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"Made of the finest quality 440 stainless steel, the look of these swords is unmatched by any other series. The colorful woven cord handles are available in 5 different colors and are accented by a matching woven waist cord on the scabbard. The scabbards are made from a lacquered aluminum with a granite-like design. The highly polished blades have been tempered, sharpened and true-wave frosted along the edge."���Ok. First of all, it does have a nice shiny 440 stainless steel blade. That's true. However what they don't tell you is that it also comes complete with a 1/2 tang and a loose tsuba. Second, sure it comes with a "woven" sageo attached to the crappy aluminum scabbard. That's another truth. But what they don't tell you about that is that the scabbard comes complete with chips and even flakes when you handle it. Then they make a big deal out of this "true-wave frosting"! It's put there by a machine. These blades are not forged, they are likely injection molded and then the outer layers are tempered. They are even sharpened by a machine. The "wave frosting", which is called the Hamon, is supposed to be created by the design of clay that is put near the hasaki when it is forged in order to make it differentially heat treated. This sword was garbage out of the box, it looked exactly like the one pictured above - except more shitty. The tsuba was loose and the saya was chipped. So I decided to use it as a "beater". I took it into the woods and was cutting down some brush and practicing my strokes. So my friend takes it and tries to cut down a small sapling. THE BLADE BENDS! DO NOT BUY THIS SWORD. You have been warned.
"The blades are of poor quality, not stainless, let alone 440 surgical steel. They must sharpen them with a bench grinder because the blades are uneven and rough. Some parts, especially the tips, are totally dull. If there is any wood parts on it, they're crap, the either use driftwood or balsa, I haven't figured it out. Finally the assembly is extremely poor. Usually pieces are loose, or bent. Example of things I have bought that were made in these countries [Pakistan-India-Phillipines] - that one sword[Indian Claymore], those kamas, several knives, basically anything out of Smokey Mt Knife Works, especially the poorman's knife collection. My recommendation for anyone is buy them with the intention of breaking them. Use them for cutting brush, or file down the blades and use them in kumite sparring, carefully of course. I think that the shitty quality of these items is due to the fact that the people that make them are working for sweat shops. If I was working for barely anything I wouldn't give half a rat's ass about how good of a job I was doing. You might want to say that anything less than 70 dollars isn't worth buying, unless it's a wholesale catalog." ���I think that was well put. I do however want to echo his caution about Smoky Mountain Knifeworks. Do not buy a sword from them. I'm certain that their knives are just fine, but they always seem to have the crappiest swords manufactured today. Click here to email my friend Matt about his experiences or opinions. | Home | | Frauds | | Terms | | Tangs | | For Sale | |
