Musashi Wind Dragon Katana- September 2007
Oct 2, 2010 21:21:53 GMT
Post by RicWilly on Oct 2, 2010 21:21:53 GMT
Review of the Musashi Wind Dragon Katana by Richard Williams of Evansville Indiana USA.
The abundance of reviews for Japanese type swords has finally drew me to the dark side and I decided
to purchase my first functional katana. After much soul searching and consultation with fellow forumites
I settled on this one.
I ordered it on sunday night for a purchase price of $79 minus a store discount, minus the SBG discount,
plus standard shipping via UPS got it to my door on wendsday morning for a grand total of $81.82.
Great service, kudos to Swords of Might.
It arrived in a plastic bag inside a fancy box incased in foam peanuts surrounded by a cardboard box.
The blade was coated in nice protective coat of oil. The blade was scary sharp and carbon steel.
I was impressed with the feel and look of the katana. Felt good and solid. I am surprized at what you can get for less than a hundred dollars.
The only downside was two chips in the saya near the throat. in my opinon QC shouldn't have missed these, two points off finish.
Otherwise, I was well pleased.
Some stats; Overall length-39 in.
Blade -27 in.
Blade width -1 1/4 in. to 1 in.
POB -3 1/2 in. from tsuba.
Weight -2 1/2 lbs.
Same' - imitation ray skin.
Ito - cotton fairly tight.
Tsuka - wood.
Hamon - faux, looks nice to me.
Mekugi - bamboo, two.
Saya - black wood.
Tsuba - brass antiqued, dragon and wind design.
Katana fits tight in the saya, no rattle. Deluxe stand included.
Now on to the cutting!
After cutting I see what all the ado is about katana. Even with my limited experience it cut well. Tough too as you can see in the vid I wacked my stand pretty hard and clipped the cap on that milk jug without any damage at all to the blade.
To sum up: historical accuracy 3/5
fit and finish 3/5
handling 5/5
stuctural integ. 4/5
value for money 5/5
overall 4.5/5
This katana far exceeded my expectations for the price.
The abundance of reviews for Japanese type swords has finally drew me to the dark side and I decided
to purchase my first functional katana. After much soul searching and consultation with fellow forumites
I settled on this one.
I ordered it on sunday night for a purchase price of $79 minus a store discount, minus the SBG discount,
plus standard shipping via UPS got it to my door on wendsday morning for a grand total of $81.82.
Great service, kudos to Swords of Might.
It arrived in a plastic bag inside a fancy box incased in foam peanuts surrounded by a cardboard box.
The blade was coated in nice protective coat of oil. The blade was scary sharp and carbon steel.
I was impressed with the feel and look of the katana. Felt good and solid. I am surprized at what you can get for less than a hundred dollars.
The only downside was two chips in the saya near the throat. in my opinon QC shouldn't have missed these, two points off finish.
Otherwise, I was well pleased.
Some stats; Overall length-39 in.
Blade -27 in.
Blade width -1 1/4 in. to 1 in.
POB -3 1/2 in. from tsuba.
Weight -2 1/2 lbs.
Same' - imitation ray skin.
Ito - cotton fairly tight.
Tsuka - wood.
Hamon - faux, looks nice to me.
Mekugi - bamboo, two.
Saya - black wood.
Tsuba - brass antiqued, dragon and wind design.
Katana fits tight in the saya, no rattle. Deluxe stand included.
Now on to the cutting!
After cutting I see what all the ado is about katana. Even with my limited experience it cut well. Tough too as you can see in the vid I wacked my stand pretty hard and clipped the cap on that milk jug without any damage at all to the blade.
To sum up: historical accuracy 3/5
fit and finish 3/5
handling 5/5
stuctural integ. 4/5
value for money 5/5
overall 4.5/5
This katana far exceeded my expectations for the price.