YARI

Unlike a western spear, the Japanese yari was designed to cut as well as stab.  The side edges, as well as the point. were quenched and hardened to produce a hamon just as it is on a sword. Most yari are produced with a straight-grained pattern on the body of the blade, known as masame-hada.  As this is a characteristic of swords made in the Yamato tradition of sword-making, it is thought that many may have been made during that period.  It may have been that this is simply the easiest method to forge a yari blade rather than in the more complex methods that produced more complex patterns in the steel.

BLADE LENGTH:  16 3/4“
HANDLE LENGTH:   62 1/2“
OVERALL LENGTH:  79“
WEIGHT:  3lb 11oz
THICKNESS:  .410

Comes with wood boxed cleaning kit

BLADE LENGTH:  11“
HANDLE LENGTH:   62 1/4“
OVERALL LENGTH:  73 1/4“
WEIGHT:  3lb 1oz
THICKNESS:  .410