WKC Practical Dragonfly No Hi 0.6" sori
Jul 20, 2019 14:42:46 GMT
Post by Silent on Jul 20, 2019 14:42:46 GMT
Introduction
Hello, I bought this sword because I wanted a decent TH SpringSteel Cutter katana in Europe, and I just noticed these particular swords were being sold for 250€, so I bought one.Honestly I was always interested in WKC has a brand of katana of the "older brands".
I will be cutting with this sword I bought some mats with it.
Historical overview
I Dont think This shinken is based on any historical Swords, nor does it deserves to be =)
Full Disclosure
I bought this sword in a European shop for around 250€ plus ship.This is the first sword I own that suffer from some major issues.
Initial Impressions
In the unboxing the first thing that I noticed was the tsuka ito having major threads falling apart on itself. After I gave an analysis on the entire thing I think these swords are probably being sold as discounted prices because they suffer from major faults or deviations from seller base specs.
Seller Specifications:
Spring steel (C55Si7)
Nagasa (blade length): ca; 71 cm / 28 inch.Sori (curvature): ca. 1,52 inch /0,6 inch.
Moto-Kasane (Thickness at base): ca. 8 mm/ 0.31 inch.
Saki-Kasane (Thickness at tip): ca. 6 mm / 0.23 inch
Saki-Haba (width at tip): ca. 24 mm / 0.94 inch.
Moto-Haba (width at base): ca. 32 mm / 1.26 inch.
Balance point (measured from Habaki): ca.12,5 cm.
Nakago (tongue) with Mei (inscription) according to the tradition: WKC – year of production.
KOSHIRAE
• Fuchi-Kashira (Cap):
o Beautifully carved. Carbon steel (C45). Steel oxidized, black color.
• Tsuka (Grip):
o Wood grip, adapted to the tongue. Length 12inch/ 30,5 cm.
• Tsuka-ito (handle wrap):
o Premium-cotton. Tight.
• Samé:
o Real white ray skin.
• 2 Menuki:
o Brass, hand-polished. Dragonfly shape. One each side, traditional mounting of menuki.
• Habaki:
o Brass color. Made in 1 piece.
• Seppa:
o Copper.
• 2 Mekugi:
o Bamboo wood, based upon the traditional method to seat the pins. The 2 mekugi-ana are drilled diagonal and conical into the tongue. The mekugi are fitted from opposite side.
• Tsuba (Guard):
o Carbon steel (C45), hand-polished. Steel oxidized, black color.
• Saya (Scabbard):
o Selected wood. Black lacquered. Curved according to the Sori. The Koi-guchi (mouth piece) is made of buffalo horn. Saya with kurikata and 2 shitodome to hold the Obi.
• Sageo:
o Black (cord sed for tying the Saya to the Obi - knob on the Saya).
• Total Weight:
o ca. 1 200 gr. without Saya.
• Included Accessories:
o Protective cloth bag.
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The Blade/Nagasa
It feels like 1055 or 9260 steel, so thats a good thing. But the but actual specifications are not has advertised.This feels like a Hanwei tactical katana very light because the blade is about 4,5mm thick(I put it side by side with my Pratical Elite), and the width is 29mm at the habaki.
So its a skinny blade =)
The polish is the typical found on TH from reputable brands.Habaki
-Brass, very rough polsih tighly fit to the blade but unpropocional to the blade width.
The Handle/Tsuka
Its the slimest of all the swords I own But I understand this to be the common tsuka profile Cheness and other chinese brands.
The tsukamaki is tight.but the cotton ito is falling apart.(fixable)
The rayskin is ok quality,from so much flaws I expected worse.
The rayskin is ok quality,from so much flaws I expected worse.
The menuki are painted gold with some thick paint you can barely see the detail on them(fixable)
It feels stable tsuka core, only time will tell honestly.(no rattle)
The Guard/Tsuba
Musashi style tsuba made from iron looks a bit antique I like it and actually have other swords with same tsuba.
The Pommel/Fuchi-Kashira
These are decent quality nothing to complain here.
Seppa-Copper this sword has 3 to achieve tight fit on the fittings.
The Scabbard/Saya
This doesnt look like the saya you see on the other WKC pratical. mine is bad really bad this time.
.Rattles in all points from mounth to the tip.
-Horn? - Plain wood throw entire thing, not a single horn piece on it.
-The paint finish at the saya mounth is realy awfull has you can see from photos.
-The shintodomo is unglued on the wood koiguchi (easy fix)
Handling Characteristics
-Handles well, this is a one handed katana for me.So light because its about 29mm width and 4.5mm thick...
Test Cutting (if applicable)
-This is the one swords I will be abusing/cuttin since its so bad I dont really feel like I am damaging a good piece of art.So I guess thats a good thing.
(UPDATE SOON)
Conclusions
-The sword comes with a nice cloth bag,very well packed. I would not buy another sword for WKC, after I waited over 1 month for this and I warned the store to ask them to inspect product before shipping.... its kind of not admissable.
Pros
- Tight ito. but falling apart....(When bad things are pro's means something)
- Very Sharp
Cons
- Very bad QC, and product specifications are so far from what I actually got.
- This seams to be happening more and more lately.
- Nowhere in the shop or WKC told me these would be "faulty/end of stock items" that I was buying.
The thing that hits me the most Its that a lot of this stuff I can fix or make it better just the blade profile itself that is unfixable.
All things considered,I would rather Get a TH T10 f or 100USD from Sinosword then this.Or i just got a lemon? I did saw some reviews of this products and they were much better then this.
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