THE SEI DO KAI 
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Fred Lohman 
Shinken and Iaito

Is there anyone involved in the collection or production of Japanese blades who isn't familiar with Fred Lohman? He's been supplying the community for decades. Now, at our request, Fred has put together an iaido shinken exclusively for SDK Supplies.  This is a stock removal blade which is made out of 1080 steel, clay tempered and water quenched. It is hand polished in the Japanese way for iaido. The blade, polish, and fittings are all done in the USA to Fred's exacting standards. This blade was designed as a tough, affordable and customizable shinken for the practice of iaido.  The blade can be made to any length you specify, up to a full 3 shaku. Please note that these are hand made items and there may be some small variation in the length and weight from blade to blade.  The fittings are supplied by Fred, and the tsuka (hilt) is a full same (rayskin) wrap.  Since these blades are made as they are ordered, delivery will take some time so patience will be required (as it is with so many of our fine products).  We have a 2.45 shaku blade in our hands which has the following specs. (Note please that this one is not for sale, you're going to have to wait for yours) Construction: Stock removal blade made out of 1080 steel, clay tempered and water quenched. Polishing: Hand polished in the Japanese way for iaido. Nagasa (length): Up to 3 shaku. Sori: Torii-sori Kasane (thickness): Moto-kasane (at the habaki) 7mm .                                 Saki-Kasane (at the yokote) 5mm . Mihaba (width): Moto-haba (at the habaki) 3.2cm                            Saki-haba (at the yokote) 2.4cm Kissaki: Chu-kissaki Mune: Iori-mune with gentle oroshi. Hi (grooves): Bo-hi Hamon: O notare Weight: Blade naked at 2.45 shaku approximatly 950gram Mountings: Tsuka (8.5 to 9.5 sun) Core: Honoki wood from Japan. Rayskin: Full wrap rayskin Tsuka wrapping: Silk or deerhide, the colour can be chosen from the Fred Lohman catalog Fuchi,Kashira,menuki: Any from the Fred Lohman catalog Mekugi: Two bamboo mekugi Seppa: Gold or silver rope finish.  Habaki: Gold or silver with groove. Tsuba: any from the Fred Lohman catalog Saya: Made in Japan, fitted with horn kurikata and horn kojiri with matching sageo. Styles of lacquer Kururo: Glossy black Shinobue: Glossy black with mat ring Kuro-uzumaki: Black with whirlpools Kuro-aogai: Glossy black with mother of pearl  Sendan-inro. These blades are available exclusively through SDK Supplies, please don't ask Mr. Lohman to sell them to you directly. He would, however, be happy to sell you many other wonderful things, and his website can be found at: http://www.japanese-swords.com/ The Fine Print! SDK Supplies stands behind the quality of these blades. If you are not satisfied with your blade when you receive it, please contact us immediately for instructions on how to ship it back for a full refund. Do not ship without contacting us first. Please remember that these are custom made to your specifications. It is always best to be sure of what you want before you order. We will not accept returns of blades which have been used for cutting or otherwise abused, please be reasonable about this folks.  Fred Lohman Iaito $1450 US $2100 CDN (all inclusive price to USA and Canada, no extra charges) Please enquire about shipping costs to other countries.   Sei Do Kai 44 Inkerman St. Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 3C5 519-836-4357 Return to Catalog Index To order, please contact us now Lohmanblades@ejmas.com or call Kim Taylor at 519-836-4357 Once again, in response to inquiries from you, we introduce yet another line of swords. This time it's an iaito from Fred Lohman. The methodology used to make this exclusive SDK production is to take an iaito (aluminum alloy) blade, habaki and saya from Fujiwara Kanefusa, and have it mounted by Fred Lohman. We coordinate this process so you don't have to worry about the details.  To obtain the iaito of your dreams, simply select a blade, saya and habaki from our Fujiwara Kanefusa pages and then select the rest of the fittings from Fred Lohman (go up on this page for more information on that). The saya will be fitted with a horn kurigata and kojiri. You may choose any fittings from Fujiwara and from Lohman for your iaito. Simple? Not really, you might spend years trying to decide what you want! As you can well imagine, these are not "off the shelf" iaito, and you will have to wait a bit after placing your order.