However right after my heavy cutting the frist day the whole handle plus wraping start to loose it is way worse than my 500 gift shinken from japan.
Hanwei bamboo mat katana review.
Its pretty and cuts stuff all to hell.
I really had bad experience with cas hanwei swords.
It is by far my favorite in iaido toyama ryu and tamishigiri i love the hanwei bamboo mat katana so much 2 people found this helpful.
This is one of my favorite blades.
Colloquially referred to as paul chen hanwei swords because the company was the brainchild of mr.
This steel is made in hanwei s new factory with high tech equipment producing a very pure advanced metallurgy blade with excellent edge holding capability and resilience.
Bamboo mat katana our bamboo mat katana features a chu kissaki blade of hanwei s own high alloy hws 2s steel which combines impressive performance with a striking o choji hamon.
Our bamboo mat katana features a chu kissaki blade of hanwei s own high alloy hws 2s steel which combines impressive performance with a striking o choji hamon.
From the deep brown and black of the tsuka reflected in the saya the leather complimented by the stippling of the saya s lacquer to the power and dignity of the fittings and the minute attention to detail the seppa are tapered so as not to ruin the aesthetics of the tsuba this sword embodies the dignity power and lethality of.
The most beautiful and amazing hanwei katana i have ever held in my hands.
This steel is made in.
Chen chao po originally of taiwan they first started making swords in 1991 and have since grown into a mainstay of the sword buying community and expanded their products to include european designs.
The photo below shows the bashi kissaki.
The edge is rated hr60 which is a metric based on the rockwell scale used to determine the hardness of steel when impacted by another substance.
This is a drunken overview of the hanwei bamboo mat katana.
Hws 2s steel blade striking o choji hamon traditional handle construction hws 2s blade quality fittings bamboo theme made by hanwei.