Posted by: Anonymous
Ritter Steel Katana - 10/06/04 03:31 PM
I bought a katana through mail order about one year ago, and it seems to be a very good sword. It's not an iaito, but it costed me around $180. It has a well sharpened, high carbon spring steel blade, brass tsuba and end-cap, and copper habaki. It's very well balanced and fully functional, and is the type often used in recreational dramatizations of samurai battles or duels. The only thing that concerns me is that it has no sageo, shitodome or kurigata. It doesn't have a kojiri, either. My only question is this: is this truly a bad sword? It looks a little different from other Japanese katana, but it still works very well. Another question: can I technically call this a katana, since it is slightly different?
Just for reference, here's the exact same sword that I bought (Item #2140, Samurai Katana):
http://www.knightsedge.com/swords/japanese-samurai-swords-golden-warrior.htm
Any replies are appreciated.
Just for reference, here's the exact same sword that I bought (Item #2140, Samurai Katana):
http://www.knightsedge.com/swords/japanese-samurai-swords-golden-warrior.htm
Any replies are appreciated.