Handmade Sword - Samurai Katana Sword, Battle Ready, Hand Forged, 1045 Carbon Steel, Heat Tempered, Full Tang, Sharp, Fudo Myoo Tsuba, Fudo Myoo Engraving on The Blade, Red/Black Wooden Scabbard

Apparently, at the time of writing this, my sword is on the way. But it is not. It came within two days. That was crazy and unexpected. I will be connecting pictures this week, and simply put, this is the best looking sword I have had.The packaging was good. It came in a box that contained a tube that was solid and tough. The Sword was in a Black carry bag that I like, and held in the tube by Styrofoam, locking it in.Upon unraveling the swords friendly captives, there was wrap around the oiled blade to preserver it. The Blade!I have owned Hanwei swords in the past. I paid near a grand for them. Now I see the pricing on Amazon has some Hanwei swords really down in price, so I was going to get the Musashi Like I use to have for near to a hundred dollars. So why this one at 260? The Art and care. Every piece on this sword looks to be individualized and not merely a duplicate of some form. Handcrafted is what the company advertised, and I believe by the looks of this sword, that was indeed true, and you feel the quality in such a process.In buying a sword, I did not want a simulated Hamon. It needed to be real. THIS SURE IS, and its beautiful wave was what I was looking for. The Saya even looks detailed and of good material. The Fudo on the Blade was why I chose this particular sword. I was worried about it looking cheesy, but in holding it and seeing it, it did not. Fudo was the selling point on why this sword over another by handcrafted swords. Now I Have a Samurai Sword with Fudo as the focus. In essence, the sword becomes more meaningful because of its link to the Fudo symbol.Do you pay 100 dollars for a china stamped blade, or an extra 160 for a handcrafted Sword? I think I made the right decision to go a little bit more into it with the bucks. The price is rather absurd. Not in it being far too much but in that the price is very low for a piece of art like this. Competitive market drives down the price, but make no mistake, this is a high quality sword for the price, where just a few years back, would have fetched 1000 dollar range.

Nice addition to the collection. Good stand in if you don't want to pay the over $2000 for the real Paul Chen kami but I don't think I'd take out cutting due to the loose fittings it would probably turn into a rattle trap. But it's OK I'd say it's a solid 5 out of 10 as far as value and looks go. I have many H.M.S swords and all are quality katanas (great for show) for the price but just know feel of sword compared to price is a little lacking as if it should be about $150-175 range max. Would be great if it was leather wrapped instead of cord then it would have an awesome feel and a more pronounced hamon would be nice but at the price it is what it is. Not disappointed but not something to write home about. Definitely not going to stop me from buying from H.M.S in the future

Love love love this sword!! Been looking for it for months and I finally have it! A very nice piece to add to my collection!

This thing is price of scrap metal junk. It bent in 2 places on one stab of a wooden floorboard.

It's exactly like the picture, it can on time. It's a perfect display sword. It was a very beautiful and red. I bought it for my boyfriend and he loved it came with a not in Asian characters. I recommend it but the down fall it's not sharp to actually use, it's more for display

My wife made me return. She said it wasn't practical. She'll be eating those words come the zombie apocalypse!

Beautifully made sword

Best purchase I have ever made this sword saved my life when 3 ninjas decided to break in my house last week lucky I bought this sword a few weeks ago wouldn't be here today if I never made this purchase.