16″ Samurai Series Tokugawa Edition 三つ葉葵 Rifle SOT Custom Shop build · both sides, the case and the tanto · drag to pan, scroll to zoom

CONFIGURATION SHOWN: a 16″ 4150 chromoly barrel finished in gold titanium nitride, 1:7 twist on a mid-length gas system with a low profile heavy gold plated gas block, a gold plated ejection port cover carrying the Tokugawa mon and the caliber marking, gold plated rail fasteners, a gold anodized forward assist, a high polish gold TiN bolt carrier group, Brazilian cherry M-LOK handguard panels on 18K gold plated fasteners, Magpul back-up iron sights, a Strike Industries extended latch charging handle, a Wilson Combat Accu-Tac three-prong flash hider, a LaRue Tactical MBT-2S straight-bow trigger on 18K heavy gold plated GUNTEC anti-walk fire control pins, a gold plated Geissele Automatics Ambi Posi-Snap safety selector, an 18K heavy gold plated Battle Arms Development enhanced magazine release, a gold plated Geissele Automatics Maritime bolt catch, gold plated takedown pins, a multicolor Cerakote® finished red menpō mask, and a grip carrying a 14K maki gold Tokugawa mon with gold plated grip screws. Supplied in a custom Plano case with a matching limited edition tanto, with a laser engraved Magpul PMAG and an E-Lander steel magazine, its laser-engraved mon plated in 24K gold. Right side shown — 将軍 (shōgun) on the magwell, the MDL. SHOWDOWN · CAL. MULTI rollmark, the gold plated ejection port cover and the 徳川 Tokugawa handguard marking.

CONFIGURATION SHOWN: a 16″ 4150 chromoly barrel finished in gold titanium nitride, 1:7 twist on a mid-length gas system with a low profile heavy gold plated gas block, a gold plated ejection port cover carrying the Tokugawa mon and the caliber marking, gold plated rail fasteners, a gold anodized forward assist, a high polish gold TiN bolt carrier group, Brazilian cherry M-LOK handguard panels on 18K gold plated fasteners, Magpul back-up iron sights, a Strike Industries extended latch charging handle, a Wilson Combat Accu-Tac three-prong flash hider, a LaRue Tactical MBT-2S straight-bow trigger on 18K heavy gold plated GUNTEC anti-walk fire control pins, a gold plated Geissele Automatics Ambi Posi-Snap safety selector, an 18K heavy gold plated Battle Arms Development enhanced magazine release, a gold plated Geissele Automatics Maritime bolt catch, gold plated takedown pins, a multicolor Cerakote® finished red menpō mask, and a grip carrying a 14K maki gold Tokugawa mon with gold plated grip screws. Supplied in a custom Plano case with a matching limited edition tanto, with a laser engraved Magpul PMAG and an E-Lander steel magazine, its laser-engraved mon plated in 24K gold. Left side shown — 侍 (samurai) on the magwell, the Sharps Bros. rollmark with the serial masked, the Tokugawa Edition handguard mark, the Brazilian cherry rail panel on its 18K gold plated fasteners and the Strike Industries extended latch charging handle.

AS DELIVERED: the rifle in its Plano custom case, cut for this build and marked with the Tokugawa mon in the foam beside the Second of Ten crest. Shown with both magazines — the E-Lander steel magazine with its 24K gold plated mon and the laser engraved Magpul PMAG — and the matching limited edition tanto that ships with it.

THE TANTO: every mark of the edition in one frame — the Tokugawa mon in gold on the habaki, again on the magazine at right, and again cut into the case foam at left, with the gold TiN barrel and the Brazilian cherry rail panels along the top. A matching limited edition blade made for this rifle, carrying the Tokugawa mon in gold on the habaki and a midare (乱れ刃) — irregular — hamon running the length of the edge, in a simple brown koshirae. Shown drawn, against the menpō mask. It is cut into the same case foam as the rifle.

THE PAIR: the tanto drawn beside the receiver it was made for. The Tokugawa mon appears three times in this frame alone — in gold on the habaki, in 14K maki gold on the grip panel, and on the gold plated ejection port cover beside the caliber marking — with 将軍 (shōgun) on the magwell above the menpō.

* Sharps Bros. manufactures the receiver; Second of Ten is the builder of record. The receiver is manufactured, rollmarked and serialised by Sharps Bros. of Eugene, Oregon as a 7075-T6 billet SHOWDOWN, and Second of Ten claims none of that engineering. Samurai Series and Tokugawa Edition name the complete Second of Ten rifle built on it — the barrel, the muzzle device, the controls, the sights, the furniture and every applied finish are Second of Ten’s selection and work. The rifle is the whole assembly; the serialised part is the lower.

The menpō mask is finished by hand, so no two are identical. The face, the gilt scrollwork and the white teeth are applied and blended by hand over the Cerakote® base, and the red is graded rather than flat, running from near black in the recesses to a bright lacquer red on the cheekbone. Highlight placement and the exact break of the burnished panels will differ from the rifle photographed here. That is the nature of the work, not a variance to be corrected.

The crest runs the length of the rifle. The Maru ni Mitsuba Aoi mon — three hollyhock leaves in a ring — is laid in 14K maki gold on the grip panels, engraved on the gold plated ejection port cover beside the caliber marking, laser engraved into the Magpul PMAG, laser engraved and 24K gold plated on the E-Lander steel magazine, and cut into the case foam. Five scales by five methods — and it is what carries the edition rather than any one component.

The gold through the handguard is the barrel, not the rail. The barrel is TiN gold plated — titanium nitride, a hard ceramic coating that happens to be gold — so it shows through every M-LOK slot along the handguard. What reads as a gold-striped rail in the photographs is the barrel behind a black handguard, and the rail fasteners holding that handguard are separately gold plated.

The crest is carried into the case, not just onto the rifle. The Plano case is cut for this build and marked with the Tokugawa mon in the foam, and both magazines carry it too — laser engraved on the Magpul PMAG, laser engraved and 24K gold plated on the E-Lander steel magazine. The edition is delivered as a set rather than as a rifle with accessories.

The two sides do not repeat each other. 侍 (samurai) is carried on the left of the magwell and 将軍 (shōgun) on the right. Read one side and you have only half the piece — which is the reason this page shows both.

The grip crest is a gold inlay, and it wants a light touch. The Maru ni Mitsuba Aoi mon is laid in 14K maki gold into the wood grip panels. It is an applied finish, not an engraving: wipe it down, and keep aggressive solvents, bore cleaner and abrasive pads off the wood. A grip panel can be refinished; stripped foil cannot be put back.

Nothing in these frames is retouched except the serial. The serial number is masked on the left-side frame. The manufacturer and address rollmarks are left exactly as struck, and no mark, blemish or tool witness has been removed.

Photography © Second of Ten LLC. Cerakote, Geissele Automatics, GUNTEC, LaRue Tactical, M-LOK, Magpul, Plano, Reptilia, Sharps Bros., Strike Industries and Wilson Combat marks are the property of their owners; their appearance indicates that Second of Ten incorporates the component, not sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement. Photography shows the item as built; the mask is hand finished and shipped configuration may differ.