Guren Katana 紅蓮
Guren Katana 紅蓮 is one of the most striking blades in our collection. Its name — meaning "crimson lotus," the colour the old swordsmiths gave to a raging flame — is written into every detail: a San-Mai "Red Roast" blade glowing with warm copper tones, dragon-engraved copper fittings, and a saya finished in deep marbled lacquer of red, gold and ember black. This is a sword built to look like fire caught in steel.
SPECIFICATIONS
| Blade Material | San-Mai (Red Roast) — three-layer laminated construction with a hard high-carbon cutting edge folded between two softer flanks, finished in a warm reddish "roasted" tone that brings out a flowing wood-grain hada |
| Equipment | Copper Fittings — dragon-engraved habaki and copper accents |
| Overall Length | 103 cm (40.6") |
| Blade Length | 71 cm (28.0") |
| Handle Length | 27 cm (10.6") |
| Blade Width | 3.2 cm (1.26") |
DESCRIPTION
The 紅蓮 — Guren Katana is named after the crimson lotus, a flower the old poets used to describe the heart of a raging fire. One look at the blade explains the choice. Forged in San-Mai lamination and given a "Red Roast" finish, the steel glows with deep copper and amber tones, while the flowing wood-grain hada ripples down its length like embers moving under ash.
San-Mai construction places a hard, high-carbon cutting core between two softer outer layers. The result is the best of both worlds — an edge that holds keenly and flanks that absorb shock and resist breaking — the same logic master smiths have used for centuries, here wrapped in a finish you simply do not see on an ordinary katana.
The koshirae carries the fire theme from end to end. The saya is hand-finished in a marbled lacquer of crimson, gold and black that shifts in the light, so no two scabbards are ever identical. An iron tsuba pierced with gold dragons and framed by a silver cloud-engraved rim guards the blade, paired with a dragon-engraved copper habaki. The tsuka is wrapped in black ito over genuine white samegawa rayskin, finishing the sword with a clean, classic grip.
Full-tang and built to the same exacting standards as every blade in this line, the 紅蓮 — Guren Katana is a collector's statement first and a cutter second. Available sharpened for tameshigiri or left unsharpened for display, with optional hand engraving. The Blade of the Crimson Flame.
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Description
Guren Katana 紅蓮 is one of the most striking blades in our collection. Its name — meaning "crimson lotus," the colour the old swordsmiths gave to a raging flame — is written into every detail: a San-Mai "Red Roast" blade glowing with warm copper tones, dragon-engraved copper fittings, and a saya finished in deep marbled lacquer of red, gold and ember black. This is a sword built to look like fire caught in steel.
SPECIFICATIONS
| Blade Material | San-Mai (Red Roast) — three-layer laminated construction with a hard high-carbon cutting edge folded between two softer flanks, finished in a warm reddish "roasted" tone that brings out a flowing wood-grain hada |
| Equipment | Copper Fittings — dragon-engraved habaki and copper accents |
| Overall Length | 103 cm (40.6") |
| Blade Length | 71 cm (28.0") |
| Handle Length | 27 cm (10.6") |
| Blade Width | 3.2 cm (1.26") |
DESCRIPTION
The 紅蓮 — Guren Katana is named after the crimson lotus, a flower the old poets used to describe the heart of a raging fire. One look at the blade explains the choice. Forged in San-Mai lamination and given a "Red Roast" finish, the steel glows with deep copper and amber tones, while the flowing wood-grain hada ripples down its length like embers moving under ash.
San-Mai construction places a hard, high-carbon cutting core between two softer outer layers. The result is the best of both worlds — an edge that holds keenly and flanks that absorb shock and resist breaking — the same logic master smiths have used for centuries, here wrapped in a finish you simply do not see on an ordinary katana.
The koshirae carries the fire theme from end to end. The saya is hand-finished in a marbled lacquer of crimson, gold and black that shifts in the light, so no two scabbards are ever identical. An iron tsuba pierced with gold dragons and framed by a silver cloud-engraved rim guards the blade, paired with a dragon-engraved copper habaki. The tsuka is wrapped in black ito over genuine white samegawa rayskin, finishing the sword with a clean, classic grip.
Full-tang and built to the same exacting standards as every blade in this line, the 紅蓮 — Guren Katana is a collector's statement first and a cutter second. Available sharpened for tameshigiri or left unsharpened for display, with optional hand engraving. The Blade of the Crimson Flame.
