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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 2:53:43 GMT
I ordered a Cheness Kabai from SBC as a Christmass present for myself. I wanted a sword made in a little more traditional manner than the monosteel swords with the etched hamons and Paul's closeout sale on the Kabai made the price right. The sword arrived a couple weeks before Christmass and was promptly wrapped up by my wife, box and all. I wasn't to see it until Christmass day. When I opened the box I was very impressed by the sword. The blade is well made and the fittings were much nicer than I expected. Still, something seemed, well, wrong. When I got home I checked at the Cheness website and realized I didn't have a Kabai Katana. I took some pics and sent them to Paul Chen to see what I had. Turns out it's a Kaze Katana instead. Paul said there was evidently some confustion between the time I placed my order with SBG and when they packed up the sword for shipping at his warehouse. I've got no complaints. Not only did a get a great deal, a Kaze for the price of a discounted Kabai, but I decided I really liked the Kaze better after all. The black iron tsuba is elegant and understated when compared to the"plum themed" tsuba on the Kanabi. The silicon alloy steel should be tougher as well. So, I chalked this one up as an error in my favor and I'm very happy with my sword. Sometimes you get lucky. Here's a couple pics from my crappy digicam.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 3:06:04 GMT
Sometimes, you just get lucky. ;D Very nice! That sword has one of my favforite Cheness tsuba designs. I also like the brown ito. Black is cool, but I like some variety occasionally.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2008 19:18:38 GMT
yeah i love that tsuba too it fugures because they said it was based off a real original one from a while ago... i liked it so much along with the brown ito that i bought the tsuka and tsuba for my TH cheness shirisaya then made a scabbard and stained it brown to match.... i love the way the kaze looks mine is a non DH kaze i guesss you could say nhaha nice deal even though this was like a year ago haha
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2008 8:31:26 GMT
nice xD lol best error i've been told of in a long time
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2008 8:42:10 GMT
Um, what? Kobai katana? There's no such thing as far as I can see. The tsuba is blackened steel not iron as well. Are you sure you didn't just order a kaze and misread the name
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2008 10:07:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2008 10:13:22 GMT
oh god I didn't even see the previous dates, sheesh ronin stop necroing everything!
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