CAS Hanwei 'tinker' EMSHS
Mar 7, 2009 15:27:34 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 15:27:34 GMT
Hello all, the subject of my first review is the CAS early medieval single handed sword, here after called 'EMSHS'.
Let me start off with I will not to be giving a number score, I find an opinion is hard to represent numerically. Numbers rarely help me, as they are subjective to the reviewer. I will list: pros, cons and make neutral comments. Also my photography is not all it should be. with that....
The sword arrived well packaged, with three sections of foam holding both ends and center of the sword in scabbard. Sword and scabbard were wrapped in plastic. And a moister absorbing gel pack in the box as well. A nice touch, albeit redundant, as the gel pack was outside the wrap.
Summery packaging: good
The first thing I noted was the narrow width of the grip. Pictured here next to a carpenters pencil. (sorry it's so dim).
The handshake grip or hammer grip work well, the pommel is not obtrusive.
I have fairly large hands and the grip could have been thicker, people with smaller hands should not have a problem. Wearing gloves solves the problem.
Disassembling the hilt shows a healthy tang (no worry there).
The scabbard is the uses fiberglass core found in the other swords in this line. It's attractive sturdy, the throat pinches the guard which in turn, holds the blade in, even when inverted Cas Hanwei put shims in the scabbard near the blades tip and throat. This lets the blade rest inside with no trouble, however Fiberglass is much more abrasive than wood and makes an annoying scratching noise if the blade is allowed to rub ,whilst drawing or sheathing, against the scabbard wall.
Moving on to the blade.
The blade is well formed, the distal taper starting at (according to my calipers) .213 inches at the base, down too .08 inches near the tip. The profile goes from 2.15'' to about 1'' near the tip.
I have a problem with the Finnish of the blade, however, it is much to coarse(I could not get a good pic). The last inch of the tip is completely unsharpend (unsharpend as in square edged) Also the first eight inches of the forte are also square edged.
These can be fixed, but I would like to see more attention to details.
Pros: good hilt, healthy tang, good handling, resilient blade.
Cons:coarse blade finish, unsharpened tip, scabbard makes scratching noises if the blade touches the scabbard walls.
Neutral:grip sort of narrow.
I hope this was of help to someone. Your feedback is appreciated.
Let me start off with I will not to be giving a number score, I find an opinion is hard to represent numerically. Numbers rarely help me, as they are subjective to the reviewer. I will list: pros, cons and make neutral comments. Also my photography is not all it should be. with that....
The sword arrived well packaged, with three sections of foam holding both ends and center of the sword in scabbard. Sword and scabbard were wrapped in plastic. And a moister absorbing gel pack in the box as well. A nice touch, albeit redundant, as the gel pack was outside the wrap.
Summery packaging: good
The first thing I noted was the narrow width of the grip. Pictured here next to a carpenters pencil. (sorry it's so dim).
The handshake grip or hammer grip work well, the pommel is not obtrusive.
I have fairly large hands and the grip could have been thicker, people with smaller hands should not have a problem. Wearing gloves solves the problem.
Disassembling the hilt shows a healthy tang (no worry there).
The scabbard is the uses fiberglass core found in the other swords in this line. It's attractive sturdy, the throat pinches the guard which in turn, holds the blade in, even when inverted Cas Hanwei put shims in the scabbard near the blades tip and throat. This lets the blade rest inside with no trouble, however Fiberglass is much more abrasive than wood and makes an annoying scratching noise if the blade is allowed to rub ,whilst drawing or sheathing, against the scabbard wall.
Moving on to the blade.
The blade is well formed, the distal taper starting at (according to my calipers) .213 inches at the base, down too .08 inches near the tip. The profile goes from 2.15'' to about 1'' near the tip.
I have a problem with the Finnish of the blade, however, it is much to coarse(I could not get a good pic). The last inch of the tip is completely unsharpend (unsharpend as in square edged) Also the first eight inches of the forte are also square edged.
These can be fixed, but I would like to see more attention to details.
Pros: good hilt, healthy tang, good handling, resilient blade.
Cons:coarse blade finish, unsharpened tip, scabbard makes scratching noises if the blade touches the scabbard walls.
Neutral:grip sort of narrow.
I hope this was of help to someone. Your feedback is appreciated.