Post by Ryzamurai⚔️ on Feb 13, 2023 13:26:37 GMT
Vsey crucible Steele nami themed Wakizashi..
I ordered the Wakizashi in October 2022 last year.It arrived mid January by courier to my door
Upon opening the box and picking up the sword the first thing I noticed is how small and thin the saya was compared to the usual Chinese saya..It felt thin and refined simular to my shin gunto saya..The saya I received is Vsey handmade saya which also features a hand carved and shaped koiguichi..
link to photos for those that don’t link reading there’s also one at the end👍
ibb.co/album/Z6zp9M
Looking at the koshirae it was apparent that the quality was quite good the casting very clean clear and precise..The tsukamaki was done in silk with hishigami yes defiantly there I had a peek😊and has a soft touch when you hold it the wrap is reasonably tight..But you have to love the feel of the silk it really is so nice..
ok on to the meat The blade it is made of Vseys crucible Steele upon sliding it out it was breathtaking to see the beautiful polish on the blade you can tell it’s been done well and finished appropriately with the correct stones and you can see the Steele has had nugui work done which brings out the details in the Steele.the hamon is also reminiscent of rolling waves tying it to the koshirae.The geometry seems good and has nice straight lines and is very clean the polish done nicely good to see a decent polish ..The grain of the Steele can be seen thru the shinogi ji as a static like from an old TV set yet when turned slightly to one side is perfectly mirrored possibly burnished I’d say .The shinogi is like a thick silver fog the more you look into it the more detail you see…moving down into the tips of the waves and the top ha area the grain of the blade changes to rippled lines simular to a folded steel just finer and mor subtle it’s like a band thru the blade almost like a lamination line…I imagine this is a result of the crucible Steele been hammered (drawn out) heat and repeat... which has left these details…there is lots of nice activity thru the whole blade.
The kisaki has been correctly polished to contrast the rest of the blade very nicely done..
I will also add the blade is razor sharp..cut paper to ribbons sharp.
The feel of the blade is extremely light and whippy it is a very fine thin blade .I have a another 2 peice habaki from sofecoke and it’s too small for all of my blades …ironically I thought I’d put on this nope it’s way too big it swims on it ..so that gives an idea of the
Size..THE TSUBA is also waves and made of iron Coated in black….mthe habaki is two peice brass and white copper and looks nice enuf except I think they went a little bit too fine on it and the the front on the ha side is super thin. Almost like a shaving of brass..maybe this could be improved later on..
I havnt cut with the blade yet and don’t know if I will.I feel it is a beautiful sword from an artistic view..as a practical blade I dunno feels fragile and small when I hold it ..i don’t want to scratch polish either..it could well be a great cutter.
You can order to have a mei on your sword it’s another extra I think it gives a nice touch to have the smiths name on the blade and the date of creation..would be nice if they included a little certificate that states the material of the sword the smith and the date just as a keep sake and also for authentication if you ever wanted to sell..
I did notice that on the inside of the fuchi there is a vsey. Stamp…
So the tsuka is hand made apparently to match the nakago and I must say the tsuka does fit very well and is comfortable to hold
Overall I think this is a nice addition to my collection..Defiantly has a polish that is out there on its own..
Ok some little things I’ve noticed that could be improved there is the habaki issue I mentioned where on the ha side at the front the core peice of the 2peixe habaki is super thin at front down the bottom ..Other thing is the seppas they are way to big and they move around I think that needs to be addressed.and the tsuba probably needs a sekigane it has very very slight up and down movement…..z
The saya fits like a glove and slides in nicely zero rattle..it is fitted out with horn fittings which is allways nice …The sageo is much nicer than the usual ones. shitodome on Kurigata doesn’t move it’s in solid..The kashira has a shitodome which is really good that’s something I look for✅ I would have no trouble reccomending this Wakizashi 100% ..My one was the prototype so I think they did very well. Took a few months and was totally worth it …I look this blade every day it has nice details you can’t really photograph..but here’s a link to 40 odd photos.
