But this could also just be illusion from the katate maki wrap. The wood doesn't has a special shape, maybe a little hourglass. The „few“ diamonds are also wrapped nice and look good. And it's also with Hishigami (extra option). This is a pretty good Tsuka, the Tsuka Ito is nice and tight. Other than the non geometric Yokote the blade is very nice. It's about the same sharpness as the other production Katanas (Cold Steel, Ronin etc.) I own. Not the sharpest blade I own, but also not a bad one. Because the Yokote is polished and not geometric you can't see the Hamon that good. In my opinion there should be a geometrical Yokote at this price. The Yokote is not geometrical (though maybe you get one if you request it?). Nonetheless there were some little things which could have been better, especially at this price range (although only small things don't bother me that much).Ī nice long and beefy blade, with a good looking suguha hamon and a double bohi.īut right here is the first „little“ thing that could be better. I received everything as I choose, and it's a very nice sword. You also need to write Shinken in the comment when ordering to receive a sharp one. Not everything on top spot, but in my opinion by far close enough, and my wish with the wider Sakihaba was also respected, which is also proves the good customer support from Francesco. It didn't cost me more to place this wish). Sakihaba: 26mm (26mm was the limit, but I placed a 30mm Nagas 80c 80cm to the Habaki start (about 83 to the Hamachi) Left side the speccs and things I ordered, right side the things I received (this part is only about the measurments of the blade and tsuka). It's made of 1060 steel with a suguha hamon. The sword cost me 516.00 Euros without shipping costs because of a special action. And I knew I ordered a pretty big sword, but the moment I took it out of the bag I just felt like: „Yeah thats the sword I imagined“.Ī very heavy, long and red/black sword with a lot of straight lines on the blade. It came packed in the option I choose (just a cotton bag). I think I have stated my opinion to the customer support and the circumstances of shipping enough above, now lets start with the sword. I decided to review this sword because it was hard for me to find full reviews of YariNoHanzos custom Katanas. I have not received a compensation to give this sword a favorable review. This sword was purchased at the normal price and was not given to me as a free review sample. It only took so long because of the lining up of bad things with the transport and the custom clearance.īut now it arrived and I can say I'm pretty happy with it.įrom the measurments it's more like an O-Katana, but it doesn't have any historical overview, some of the measurments I placed are out of the regular, and I just thought these would look good. He could always give me informations about the state of the sword, and also sent me some images. For me it took about nearly 8 months, but that didn't bother me that much because of the great, fast and personal customer support I received from Francesco (which I believe is in responsibility of the customer support). Their site states the delivery takes from about 4 to 7 months. So I decided to customize my own sword and placed the order. I was very surprised with the whole lot of customization options, in my opinion a lot more than on the other sites I have seen. After that I found out about the custom Katana option and saw the same fittings. They were unknow to me and looked better then the normal production ones. But then I looked through the Nobunaga Katana Shinken on the website of YariNoHanzo and really liked the fittings. I was on the search for a good looking red/black themed Katana, but just couldn't find one.
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