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Post by severedsteel on Jan 9, 2015 6:06:28 GMT
Ryan sword has allowed me to use one of their handmade katana for review. When receiving the blade it comes in a Styrofoam box that is a little bit bigger than the sword. when opened the katana is in side a sword bag that keeps the blade. The swords blade is in the sheath and when taken of their is a plastic covering with oil that covers the blade. I have had the katana for about 4 weeks now and I believe it to be a pretty good sword for the price of $130. While handling the blade it is comfortable as far as the the weight of the whole sword the handle is a little bit thick but shouldn't be an issue to grip. All fittings on the katana are secure in place and no indentations on it. The katanas blade is very sharp being able to cut many sheets of paper at a time also slice and pierce threw plastic bottles with easy. The blade also has the ability to cut branches of trees very will that are about two fingers thick and also live bamboo. The Ryan-sword handmade Damascus folded steel Maru style katana Is a light weight blade made out of 1060 carbon steel which has been 13 times folded forge making the blade more than 8000 layers which makes beautiful patterns on the blade. The blade is good for the use of cutting then plastics and live bamboo and is a fast and easy sword to handle sword which is good for beginners. The measurements the sword the overall length 103 cm/ 40.6 in the nagasa blade is 27.9 in thickness of the blade is 7.5 mm and has a weight of 1.25kg that comes with a single bo-hi. Tsuka handle is 10.6 in the tsuba guard is made of alloy the fuchi/kashira are also alloy also the menuki. Seppa and habaki are copper/ the same on it comes from genuine pearl rayskin and it is 2 colors black on the top and green on the bottom which I find unique. The Ito which comes battle wrapped on the tsuka and sageo wrapping on the saya are made out of silk with a purple color. The saya/sheath is made from common hard wood with a kojiri/koiguchi made from polymer. The sword comes with a certificate and 4 Mekugi Bamboo pegs and a sword bag. The sword can be customized to your liking if you do not like the fittings. The sword now comes at a price of $130 on sale at Ryan-swords. Http//www.ryansword.com www.ebay.com/itm/HandMade-Razor-Sharp-Folded-Steel-FullTang-Blade-JAPANESE-SAMURAI-KATANA-SWORD-/221025310991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337622990fVideo links: and
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Jan 9, 2015 6:13:10 GMT
Is a light weight blade [...] and has a weight of 1.25kg [...] I wouldn't call a 1.25kg katana lightweight. Not even only considering weights of modern production swords.
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Jan 9, 2015 7:34:14 GMT
Thanks for the review. Unless the lighting is playing tricks, the seppa and habaki look like brass to me.
-Josh
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Post by Aurélien on Jan 9, 2015 13:13:13 GMT
Smells like an advert in disguise......
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2015 13:45:27 GMT
What kind of niku does it have?
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Post by severedsteel on Jan 9, 2015 19:44:58 GMT
Neo_one the menuki are a gold dragon on both sides
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Post by Arthur Dayne on Jan 9, 2015 20:09:19 GMT
I believe he meant the edge thickness/edge meat like how the curvature and geometry is for the sword.
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Post by Insane on Jan 9, 2015 20:55:11 GMT
Smells like an advert in disguise...... My thougth exactly.
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Post by Anankai on Jan 10, 2015 1:59:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2015 1:59:51 GMT
Yeah I was wondering because do all these katanas have a machine flat grind? Because they will cut and be very sharp but will dull very quickly.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Jan 10, 2015 2:31:25 GMT
Smells like an advert in disguise...... My thougth exactly. possibly - Published on Jan 5, 2015 Damascus folded steel Maru style katana 1060 carbon steel made by ryan swords forge sword can be found at: www.ebay.com/itm/HandMade-Razo... or their website www.ryansword.com/ Category People & Blogs
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Post by severedsteel on Jan 11, 2015 2:32:32 GMT
Neo_one I'm not exactly sure if that is the process for the edge of the blade but it seems from use to hold up fine
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 2:37:30 GMT
Neo_one I'm not exactly sure if that is the process for the edge of the blade but it seems from use to hold up fine Can you tell me what kind of edge does it have? More meat means it's able to handle harder targets. Most eBay kats are razor sharp but chip easily on harder targets.
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Post by severedsteel on Jan 11, 2015 4:00:33 GMT
The meat on it is very thin it doesn't seem to be like an appleseed
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Post by severedsteel on Jan 12, 2015 3:26:28 GMT
Neo_one the blade is sharpen with different millstones
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 3:37:37 GMT
Is a light weight blade [...] and has a weight of 1.25kg [...] I wouldn't call a 1.25kg katana lightweight. Not even only considering weights of modern production swords. 1.25kg is 2.75lbs, that's no lightweight!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 3:43:01 GMT
Thanks for the review. Unless the lighting is playing tricks, the seppa and habaki look like brass to me. -Josh Many Chinese advertisements refer to brass fittings as 'copper', the Chinese word for brass (黄铜) translates to yellow copper.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 4:00:37 GMT
Maybe an ad, but had a look at their website, looks like Ryansword is changing their positioning in the market, they are now selling some pretty fancy looking Chinese style sword in much higher price ranges, which look impressive in the pictures. I wish they had more details about each of the swords, such as the weight, the steel used in the blades, and so on. They may be sourcing these from other forges as some of the swords look familiar, they may be moving upmarket now and expanding their range.
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Post by Suho on Jan 15, 2015 6:23:18 GMT
Just some feedback on presentation, but as I sit here at 1:00 am viewing the review video it totally almost put me to sleep with its soft violin music as vast lapses of time were spent slowly following the reflected light back and forth up and down the blade, punctuated only by the soft monotone voice reading off specs for almost 6 minutes. I would much rather see a few pics and read the info in about 30 seconds. There was nothing gained by placing that in a six minute video, imo. Similarly, the cutting video was very difficult to actually see anything, and then the long blackness at the end was awkward. Please take the feedback for what it's worth.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Jan 15, 2015 12:13:59 GMT
Neo_one the blade is sharpen with different millstones Millstones ? how can you be sure ?
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