Condor Dadao or dare I say Wowdao?
May 29, 2015 0:57:40 GMT
Post by Jayhawk on May 29, 2015 0:57:40 GMT
Received my Condor Dadao today via UPS from Trueswords. As always, Trueswords got the order out and to my door quickly, the package was very well done (outer box with padding on either end over the original factory box, etc.).
Now for the sword. Wow. Just wow. This is one amazing sword. Absolutely full tang (LOL...no question at all with this sword), beautiful 1075 high carbon steel, nice looking hardwood handle, blade nicely tapers, and a leather sheath that is one serious piece of well done leather work. Really, pictures don't do this sword justice...it looks much better in person. Blade came perfectly sharp for a cutting/chopping weapon.
Speaking of cutting, I blew my son's mind cutting with it. Dual cardboard boxes it came with? Absolutely no problem. The real test was the giant (is it gallon sized?) Arizona Ice Tea bottle filled with water. Those bottles are tough plastic, and my son's Cold Steel sabre can't come close to cutting through one of these bottles. One cut, without too much effort I might add, and I split that Arizona Ice Tea bottle clean in half! Water sprayed everywhere (including all over me), and the blade made a sound that had me worried for a second it had split/cracked in some way. After thorough inspection, though, the blade was totally fine...no damage at all.
Despite being a true sword (and not a machete at all...I saw on another board someone arguing it was more machete than dadao...I say bull to that!), I could see using this not just for practice cutting but to chop down a tree if you ever needed to. I don't think anything could truly hurt this blade.
I am absolutely head over heels in love with this sword, but on a scale of 1 to 5 I'd give it a 4.5 simply because the handle is too flat/thin for my tastes. I'll be wrapping it - either with paracord in a traditional Chinese wrap or in leather like Hanwei did with their Military Dadao (which is sadly no longer produced).
All in all...you cannot go wrong with this sword. Get it, you won't regret it.
Eric
Now for the sword. Wow. Just wow. This is one amazing sword. Absolutely full tang (LOL...no question at all with this sword), beautiful 1075 high carbon steel, nice looking hardwood handle, blade nicely tapers, and a leather sheath that is one serious piece of well done leather work. Really, pictures don't do this sword justice...it looks much better in person. Blade came perfectly sharp for a cutting/chopping weapon.
Speaking of cutting, I blew my son's mind cutting with it. Dual cardboard boxes it came with? Absolutely no problem. The real test was the giant (is it gallon sized?) Arizona Ice Tea bottle filled with water. Those bottles are tough plastic, and my son's Cold Steel sabre can't come close to cutting through one of these bottles. One cut, without too much effort I might add, and I split that Arizona Ice Tea bottle clean in half! Water sprayed everywhere (including all over me), and the blade made a sound that had me worried for a second it had split/cracked in some way. After thorough inspection, though, the blade was totally fine...no damage at all.
Despite being a true sword (and not a machete at all...I saw on another board someone arguing it was more machete than dadao...I say bull to that!), I could see using this not just for practice cutting but to chop down a tree if you ever needed to. I don't think anything could truly hurt this blade.
I am absolutely head over heels in love with this sword, but on a scale of 1 to 5 I'd give it a 4.5 simply because the handle is too flat/thin for my tastes. I'll be wrapping it - either with paracord in a traditional Chinese wrap or in leather like Hanwei did with their Military Dadao (which is sadly no longer produced).
All in all...you cannot go wrong with this sword. Get it, you won't regret it.
Eric
