Any katana experts?

Posts: 3583 Age: 17

I want to buy a new katana and I want to get a very high quality one, could anyone recommend any?

Posts: 3175 Location: THE MOUNTAIN TOP!

You couldn't afford what I use in my line of work.

Posts: 1151 Age: 18 Location: Texas

the best one i got was around 200 and it was from the texas renassance festival as for what you should look for: carbon steel, full tang

Posts: 3583 Age: 17

Gm, you're not Deadpool. Sorry.

I was looking at the Hanwei Practical Plus Elite, but im not sure....

Posts: 3752 Age: 20 Location: Pennsylvania

I've made my own katana but it's priceless as it's fused with my blood and bones... I call it SOUL EDGE!

Posts: 2044 Age: 19 Location: Memphis, TN

chunckylover53 wrote:

I've made my own katana but it's priceless as it's fused with my blood and bones... I call it SOUL EDGE!

Spoiler:

Posts: 1256 Age: 23 Location: Mexico

I think you would need to get an original one from a japanese smith, if you want true quality...

I can't imagine how expensive those are.

Posts: 3175 Location: THE MOUNTAIN TOP!

Pariah wrote:

Gm, you're not Deadpool. Sorry.

I was looking at the Hanwei Practical Plus Elite, but im not sure....

never said I was.....But I do use em.

My fav is the Kanja Taeko Fujiwara blade...said to cut the very souls of men.

be jelly.

Posts: 5656 Age: 24 Location: Upstate New York

Cheap authentic katanas still run in the thousands. Like Ars said, you'd likely end up having to commission one from a Japanese smith, and the waiting line for those is looooooooooong.

Posts: 3175 Location: THE MOUNTAIN TOP!

Fat neck bearded Anime fans have driven up Katana prices exponentially.

You gets these lard assess in conventions running around with swords.

I hate those guys.

Posts: 5656 Age: 24 Location: Upstate New York

lol weeaboos

Posts: 3583 Age: 17

TheGM wrote:

Fat neck bearded Anime fans have driven up Katana prices exponentially.

You gets these lard assess in conventions running around with swords.

I hate those guys.

Just for this, I actually respect you. Also, I looked at getting a commissioned katana, but those run from $1,000 to $2,000 with all the transport and time necessary. My katana is just heavy as fuck, so I want to get a new one. Oh, and post a link to that Kanja Taeko Fujiwara GM, I couldnt find anything about it on the net.

Posts: 1256 Age: 23 Location: Mexico

He probably made that one up...

Posts: 1151 Age: 18 Location: Texas

Pariah wrote:

My katana is just heavy as fuck, so I want to get a new one.

wow and i thought i was weak arent most swords the same weight depending on the type of sword

Posts: 3583 Age: 17

Absolutely not. Most standard katana are the same absolute weight, or close, but the specific balance and make of each creates a unique apparent weight. My katana is very heavy towards the tip and the support at the hilt...pathetic. I only bought it because i liked the movie it was in, but it actually is really bad.