About our stock: Usually if the Iaito Sword is available to buy, it should be in stock and can be shipped within 1-2 days after receiving your payment. It might be possible the item is still out of stock in case we've sold it somewhere else on the same day. In that case we will inform you immediately.

In case the item is out of stock and you still would like to buy it, please note that it might take several months to receive your sword as they are all made by hand here in Japan.

Iaido is the art of Japanese Swordsmanship. The word itself has a number of meanings and interpretations. Each is dependent on a subjective translation as the word itself like many Japanese martial concepts do not translate into English at all easily. The word is comprised of 3 Japanese characters: i-ai-do. The purpose of Iaido training is the development of self, not only in physical but also in the moral and spiritual term.

∴ About Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu is the third of the trio of great Japanese warlords along with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi who are known as the great unifiers of Japanese history. Ieyasu was born as Matsudaira Takechiyo in Okazaki Castle in 1543 and the hardship of his early years helped shape the man and supreme political operator he was to become.

※ Specification 

• Blade: super-hard lightweight alloy 
• Scabbard: black dyed rattan roll/ Kuroishi inscription
• Total Length: 106cm / 41.7in
• Blade Length: 74cm / 29.1in
• Handle Length: 26cm / 10.2in
• Total weight: 1050g / 2.3lbs (810g / 1.78lbs without sheath)

※ Caution in use:

• The blade does not actually cut.
• Do not use to point at people.
• The item does not include the sword stand as in the picture.