Sandai Kitetsu

Name: Sandai Kitetsu - 三代鬼徹 (Third Generation Demon-Splitter, known as Kitetsu III in the Viz translation)

Owner: Ippon-Matsu (Shop Owner) → Roronoa Zoro

Price: Approximately 1,000,000 Belli

While the Shodai Kitetsu was a Saijō Ō Wazamono (excellent grade sword) and the Nidai Kitetsu was an Ō Wazamono, Sandai Kitetsu is a Wazamono(Sharp Sword). Like all Kitetsu before it, it supposedly has a curse which caused all of the previous owners to fall to tragic deaths. Zoro found the sword in a barrel of cheap katanas in a shop at Lougetown. When the owner first saw it he wasn't going to allow Zoro to buy it, telling him of the curse. Zoro liked the concept and decided to test his luck against the curse. He threw it into the air and held out his arm willing to let it cut him. Zoro's luck won and the blade circled neatly around his arm. The shop owner gave Zoro both Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri for his skill and luck. Zoro has commented that the sword appears to have a mind of its own, making it a "problem child".

First Appearance: Chapter 97; Episode 49