Ten Ryu Forged Dancing Crane Katana

Excellent blade...but...

Posted by Stephen Arseneau (Springhill, NS) on 18th Apr 2012

This is my first sword have ever purchased and i have to say that overall I am impressed. The blade is sharp enough, it cuts VERY well, it seems to be very strong and the hamon is as authentic as you can get. There is nothing fake about it. For a $120.00 sword this Katana seems to be excellent so far. There is only a couple of things that I was not satisfied with. First off, the tsuba, even though it is an nice design, still retained some flashing in the spaces between the pattern design. Also, and I am unsure about this, but the scabbard was WAY too tight but that may be normal since I have never drawn a katana before, but I had to use some significant force to remove it from the scabbard. The Habaki also has some small but deep gouges on it. Other than these two minor quality control issues, I am still very satisfied with my purchase and will gladly purchase another sword(s) from this online retailer on the near future. : )