The borders of the handle are in the style of Japanese sword furniture, with faux semegane and kozuka separating the panels. Four feature figures engraved, portraying peaceful scenes of everyday Japanese life. The artwork consists of six panels engraved in relief. The finished handle is 11.5 inches in length and represents a tsuka made of Ivory. The open-mouth dragon head and coiling tail was sculpted onto a modified casting of the reference Marto sword. The design of the prop from Highlander (1986) is derived from a vintage 1960's Marto Ivory Katana which is alleged to have been intended for use in the film, You Only Live 5 times. Connor was able to reforge the katana with the assistance of Alex Johnson. Connor retrieved the weapon centuries afterward from Masamune's ruthless Immortal son, Ren, ( Highlander: Way of the Sword) when the Immortal, Kane, shattered the katana's blade during a duel on holy ground, forcing Connor to consider abandoning the weapon. Kurgan was able to keep Connor's sword for over a century until the gypsy woman, Stasya, stole it as he slept. Victory under the command of Admiral Nelson. In this version, Ramírez had also etched his own inscription as well: "No one lives forever" written in Japanese characters, expressing his own sense of ironic humor.Ĭonnor nearly lost his prized weapon twice in his lifetime: the first was when he fought his old adversary, the Kurgan, aboard the H.M.S. He exercised great care with it, leaving his own mark by etching inspirational writings upon its blade: one, in particular, preached focus on the present, using the ancient Sanskrit phrase: "I cannot cross another river," according to the novelization.
Ramírez would keep the weapon until his dying day.Īfter Ramírez's death, his student, Connor, claimed the weapon for his own. Using revolutionary techniques which would not become common until the 14th century A.D., Masamune folded the metal in the blade over two hundred times, creating the katana's famous razor-sharp edge.
by the legendary master sword smith, Masamune, for Immortal Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, as a dowry for his marriage to Princess Shakiko. The preferred weapon of Immortal Connor MacLeod, the ivory-handled Masamune katana is a weapon like no other.
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