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Post by schoolofmonkey on Jan 8, 2015 8:29:02 GMT
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Post by schoolofmonkey on Jan 8, 2015 8:39:49 GMT
You've probably seen me around lately giving Huawei a big thumbs up. I've never had anything shipped to me from China in 6 days ever, and thats after Jacky waited 3 days for payment (which he was ok with when I asked him).
You can't go wrong with any of those sword, and all of them will give you a Katana experience, now it should boil down to what one of those 4 do you like the look off. I've been reading everyone of your threads, and I know how you feel dropping that much money into a Katana, but you need to empty everything you think you know about wielding a sword, because until you do it for the first time for real its hard to know what you want or if it feels good in your hand. It boils down to the user to what experience you have in the end. (speaking from a first time sword buyer..lol)
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Jan 8, 2015 8:48:57 GMT
Maybe "Chinese Tamahagane" isn't tamahagane in the same sense as the real thing? They're pretty explicit in the listing: High-carbon steel that's been folded 15 times. "The steel which folded 15 times can be compared with the quality of Japanese Tamahagane, so we call it Chinese Tamahagane." Not all Chinese sellers would agree with that definition. In particular, the Chinese makers who smelt iron sand would disagree (they make real "Chinese tamahagane").
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Post by Kirin on Jan 8, 2015 9:47:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2015 11:27:20 GMT
There's no practical advantage to tamahagane in this day and age, other than it looking pretty. Modern steels are very homogenous, and the folding was just done to even out the ingredients in the steel to provide a more even mix and get rid of impurities because the Japanese used low grade iron containing sand to make steel as they didn't have decent quality iron ore to work with. Folding steel is more likely to create voids and imperfections in the welds between layers, it's more likely to weaken a blade compared to a slab of monosteel. If you like the pretty patterns and want to shell out the extra money, that's just personal preference.
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Post by DigsFossils-n-Knives on Jan 8, 2015 12:08:34 GMT
If you closely at the pattern on the blades you will see that they look exactly like the 100% damascus blades sold on ebay and sourced from LongQuan. They look nothing like the hada patterns on historical swords. Similar to Ayasugi but yet different if you know what to look for. In addition, they also look exactly like the FAKE sanmai blades sold on ebay and ... But what is "Chinese Tamahagane", nothing but a new term and I guess they are free to use it to describe anything since we don't have a standardized definition for it.
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Post by Mikeeman on Jan 8, 2015 22:23:15 GMT
I know you're racking your brain and are looking at a million options. It's very intimidating from your standpoint. Trust me, I've been there. But what you really need to do is get a fair, cheap sword. Like either the Musashis or the Jubei Lion Dog/Water Dragon. They are basic katanas that will give you and idea of what you like and don't like. You might THINK you like a certain feature, but until you have experienced that feature, you don't really know. Start simple, and start cheap. If you end up one of us, you'll have owned and traded more blades than you can keep track of after several years. So just take the plunge. SnA has a few low end Musashis you could snag and has the Jubei Daisho. Free shipping on orders over something like $100, too.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 8, 2015 22:54:15 GMT
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Post by schoolofmonkey on Jan 8, 2015 23:03:57 GMT
Here's the actual "Burn" video with the expert explaining the history and makers, poor guy selling it though his face just drops.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 8, 2015 23:35:25 GMT
yep, that's the one!
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Post by Jussi Ekholm on Jan 8, 2015 23:40:43 GMT
I think it's better than you buy from commonly recommended sellers and don't believe any marketing used in selling the sword.
It's funny that they brought Mike in for that Pawnstars episode. I think he was very polite and made good appearance like the experts in the show usually do.
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