Ten Ryu Hand Forged Samurai Katana Sword With Lacquered Scabbard

This is my first purchase on trueswords and it wont be my last. Sword is razor sharp,it is full tang. one of the downsides is that whenever you get it there will be a waxy substance in the scabbrd that is kinda hard to get out& shipping was very fast and it is great sword for $100 i would reccomend this sword to anyone

Not a bad sword. Nice blade. Very sharp. My Tsuba's didn't look the greatest, looked like raw steel, no shine at all. Leather wrap was a bit loose in some spots.<br /><br /> For a hundred dollars, I think it would be better to go with a Musashi Bamboo Warrior. The Musashi is a sword that has both a nice hilt and a nice blade.

Packaged great. Pull it out of the bag and it is a show stopper and first sight. Beautiful coloring, deep Plum, nicely braided Ito on the Tsuka. Good quality Tsuka and Ray skin. Full Tang always a good deal. Comes with 2 Tsuba. <br /><br />For a show piece, this is fantastic. For Practice, such as Tameshigiri, not so much. After over 20 years of practice myself, I think I know how to cut. Although this Dachi cuts nice and smooth, I question the forging. Using Tatami Omote soaked for at least a day, still I managed somehow to nick the blade using a simple kesagiri. After a second try with gaku kesagiri, my suspicion was confirmed that the carbon steel forging is not exactly up to par.<br /><br />Again this piece looks great and I plan on using my 10k grain to fix the nicks, possibly even reheat to harden the edge, but I see a lot of maintenance ahead of me with this one. All in all, the price is good and I hope that this will be the extent of my worries for the blade. <br /><br />For the Tsuka, the faux leather is nice. Good feel to it. What I am concerned about is the wrapping. It could have been much better. The trick is to spray the Ito with water as to dampen it, rub it in, gently stretch and repeat. Then as the water begins to evaporate, stretch more and immediately begin to wrap tightly (more like firm). Unfortunately, I can actually squeeze a pencil until the current wrapping and after a few uses, I can get my finger under there. <br /><br />Remember, this is a sharpened visual piece (in my opinion). The craftsmanship does not qualify this unit for practical uses (you know, cutting firewood, hunting, filleting, etc).