actually, if it isn't stainless steel it won't say, which is actually better. Stainless is a horrible sword material. Too brittle. It's probably a 1050/1060 carbon steel and you could probably get 40-60 bucks out of it. It looks a lot like this: http://www.trueswords.com/bushido-musashi-rosewood-shirasaya-sword-full-tang-p-2795.html