It has some flaws, but what do you expect for 30 bucks? Despite what the bullet points above say, the blade is made of CARBON STEEL (labeled directly on the blade), not stainless. All the décor makes it seem more like a royal blade than one that would belong to a soldier in the field. It's not overly expensive but has a very nice traditional opulent look. Short review: I am highly impressed with this sword. budk, not a bad job on this sword, but checking everything is right so defects arent as common seems to be what you should start to do for this sword. And the fact this blade had alot of good things for low price makes me happier to have this in my collection. "the knife and spike don't allign right" - found this on many reviewers, guess this is a defect, given I didn't have a problem with that Now to final thoughts: I say buyer beware, this sword seems to frequently come with defects, but none that are unfixable, if you know how to do even basic maintenance, you should be fine getting this sword. Now, what is even cooler is that not only you get a sword, but a throwing spike and knife too! Collaborating to other reviewers: "this is not stainless, it will rust within 20 days" - that is because it is carbon steel, it actually is BETTER, if you do maintenance every once-in-a-while. even still, return policies are nice given they work. Now, this is nice, the steel is CARBON steel, not stainless, what does this mean? it means that it wont snap from how brittle it is, and even more awesome cutting power, it IS full tang, now one catch, this sword is duller than a bat, and I would say you would have to spend at LEAST 3-4 hours to sharpen this sword to a good edge, now imagine is if WAS sharpened (budk you listening?) that would be awesome! Complaints: some defects I found in my sword, the tsuba wobbles like mad, not gonna do much that is bad given the blade is held in by the handle, but it makes it feel a bit cheaper, also, i'm not the only one here to have defects in the sword. Oda Nobunaga katana review and collaborations to other reviewersįirst, for those who have absolutely no idea about all the parts like "tang" and other complicated things on a sword and only want to get a sword, is this a good sword? Yes, not bad for it's price. I bought it because I'm an impulsive 17-year-old, and it suits my purposes nicely. All in all, this is a great piece for display or for just messing around. Pros: Nothing rattles or moves when i shake it, the tip is sharp (I accidentally cut my pant leg), the design looks fairly authentic and is very cool, all the sheath wrappings are tight and look good, feels nice in your hand, not too heavy, beautiful color and style. Cons: Blade is not sharp (I don't really care but it might matter to you), some of the blue/turquoise paint is kind of sloppy but you don't notice unless you look very close, hand guard can grind on your knuckles if you hold it improperly, the throwing knife and spike look cool but fell out when i opened the package and when I put them back in the sheath, then the sheath doesn't go over the blade nicely (I decided to just leave the knife and spike out). This was my first purchase on BudK, and for the price i was pleasantly surprised. Over all this is a great blade and a great deal. I live in Az and during the summer I use a swamp cooler to help keep the house cool, now with out prep this can be very bad on steel items so I just plan in advance and there's a lot of products out there to protect your steel products from rust. In regards to the carbon steel blade it's easier to sharpen than stainless steel especially if you get a nick in the edge (sometimes it happens) and stainless steel can be a lot of work. If you don't have a gun, then a good blade is useful as a back up, as far as the edge is concerned a little time with a good stone and gets it sharp as most people can handle. In this day and age when there's so much crazy crap happening you want something that will work as a last resort. There are to many of these more expensive swords that are not full tang that look real pretty but from the hilt to the end is a piece of all thread welded on that's about 3/8 of inch or smaller and will break if you ever try to use it for anything. Even though this sword is low price it has all the quality of a much more expensive sword ?, the fact that is a full tang means that the metal goes all the way to the end.
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