This is a rather special piece. It is a 210x57mm blade in 980,000 layers of tamahagane. The steel was partially alloyed with 26c3, to raise the carbon content. The hamon is accentuated, and the pattern can be spotted in hamon. The entire blade has very nice patterning, however, more polishing would be needed to reveal the pattern in the entire blade. To facilitate this, I designed a simple takedown system with an auto-locking stainless/brass screw. It requires a 5mm allen key.
 
ABOUT US TARIFFS:
As of lately I have found a way to declare items in a way such that extremely high tariffs are not applied to my packages. The applied tariffs on shipments now should be 10-15%, as opposed to 50%. However, I cannot guarantee that higher charges are not applied as this is out of my control. I do the best I can to declare in such a way that duties are kept to a minimum but the US customs can be a bit unpredictable.
The buyer is responsible for any duties levied, and after they are invoiced by the US customs I cannot take back the package.
If the buyer refuses to pay the import duties, the package will be destroyed. When I do take back the package as a seller, I am invoiced the full duties + return shipment costs + imports back into NL. I learnt this the hard way.
I hope you understand.
The handle is curly mango, with a bronze bolster plate. Laser grind.