This Hon Higo Koshirae features an oxidized brass higo style fuchi and kashira and an iron-made tsuba with a higo niju-sando theme. The menuki feature crickets. Saya lacquer is available in kuroro, kuroishime and chaishime. A sand-casted, a bubble-free zinc/aluminum alloy blade available up to 2.70 shaku. The tsuka is carefully hand-wrapped with cotton braids over black tsukasame and the sageo matches the tsuka color.