Ok this is photos link ibb.co/album/Z6zp9M
Hope you enjoyed my review and thoughts.
I ordered the Wakizashi in October 2022 last year.It arrived mid January by courier to my door
Upon opening the box and picking up the sword the first thing I noticed is how small and thin the saya was compared to the usual Chinese saya..It felt thin and refined simular to my shin gunto saya..The saya I received is Vsey handmade saya which also features a hand carved and shaped koiguichi..
link to photos for those that don’t link reading there’s also one at the end👍
ibb.co/album/Z6zp9M
Looking at the koshirae it was apparent that the quality was quite good the casting very clean clear and precise..The tsukamaki was done in silk with hishigami yes defiantly there I had a peek😊and has a soft touch when you hold it the wrap is reasonably tight..But you have to love the feel of the silk it really is so nice..
ok on to the meat The blade it is made of Vseys crucible Steele upon sliding it out it was breathtaking to see the beautiful polish on the blade you can tell it’s been done well and finished appropriately with the correct stones and you can see the Steele has had nugui work done which brings out the details in the Steele.the hamon is also reminiscent of rolling waves tying it to the koshirae.The geometry seems good and has nice straight lines and is very clean the polish done nicely good to see a decent polish ..The grain of the Steele can be seen thru the shinogi ji as a static like from an old TV set yet when turned slightly to one side is perfectly mirrored possibly burnished I’d say .The shinogi is like a thick silver fog the more you look into it the more detail you see…moving down into the tips of the waves and the top ha area the grain of the blade changes to rippled lines simular to a folded steel just finer and mor subtle it’s like a band thru the blade almost like a lamination line…I imagine this is a result of the crucible Steele been hammered (drawn out) heat and repeat... which has left these details…there is lots of nice activity thru the whole blade.
The kisaki has been correctly polished to contrast the rest of the blade very nicely done..
I will also add the blade is razor sharp..cut paper to ribbons sharp.
The feel of the blade is extremely light and whippy it is a very fine thin blade .I have a another 2 peice habaki from sofecoke and it’s too small for all of my blades …ironically I thought I’d put on this nope it’s way too big it swims on it ..so that gives an idea of the
Size..THE TSUBA is also waves and made of iron Coated in black….mthe habaki is two peice brass and white copper and looks nice enuf except I think they went a little bit too fine on it and the the front on the ha side is super thin. Almost like a shaving of brass..maybe this could be improved later on..
I havnt cut with the blade yet and don’t know if I will.I feel it is a beautiful sword from an artistic view..as a practical blade I dunno feels fragile and small when I hold it ..i don’t want to scratch polish either..it could well be a great cutter.
You can order to have a mei on your sword it’s another extra I think it gives a nice touch to have the smiths name on the blade and the date of creation..would be nice if they included a little certificate that states the material of the sword the smith and the date just as a keep sake and also for authentication if you ever wanted to sell..
I did notice that on the inside of the fuchi there is a vsey. Stamp…
So the tsuka is hand made apparently to match the nakago and I must say the tsuka does fit very well and is comfortable to hold
Overall I think this is a nice addition to my collection..Defiantly has a polish that is out there on its own..
Ok some little things I’ve noticed that could be improved there is the habaki issue I mentioned where on the ha side at the front the core peice of the 2peixe habaki is super thin at front down the bottom ..Other thing is the seppas they are way to big and they move around I think that needs to be addressed.and the tsuba probably needs a sekigane it has very very slight up and down movement…..z
The saya fits like a glove and slides in nicely zero rattle..it is fitted out with horn fittings which is allways nice …The sageo is much nicer than the usual ones. shitodome on Kurigata doesn’t move it’s in solid..The kashira has a shitodome which is really good that’s something I look for✅ I would have no trouble reccomending this Wakizashi 100% ..My one was the prototype so I think they did very well. Took a few months and was totally worth it …I look this blade every day it has nice details you can’t really photograph..but here’s a link to 40 odd photos.
Ok this is photos link ibb.co/album/Z6zp9M
Hope you enjoyed my review and thoughts.