to the international market are made sunken at the end, in order to prevent unevenness.

The hasaki under the yokotesuji was not entirely sharpened before. Because we make the real geometry yokotesuji. This case is normal amoun the mass-produced sword. It won't happen if it's not real geomitry yokotesuji. Now we have solved this problem. However with the increase in cost.

If I don't tell you that this is our works, can you figure out this is a Japanese sword made in China or a Japanese Nihonto?

Don't use Japanese sword as an axe like what we did. It is not correct, and would cause damage to sword. We do this just for a test.

We use handmade tsuka, which is easy to disassemble. But during transportation, the vibration of the tsuka might cause the habaki or the tsuba to be loose. It can be reassembled by tapping the Kashira. Remember not to hit Kashira too hard, because some Kashira is made of copper, which is soft. Hitting too hard would cause deformation.