Collection/Blade
Blade
Steel, edge, discipline
Forged forms shaped by repetition and heat: pieces built for sustained use and deliberate handling.
Jeongwuk Han
No. 1
A forged, pattern-welded blade mounted with a textured green wrap and gilt bronze fittings, presented on a stand rather than sheathed for use. The folded steel's grain is left visible along the blade's length, evidence of process kept legible rather than polished away.
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Jeongwuk Han
No. 2
The plainest of Han's three mounted blades: a black wrap and minimal gilt fittings, the pattern-welded steel left to carry the piece without further ornament at the hilt. Closer to a study in the blade itself than in its mounting.
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Jeongwuk Han
No. 3
Mounted with a deep red wrap and a crested medallion set into the scabbard's end, the most heraldic of Han's pieces here. The pattern-welded blade is consistent with No. 1 and No. 2, what changes across the three is the language of the mounting, not the forging.
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