Katana - Wado-ichi-monji, Roronoa Zoro, One Piece

Enjoy Katana - Wado-ichi-monji, Roronoa Zoro, One Piece

Katana - wado-ichi-monji



This decorative sword was inspired by the Wado-ichi-monji, which the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro (Japanese: Roronoa Zoro) wields in the anime One-Piece . The Wado-ichi-monji is one of the High-Grade swords, and thus the second rank of the sword classification within the anime or manga.



It has a slightly sharpened carbon steel blade of approximately 67.5 cm in length, its tsuka is wrapped with a white handle tape. The simple decorative elements of tsuka and saya, such as the cross-shaped tsuba, are made of gold anodized aluminum. The black-coated saya is made of wood.




Story behind the sword

The Wado-ichi-monji was forged by Shimotsuki Kozaburo in Wano and then brought by him to the East Blue when he left Wano. His son Koushiro, head of the Isshin Dojo in Shimotsuki Village, kept the valuable family heirloom in his dojo's storage room.



Roronoa Zoro, a distant relative of the Shimotsuki family, became a student at their dojo after losing a duel to Koushiro's daughter Kuina. Kuina and Zoro were in constant rivalry with each other and fought 2,000 duels with wooden training swords. But after 2,000 losses, Zoro demanded a fight with real swords. Kuina agreed and secretly borrowed the family sword Wado-ichi-monji. She also won the 2001 duel; she then revealed to Zoro her dream of wanting to become the strongest swordsman in the world. The next day, Kuina unexpectedly died. She was searching for a whetstone to clean the battle marks off the family sword before replacing it. She fell down a flight of stairs.



Shocked by this event, Zoro announced to Koushiro that he wanted to become the greatest swordsman in the world and asked for the wado-ichi-monji, which Koushiro then gave to his second best student.




From that moment on, the Wado-ichi-monji was a sanctuary for Zoro that he would not abandon. It faithfully served the three-sword swordsman and has proven its worth time and time again in numerous fights against increasingly stronger opponents.




It is worth noting that this katana was designed as a collector's item or decorative object.



Details:

- Blade material: carbon steel

- Total length: approx. 96.5cm

- Blade length: approx. 67.5 cm

- Handle length: approx. 29cm

- Blade thickness: approx. 4 mm

- Weight: approx. 730 g

- Weight with case: approx. 995 g



The above specifications may vary slightly from specimen to specimen.



Please note:

This item is only sold to persons over 18 years of age. Please enter your date of birth on our order form. We also require a copy of your ID, driving licence or similar by email, scan, fax or post.


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