Maybe they have a special forging/heat treatment? Please let me know. We know what a sub 300 dollars sword has to offer, already, so where does that twice-as-much price come from? polishing? fittings? hamon? where? I definitely expect more than that, from a 500 dollars range sword. I am only discussing their price there is just no value for the money you pay for them, period. I want to clarify: don't want to say they are "bad swords", since there is no way to test one unless buying it before and the total absence of any reviews about them. One of them had a black "musashi" tsuba, the others had different decorations, not bad but nothing unseen or fancy. The laquering was ok, nice and shiny, mostly glossy black.
YARINOHANZO RONIN KATANA FULL
The double menugi showed they were clearly full tang (of course). I have no idea whether it would move around with the use, I think it's unlikely. The tsuka was decent but nothing superb at all, the ito was tight, though I could move it with my thumb. The saya was very light (fragile) and the koiguchi was off center, some material from the saya was spread all over the extremely greased blade one of those swords fell out from the saya without even touching it, some other didn't want to come out and I had to pull the hell out of them, which is better anyway but gives you the idea of the manufacturing quality I didn't see any horn or metal koiguchi, apparently the whole thing was just wood. They had mostly copper mune, not particularly attractive. I had no time nor was interested to thoroughly checking how even the sharpening on the edge was. They were sharp but not at all jaw-dropping (ok: we know the equation "too sharp = brittle edge", so no problem with that). Only one of those swords had a very light real hamon (kinda nice), the others had it poorly wirebrushed or etched they were not particularly well polished either. maybe some two-handed tameshigiri or similar. nor iaido or kenjutsu practicing came into my mind.
I understand that weight and thickness may be a matter of personal choice but, while holding them in my hand, I was thinking of a proper use for them but. I had no means to weigh them but, compared to how another sword I have feels in the hand, I can assume they were like 3lb, maybe more. Katanas do not need to be that thick nor heavy. When I see too much of a thick blade I think they are compensating a poor quality of it with a major thickness. They had the aspect of a "long narrow cleaver" more than a sword. The blades were thick (like 3/8"), very heavy and not particularly well built (especially in the kissaki area) nor did they feel too well balanced in the hand. (the shirasaya one was a bit under 300E, still way overpriced) Their price range went 350/375 euro (average 500 US dollars) and there was really nothing in those swords to justify it. A more precise review of these swords would be welcomed. I know nothing about any other products from "Yari No Hanzo" and I can imagine somebody else's opinion may differ from mine. I would not pay more than 150/180 euro for those. NOTE: this is MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION related to the feelings I received holding and observing 5 of those swords in my hand and the price proposed by that particular store. They can be described with just two words: Four of them had their koshirae, one was in shirasaya. The tag on it claimed they were built from 1060 steel. I had the chance of observing and performing a quick check on a number of "Yari No Hanzo" brand katanas, which I had in my hands from a reseller store in Rome, where I went with the firm intention of buying one of those swords.
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