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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 17, 2019 16:12:03 GMT
Is it also wider then usual with your specs? Yes. :) 3.5cm wide all along.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 18, 2019 6:01:05 GMT
I love wide bladed katana! Hahhaha the preserved width at the tip and thinned thickness allow my kind of sharpness. Just wish they didn't make the tip 1mm thicker so the point of balance would be even more handy. Now it's a heavy striking sword for sure.
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Post by timj43 on Jan 27, 2020 2:40:33 GMT
I'm looking to buy a few bare blades from Hanbon at the moment. Starting to do projects for myself and so on. Does anyone know what the measurements on these blades are? I dont see it listed on the site. Shot off an email to them but thought I would ask here to see if anyone who has purchased one knows.
Thanks!
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Post by Ric H on Oct 24, 2020 19:39:43 GMT
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Post by Ric H on Oct 24, 2020 19:50:20 GMT
This is a bit late answering this question however thought I would boast about Hanbon Forge. First, I'm a new katana enthusiast. I have purchased 2 katana from Hanbon, a practice not sharp katana which I received a few days ago. The purchase and follow up by Hanbon was superb. Following your sword from Longbong or whatever, was a treat. My sword was delivered in about 10 days and is exactly what their photos sent via email to me depicted. I like this outfit. My dragon sword was shipped and is somewhere over the Atlantic at this time for New York. The Dragon will be sharp. Note, the practice sword saya is a bit loose now. Humidity probably. Easy fix.
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Post by Issa on Oct 26, 2020 21:19:15 GMT
My review on hanbon hira zukuri T10 katana. Thank you for the review. The sword sure looks nice, but if Hanbon is selling 1095 as T10, that would be a problem for me. My research suggests 1095 is slightly below 5160, plus the false advertising aspect. How to you think your Hanbon sword will stand up to a lot of tameshigiri practice through the years? It looks efficient, but durability is a concern for me. I expect to only be buying two swords in my life, so I need to focus on what will last. Hi, first of all, 5160 is not necessarily a bad steel, compared to 1095;tempering plays a large roll in factors such as hardness and edge retention. Secondly, if you want a sword to last for so long,I would recommend investing in kobouse steel or a overall better crafted sword. This one is good for many things but you seem to want something very reliable. I recommend the principe from Albion swords, it is expensive but one of the best cutters on the market.
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Post by MichaelRS on Apr 22, 2021 20:31:44 GMT
I say split the difference. Have them hammer together a billet of 1095 and T10, then hammer out a blade and call it a day. 😄
Too bad there's not somebody out there with enough money to order this or that sword from here and there and when they get them can afford to break them and have the metal tested. Kind of a Consumer Reports type thing.
Of course even then it is found out that company ABC has been pulling the wool over people's eyes and they lose business, they'll just changed the name and "reopen" as company XYZ and keep doing the same thing.
Anyway, it just would be nice for people to be a little honest or at least not lie through omission.
I have a HanBon Forge sword coming, supposedly 9260, and I'm just hoping for the bed. But as a newbie I'm really can little position to judge once I get it.
And it's so odd to me that the same thing, supposedly, from HF for $277 would have cost me 427 from Swords of Northshire. So either one is going to be crappy or the other is price gouging.
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Post by MichaelRS on Apr 23, 2021 3:48:06 GMT
I recently purchased two custom made bare blades and requested them in 1095. One seller, HanBon Forge said nothing and delivered my blade in T10, which is fine. The second seller, Tsunami Dragon told me that 1095 was not available in Longquan that they only have T10, which I believe to be true. I've worked with 1095 and other similar carbon steels when I forge blades. Some internet research tells me that T10 is close to the US equivalent of 1095. A little testing, and now I would choose T10 over 1095 for a sword blade.
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Post by MichaelRS on Apr 23, 2021 3:49:53 GMT
I recently purchased two custom made bare blades and requested them in 1095. One seller, HanBon Forge said nothing and delivered my blade in T10, which is fine. The second seller, Tsunami Dragon told me that 1095 was not available in Longquan that they only have T10, which I believe to be true. I've worked with 1095 and other similar carbon steels when I forge blades. Some internet research tells me that T10 is close to the US equivalent of 1095. A little testing, and now I would choose T10 over 1095 for a sword blade. If HF didn't say anything, how did you know the blade was T10? Or do you mean they didn't say anything upfront and when you delivered it the certificate that came with it, if any, said T10?
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