TYRANT KATANA: MAGNUM OPUS, and BUSH WAKI ANNOUNCEMENT THREAD

Are you on board for the Tyrant Katana Magnum Opus or Bush Waki?

  • Count me in for the Tyrant Katana

    Votes: 4 17.4%

  • Nope, too expensive, go make something cheaper and stop being an idiot.

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • Count me in for the Bush Waki

    Votes: 10 43.5%

  • Count me in for both!

    Votes: 6 26.1%
  • Total voters
    23
Korangi said:
Really like the Tyrant Waki concept. Something pretty but lives up to the Tyrant moniker being overbuilt and bombproof. I wouldn't want to give up function for pretty and traditional, but would happily pay for the space coral carbon fiber handle option...
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I think I'm going to launch everything with Terotuf or micarta as the base options and allow people to dress them up with carbon fiber or some other cool materials I can scrounge up. There's some really special materials being made these days like TurboGlow and some others that I'd like to try. Good news is, most of the materials are so dimensionally stable that I should be able to offer them as an easily interchangeable add on.

Guys, I haven't been this juiced for anything in a LONG time. This fits the trifecta for me of being a blade I've wanted to make forever, being a big challenge, and making something unique.
 
Any chance getting the bottom design made? Pretty please?

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zaedion said:
Any chance getting the bottom design made? Pretty please?

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I'd like to explore it in the future, but the extra blade width and stock thickness puts the cost through the roof. It would cost $1,600+ and also be pretty heavy. I'm a fan of light and fast for swords now days. If this run goes well, maybe I can launch the Bush Waki Brute Edition with the 2in wide blade and .25in thick stock down the road.
 
Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
I'd like to explore it in the future, but the extra blade width and stock thickness puts the cost through the roof. It would cost $1,600+ and also be pretty heavy. I'm a fan of light and fast for swords now days. If this run goes well, maybe I can launch the Bush Waki Brute Edition with the 2in wide blade and .25in thick stock down the road.
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Honestly, I’d be interested in this chunky guy anyway 😅. I mean, I also love thin and fast blades, and my experience with the Fell Beast made me appreciate sleek and precise geometry—it’s super satisfying to use in many tasks.

From what I gather, you’ve learned a lot from the Tyrant Bowie. For folks used to popular choppers on the market, it might seem a bit heavy 🤔. But honestly, to me, it feels light and intuitively weighs just right. I’ve got a thick and wide wakizashi in my collection that’s 4.8 pounds, and that feels light too—obviously, in the context of the impact that weight delivers (This is a lot of the damage!!!).

Truth be told, maybe no blade feels heavy to me because I train functionally, swinging a 45-pound barbell from the end like it’s a sword. By the way, that’s incredibly useful for building striking power with any blade, be it a knife or a sword.

So, this Brute would definitely pique my interest. I see it as an extension of the Tyrant Bowie’s concept—maybe heavier with a thicker spine, but delivering the MOST insane chopping power ever. Plus, if this thing has those dimensions, that thickness ratio, and a chopper-style tip, it’s probably the toughest thing out there. I reckon if you drove it hard enough into a tree, you could literally hang from it like a pull-up bar, do some reps, and the blade would hold up.

So yeah, even if this massive beast was made in the future, with the experience from the Bush Waki and Tyrant Katana, I bet it wouldn’t be too tough for you to craft, even in limited batches. (Just because Egor and Zaedion wanted it 😅.) Because this thing, intuitively, feels like the most indestructible and chopping beast I’ve ever seen. It’s like a chopper sword with an axe-like handle. You guys can’t imagine how durable this thing would be.
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Don't pay attention to the photo, nothing special.
Just a Tyrant Bowie that chopped through a concrete block with swinging strikes, without taking any damage. Business as usual 🙄.
 
If you decide to make the Tyrant Waki. Can we get an option to downgrade to kydex, no carbon fiber and no customer carrying case? It’s similar to how you were able to save some cost with the Tyrant Katana by offering a Terotuf handle.
 
kevo711 said:
If you decide to make the Tyrant Waki. Can we get an option to downgrade to kydex, no carbon fiber and no customer carrying case? It’s similar to how you were able to save some cost with the Tyrant Katana by offering a Terotuf handle.
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The $~1,300 price point would be with Terotuf and a kydex sheath. Unfortunately The coffin handle and the guard cost alot to make + the extra time for assembly and fitup and higher scrap rate on parts. Even at $1,300, I feel that the Tyrant Waki is a tremendous value when compared to other swords from top makers.
 
Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
The $~1,300 price point would be with Terotuf and a kydex sheath. Unfortunately The coffin handle and the guard cost alot to make + the extra time for assembly and fitup and higher scrap rate on parts. Even at $1,300, I feel that the Tyrant Waki is a tremendous value when compared to other swords from top makers.
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Awesome, it is a great value. I’m glad it comes standard with kydex and Terotuf.
 
kevo711 said:
Hi Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.
Do you have any updates or changes?
Where is the projected point of balance and center of percussion?
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We are still getting the renders finalized. Ill have to double check but I believe the modeling software can show the balance point. Im curious as well with the pommel. Even when you prototype, the finished product is always slightly different.
 
Huntsman Knife Co. LLC. said:
We are still getting the renders finalized. I’ll have to double check but I believe the modeling software can show the balance point. Im curious as well with the pommel. Even when you prototype, the finished product is always slightly different.
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Awesome!!! Hopefully the balance point is where you want it with the pommel. True, the weight will probably vary depending on the handle material that is chosen.
 
Man oh MAN do I wish I were 20 years younger and encountered this thread. I would check the "Put me down for both" and would start a fairly aggressive training regiment just to be ready to figure out the nuances of the Magnum Opus and make IT my goto katana that I would use in a heartbeat, should the need ever arise. I think I'd even be tempted to wreak havoc on some Tatami mats with such a blade. It doesn't hurt that you compared the cost of the Magnum Opus to a nice rifle because I recently acquired one of those and I'm thrilled with its performance AND the high quality fit and finish used in its construction. I'll keep my eyes on this thread and I'm looking forward to seeing the notice that "All deposits need to be made by such and such a date, and the project is moving past the design stage and into the manufacturing stage".
 
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