Handmade full Tang Carbon Steel Katana High Quality with Flower Tsuba (Blade Guard) High Carbon Steel Blade, With Blood Grooves, Sharp Blade Hardness HRC 18, Hardness of Shinogi (ridgeline) HRC45 Overall Length: 40-1/2 Blade Length: 28 , Thickness 0.28 Handle is nylon wrap over real white Ray Skin Two Handed handle. Pegged Hardwood Scabbord with Black gloss Finish Sword cloth storage case included