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Post by Kumdoalan on May 2, 2012 0:40:33 GMT
In this photo- www.ebay.com/itm/HANDFORGED-9260 ... 3f158c1673 Is this what most people would consider the "Battle Wrap"and do you think the wrap is done correctly and is a good example? Its hard for me to judge because the photo does not appear well on my screen. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 0:50:47 GMT
K - that's what I see. I had to enlarge the heck out of it on my iPad to see it. This one is sans menuki as far as I can tell and appears to be done well. I own a Huawei and their fit and finish is decent. If you toss the shipping fee as a given, my thought is this would be a good katana for cutting learning and taking it through the paces of all types of hard and soft targets. 9260 is the tough durable steel for so called abusive cutting. Within reason. I don't mean cutting steel, rocks, glass or similar non traditional stuff. My take on it, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 2:10:00 GMT
As S.Price said, looking at it on a big monitor, yes this is definitely a katate-maki 'battle wrap' without the menuki, done well, with black ito over black rayskin.
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Post by Kumdoalan on May 2, 2012 10:12:50 GMT
tricky effect of the camera, or is this handle hard to also see in real life do you think?
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 10:20:18 GMT
It's black on black, so yes, it doesn't have the same visual effect as high contrasting colours in my opinion, details sort of "blend in".
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Post by lamebmx on May 2, 2012 13:33:13 GMT
like 3rds for it all blends together from 3 feet away IRL. Depends on your definition of a good wrap, looks snug and like it would stay put just fine. Stepping up a notch, Picture where you can see the mune side of the tsuka, the katate-maki (i think please correct if wrong) portion is not parallel. Pretty nit-picky though and really dont alter the function of the handle.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2012 13:27:47 GMT
To me, if it's tight and doesn't move, gives a good grip and is fairly well, done, I'm happy, I don't care if its not picture perfect, it's a handle for holding, if I want to look at art I'll go to the art gallery! Just joking!!! :lol:
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Post by lamebmx on May 3, 2012 15:37:23 GMT
Yep, I tried to cover both in my response lol. Little imperfections are really hard to see through a hand.
Dont stop me from trying for the look, done proper and keeping the look while being used for a while.
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Post by Gblues on May 8, 2023 11:22:59 GMT
I realize that this is a old discussion, but I was researching this topic myself. I am planning on getting this style wrap on a katana, and to my way of thinking, I figured it was wrapped that way for tactile reasons. You have the criss-cross at the top, flat in the middle, and criss-cross at the bottom, and to my limited knowledge the criss-crosses are right about where you should be gripping the handle for two handed use. Conversely, if you did wield it in one hand you’d always know if your grip was proper, ie your hand was in the right place on the handle, and the same for two handed use. Seems like to me that it would be a good thing to have while under the extreme stresses of fighting to the death with a sword. Tactile feedback, and response seems to be pretty big when we’re talking about anything martial. Whether that was the original purpose or not, it would appear to me to a pretty functional way of alleviating some of the stress in a high stress combat situation.
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