Review: Kuramono Quickening
Sept 26, 2011 22:03:24 GMT
Post by humblepie on Sept 26, 2011 22:03:24 GMT
Just to let you guys know...
I just recently purchased this sword from another forum member. He said he never opened it and it has been sitting unused since he bought it for display. So when he decided to sell it I bought it. I can tell the blade has never been swung as there is not a mark on it. It is clean and great looking sword. However the one I purchased has some major defects. I talked about them here...
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3463&start=20
Basically here are the problems I have with this sword. Some of these problems listed actually apply for any kuramono.
An example of a design flaw for the entire sword line is the paint job on the saya, fuchi, and kashira. Horrible is all I can say. The texture paint they used has no enamel coat so it chips easily. Any liquid such as water will cause it to run. The paint on the fuchi and kashira strike me as cheap krylon spray paint and chip easily. I wish they had used the same black iron for those two pieces as they had for the tsuba.
Mine has a mekugi that is a bit too short so it bulges the same wrap out on that side and it hard to see.
The seppa on mine doesn't fit at all. It slides around and is very loose. Makes a rattle sound when the sword is shaken.
Personally I feel the tsuka is a bit thin for people with bigger hands. Makes holding it not all that comfortable.
The wood on the saya is thin! It's so flexible I can pinch it to make it flex between my index finger and thumb. It feels like any more pressure will cause the saya to crack pretty easily. My other sayas are no where near this bad for other blades I own. Even cheapie musashi blades I have came with better sayas. Speaking of which the blade I had came with an extra saya. Neither of which fits the sword. The opening shape is all wrong so it scratches the heck out of the habaki. Also the last two inches of the edge near the habaki bite and gouge the wood of the saya when sheathing and unsheathing.
As for the blade, mine came duller than a butter knife. Everyone else says theirs came razor sharp but this thing I have couldn't cut warm butter on a hot sidewalk. I have taken my bare hand and squeezed down on the blade while sliding it all the way down the edge. Not a single cut on my bare hand. That's with some decent pressure. There is almost an edge, but its so dull it makes butter knives seem like razors by comparison. There isn't any nicks, cracks, or any marks what so ever on the blade/edge. Just super dull the entire length of the edge.
The handling characteristics of this sword are very blade heavy when I dry swing it around. The balance actually seems pretty awful on it. Forget doing any trick cuts with it. I'd be more focused on not over swinging by accident from the extra weight on the blade and end up hitting something you didn't intend to.
I just recently purchased this sword from another forum member. He said he never opened it and it has been sitting unused since he bought it for display. So when he decided to sell it I bought it. I can tell the blade has never been swung as there is not a mark on it. It is clean and great looking sword. However the one I purchased has some major defects. I talked about them here...
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3463&start=20
Basically here are the problems I have with this sword. Some of these problems listed actually apply for any kuramono.
An example of a design flaw for the entire sword line is the paint job on the saya, fuchi, and kashira. Horrible is all I can say. The texture paint they used has no enamel coat so it chips easily. Any liquid such as water will cause it to run. The paint on the fuchi and kashira strike me as cheap krylon spray paint and chip easily. I wish they had used the same black iron for those two pieces as they had for the tsuba.
Mine has a mekugi that is a bit too short so it bulges the same wrap out on that side and it hard to see.
The seppa on mine doesn't fit at all. It slides around and is very loose. Makes a rattle sound when the sword is shaken.
Personally I feel the tsuka is a bit thin for people with bigger hands. Makes holding it not all that comfortable.
The wood on the saya is thin! It's so flexible I can pinch it to make it flex between my index finger and thumb. It feels like any more pressure will cause the saya to crack pretty easily. My other sayas are no where near this bad for other blades I own. Even cheapie musashi blades I have came with better sayas. Speaking of which the blade I had came with an extra saya. Neither of which fits the sword. The opening shape is all wrong so it scratches the heck out of the habaki. Also the last two inches of the edge near the habaki bite and gouge the wood of the saya when sheathing and unsheathing.
As for the blade, mine came duller than a butter knife. Everyone else says theirs came razor sharp but this thing I have couldn't cut warm butter on a hot sidewalk. I have taken my bare hand and squeezed down on the blade while sliding it all the way down the edge. Not a single cut on my bare hand. That's with some decent pressure. There is almost an edge, but its so dull it makes butter knives seem like razors by comparison. There isn't any nicks, cracks, or any marks what so ever on the blade/edge. Just super dull the entire length of the edge.
The handling characteristics of this sword are very blade heavy when I dry swing it around. The balance actually seems pretty awful on it. Forget doing any trick cuts with it. I'd be more focused on not over swinging by accident from the extra weight on the blade and end up hitting something you didn't intend to.