Both battle ready real sharp swords.
Both swords were (and still are covered) in British museum preservation wax (extremely expensive) to preserve the metal thus I didnt get them as shiny as they can be especially the Shashka.
Here are pictures and videos (to see the videos either download the whole folder or just brows through pictures on the browser):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hmqsrfpsua5xxqk/95s6WNqbJ2
Paul Chen Hanwei Orchid Katana[/u] $700 paypalled and shipped in continental USA (its $1100 sword that functions and looks like 3K swords)
Forged and folded K120C Powder steel
Great 90% condition. Cuts great. The only thing is a chip on the saya (see pic) that doesnt effect functionality.
The sword is light and cuts like lightning. Great!
Windlass Steelcrafts Russian Cossack Shashka Sabre $200 paypalled and shipped in continental USA
Great sword perfect condition cuts like a charm!
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SPECS on Paul Chen Hanwei Orchid Katana:
The Orchid Katana is as quick as it is beautiful with a relatively light blade of folded K120C and striking koshirae. The hamon is prominent and the hada shows distinct layers. High quality ray skin (same) is used on the tsuka, and the tsuka-ito and sageo is woven from premium Japanese cotton. The tsuba is of blackened iron, with an Orchid and Butterfly decoration inlaid in silver, brass and copper. The saya is deeply lacquered in blue with buffalo horn koiguchi and kurikata. The fuchi, kashira and kojiri are crafted in bronzed iron with silver and gold detailing. The habaki is of one-piece brass construction. The blade features a medium-length (chu) kissaki. See Models SH1208 and SH1209 for details of the Orchid Wakizashi and Tanto.
Paul Chen Hanwei Orchid Katana Specs:
Forged and folded K120C Powder steel blade
Medium kissaki
Prominent hamon and hada
Blackened iron tsuba with silver inlaid orchid and butterfly
High quality rayskin and and Japanese cotton tsuka ito
Deeply lacquered blue saya with buffalo horn koiguchi/kurikata
Bronzed iron fuchi, kashira and kojiri with silver and gold details
Fully functional
Measurements:
Overall: 40 1/2
Blade Length: 28
Handle Length: 11 1/2
Weight: 2lb 3oz
Point of Balance: 6"
Width at Guard: 1.17"
Width at Tip: .82"
Thickness at Guard: .24"
Thickness at Tip: .17"
Sori: 3/4"
SPECS on Windlass Steelcrafts Russian Cossack Shashka Sabre
Proud, free mounted warriors who banded together in Russia and Ukraine in the 16th century, the cossacks started out as "farmer regiments" who had to resist the attacks of the Crimean Tatars. In Turkic, "cossack" means free warrior or border guard. A number of cossack bands were integrated into the Red Army after the Russian Revolution, and their officers were issued a typical cossack sabre – the shashka.
Our cossack shashka sabre is a replica of this horseman's sabre with a forward drop that is designed to deliver effective cuts and swings from a horse's back. The slightly curved, single-edged blade has a wide, flat fuller that runs about 4/5 of its length. It has a short ricasso and a false edge at the point. The short grip made of red brown, decorated wood is framed in brass and surrounds the riveted full tang. The brass pommel has the typical shape of an eagle head. It has embossed decoration, including the Soviet hammer and sickle. The hole is for a wrist strap.
This cossack shashka sabre comes with a wooden scabbard covered in black leather with a throat and chape.
Specifications:
Total length: 95.5 cm
Blade length: 81 cm
Grip length: 7.5 cm
Weight: 1.1 kg
Blade thickness (base): 6 mm
Blade width (base): 3.2 cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 16 cm
Both swords were (and still are covered) in British museum preservation wax (extremely expensive) to preserve the metal thus I didnt get them as shiny as they can be especially the Shashka.
Here are pictures and videos (to see the videos either download the whole folder or just brows through pictures on the browser):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hmqsrfpsua5xxqk/95s6WNqbJ2
Paul Chen Hanwei Orchid Katana[/u] $700 paypalled and shipped in continental USA (its $1100 sword that functions and looks like 3K swords)
Forged and folded K120C Powder steel
Great 90% condition. Cuts great. The only thing is a chip on the saya (see pic) that doesnt effect functionality.
The sword is light and cuts like lightning. Great!
Windlass Steelcrafts Russian Cossack Shashka Sabre $200 paypalled and shipped in continental USA
Great sword perfect condition cuts like a charm!
==================================================================================
SPECS on Paul Chen Hanwei Orchid Katana:
The Orchid Katana is as quick as it is beautiful with a relatively light blade of folded K120C and striking koshirae. The hamon is prominent and the hada shows distinct layers. High quality ray skin (same) is used on the tsuka, and the tsuka-ito and sageo is woven from premium Japanese cotton. The tsuba is of blackened iron, with an Orchid and Butterfly decoration inlaid in silver, brass and copper. The saya is deeply lacquered in blue with buffalo horn koiguchi and kurikata. The fuchi, kashira and kojiri are crafted in bronzed iron with silver and gold detailing. The habaki is of one-piece brass construction. The blade features a medium-length (chu) kissaki. See Models SH1208 and SH1209 for details of the Orchid Wakizashi and Tanto.
Paul Chen Hanwei Orchid Katana Specs:
Forged and folded K120C Powder steel blade
Medium kissaki
Prominent hamon and hada
Blackened iron tsuba with silver inlaid orchid and butterfly
High quality rayskin and and Japanese cotton tsuka ito
Deeply lacquered blue saya with buffalo horn koiguchi/kurikata
Bronzed iron fuchi, kashira and kojiri with silver and gold details
Fully functional
Measurements:
Overall: 40 1/2
Blade Length: 28
Handle Length: 11 1/2
Weight: 2lb 3oz
Point of Balance: 6"
Width at Guard: 1.17"
Width at Tip: .82"
Thickness at Guard: .24"
Thickness at Tip: .17"
Sori: 3/4"
SPECS on Windlass Steelcrafts Russian Cossack Shashka Sabre
Proud, free mounted warriors who banded together in Russia and Ukraine in the 16th century, the cossacks started out as "farmer regiments" who had to resist the attacks of the Crimean Tatars. In Turkic, "cossack" means free warrior or border guard. A number of cossack bands were integrated into the Red Army after the Russian Revolution, and their officers were issued a typical cossack sabre – the shashka.
Our cossack shashka sabre is a replica of this horseman's sabre with a forward drop that is designed to deliver effective cuts and swings from a horse's back. The slightly curved, single-edged blade has a wide, flat fuller that runs about 4/5 of its length. It has a short ricasso and a false edge at the point. The short grip made of red brown, decorated wood is framed in brass and surrounds the riveted full tang. The brass pommel has the typical shape of an eagle head. It has embossed decoration, including the Soviet hammer and sickle. The hole is for a wrist strap.
This cossack shashka sabre comes with a wooden scabbard covered in black leather with a throat and chape.
Specifications:
Total length: 95.5 cm
Blade length: 81 cm
Grip length: 7.5 cm
Weight: 1.1 kg
Blade thickness (base): 6 mm
Blade width (base): 3.2 cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 16 cm