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Post by Eric Bergeron on Nov 5, 2023 18:34:55 GMT
Can someone break down what the big differences are between the different practical katana models Hanwei has? I'm not looking for anything over 12" on the tsuka so I believe that eliminates the elite line if I am not mistaken. I also believe they all feature a real hamon but its been years since I've looked at the practical line.
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Post by jyamada on Nov 5, 2023 19:37:51 GMT
Pro has long tsuka.
Plus has nicer koshirae (real samegawa, non-plain hardware).
Elite and XL are blade geometries. Elite is multipurpose, XL is mat cutter.
XL light has bohi.
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Post by whitefeathers on Nov 7, 2023 1:51:45 GMT
I don't know if they still do it but the base model Practicals had everything glued together,plastic same, and the plain fittings.
The Plus and nicer can be disassembled like usual.
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Post by miraculix101 on Nov 7, 2023 7:24:18 GMT
I did buy a practical Hanwei around the time matrix movies went to cinema, so around 1998-2000. It was plastic samegawa and plastic menuki ...rather bad. But the blade is/was good. Last year i did destroy the glued on tsuka....,removed the cheap tsuba and seppa, and made myself another design with the blade.
On the pictures, it is the one with the bare blade.....
It a bought tsuka with suede leather red, and real samegawa in black.
Tsuba was bought on Aliexpress and is iron/steel.
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Nov 7, 2023 20:28:35 GMT
Great job with the upgrades, looks fantastic.
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Post by blairbob on Nov 8, 2023 23:57:41 GMT
was this one was of those tsuka off an etsy shop for cheap?
does look nice.
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Post by miraculix101 on Nov 9, 2023 2:48:10 GMT
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