DisciplinesThe drawSteelArmoryCommission
A katana blade against a deep teal background
Hunting  /  Fighting  /  Samurai

BULCIT

Edge is
everything.

Blades for the field, the ring and the tokonoma. Forged steel, collected and commissioned in private.

Three paths

One edge
A hunting knife standing in a stump outdoors

Hunting

Drop points and skinners built for cold hands.

A fixed blade fighting knife on a black pack

Fighting

Fixed blades with balance you can feel.

An elder in a black kimono holding a katana

Samurai

Nihonto and the long patience behind them.

The draw

Tap to draw
Saya, tsuba, tsuka, and a hamon you can follow
KissakiThe point, where the edge turns to meet the spine.
HamonThe tempered line. Clay decides its shape.
ShinogiThe ridge that runs the length of the blade.
TsubaThe guard between hand and blade.
TsukaThe grip, wrapped in silk over ray skin.

Folded
steel

Hardness, typical range (HRC)
1095
56-58
CPM S30V
58-61
VG-10
60-61
Shirogami 1
61-63
Aogami Super
63-64
525864

Armory

By appointment
A katana resting on a stand
Katana on kake
Samurai armour with a crested helmet
Yoroi
A damascus blade with a black handle
Damascus
A hunting knife with a bright steel blade
Drop point
A knife planted in a stump in a forest
Field
A folding knife on dark stone
Folder
A blacksmith at a glowing forge
A hammer striking glowing steel
A knife balanced on a fingertip

Born in fire.
Finished by hand.

A hammer over hot steel
Private commissions

Commission
a blade

Received.A bladesmith will write to you privately.