When you receive it Eric, give some feedback please!!
I love this sword! Nice long thick blade. It is lighter in the hand than I was expecting. 41oz feels pretty light with a long handle like that. I really like the handle. I am glad it has the hidden tang instead of chiruwa. One of the main things I love about this one is that even though I like the way it looks, it is not too pretty to use.
I had an animal eat one of my chickens. I took the remains of my chicken and put it inside a trap and left it at the kill spot in case it returned. I caught a possum. I dispatched it by removing its head with the katana. It was like cutting through butter. Then I cut the rest into a few pieces and scattered it in the coop. The chickens ate it all in 2 days. If you eat a chicken, they will eat you back. That’s farm karma right there. I still miss my chicken but she has been avenged.
Anyway, I was super impressed with the katana. The edge didn’t even get a ding. I can’t believe I went so long without one of these. I have a healthy respect for her now and she has tasted blood as was intended. I definitely love this sword.
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I forgot to mention that this has a special guard like Dan pointed out. Not a typical circular tsuba like katanas. It has a rectangular cross guard. I really like that too.