Shōgen

Description
The Shōgen is a basic Katana, weilded by Takeo Hyūga. The Katana itself is nothing special then having an average blade. Yet combined with Crystal Release the blade becomes wrapped in a sharper layer of crystals. The crystals are dense enough to fend off most swords but can be penetrated, if so the actual blade acts as a second defense for such cases. Yet once the crystal layer has been broken it can be recovered with the aide of chakra. Recently Takeo has been able to use his sword as a base for crystals, due to it being already composed of crystals he can emerge certain techniques from his sword to his advantage, be it during a parry or if stolen from Takeo's hands. The abilities with the crystallized sword seem to continue to grow.