Midnight Emperor Carbon Steel Katana

My friend recently bought a really REALLY expensive katana and I got into the hype but wasn't interested in the prices so I looked around and finally found the midnight emperor! I'm not interested in DISPLAY pieces so much and wanted to get something that looks cool BUT could be used for fun too. 20 dollars is a pretty amazingly good deal of a price, I could not pass it up. The sword arrived in pretty decent time (~ 1 week or so). Looking it over, it looked really nice. It IS one piece of metal, the grip is just nylon wrapped and has a pretty neat looking (albeit cheap plastic) golden inlay on it. The grip isn't extremely comfortable, but that's a small price for getting the full tang of this sword. The blade has some issues though that bother me. First off, the image is misleading, I thought the light gray was a mimic of clay temper lines, it's NOT! The gray area is just where the blade is beveled and starts going to the point. The blade itself is solid black (which is still cool). Like David below me says, the blade is soft as well. This was a particular concern of mine because, looking down the blade, I noticed it was bent to the left at quite a bad angle. I am not sure if this is a problem or not, but it does bother me somewhat. I tried bending it slightly straighter but, even though it was really flexible, of course that didn't do anything. The blade does arrive really dull, and I was planning on using an Accusharp sharpener to spruce it up until I found that apparently that will destroy the katana and you must use a stone. So I have to wait until I get a stone to see just how sharp I can get this thing, but based on other reviews, that outlook is good! So overall, 20 bucks will NORMALLY get you very little when it comes to full swords, but I have to say this piece, even with it's slight issues, is a good deal. It looks cool and hopefully will cut when sharpened for some good fun!

At such a low price, this is a decent sword. The blade, tsuba, hilt, and scabbard all look great. The blade arrived dull, but it took a shaving sharp edge with my belt sander. I bought this because it is carbon steel, not stainless. However, the metal is still soft and not for full combat. A very hard swing at a hard wood pallet caused the blade to bend severely, thus ruining the sword. I should have chosen a softer target, but I expected more out of a carbon steel blade. But for the price, I still recommend it for anyone who likes owning weapons.

first of its a nice wall hanger but it comes to dull for much use i did cut some pumpkins with it but i found out that its 2 pieces off metal stamped together no happy bout that but a good training sword so 2/5