in a REAL japanese sword you can remove the handle and see the "signature" of the artisan who made it. my question is: in THIS sword i can do that?
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I'm unsure man. Sorry. I wouldn't try simply because it wasn't forged in Japan but in China. It says its traditional style and is hand forged by some captain or whatever. He possibly put his name on it though.
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It looks like it can be done, maybe I `ll try it later .I plan to change a handle with leather.
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The Japanese version comes with "Akibaranger" pieces (to American-ize the figure). Otherwise its the same figure, with both Dragon Dagger and Sword.
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Hi there, sadly, I would not know how to identify if it is an original figure or not.
1965570
I believe "oso" is a brand / blacksmith. The Oso forge. As for" top sword " I do not know
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My handle has started to loosen up. It can easily be felt, to move around, when making any strikes with the sword. I've attempted to contact Cold Steel's Customer Service, via e-mail, to no avail. Thus far; the pommel has not completely flown off(guess I'm lucky).
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As far as if the sword was ever used in real history I'm unsure, what I can say about the anime is kenshin is based a tiny bit of kenshin usuagi a famous warlord in Japan's Edo era. The blade itself though while it wouldn't be effective in combat other than hurting someone really bad by breaking their bones or potentially killing them from a concussion or any other serious head trauma. Is not impossible to make definitely harder to make but not impossible. You would have to keep the blade consistently even with a slight taper where the cutting edge should be so it would still get the curb when quenched and then I guess either file or grind down the curved side to give it the edge..from my experience in blacksmithing with my small forge that's a way I could see making the blade by hand but I am in no means a master blacksmith or even consider myself experienced. But with machines the blade itself would definitely be easier to make
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Unfortunately... Most production swords like these are all going to be made in China, Taiwan, or the Philippines. An actual Nihon-tô will run into the thousands so most of us will never be able to afford such swords. Is this a functional katana? Certainly. It'll cut most targets with ease. Does it have the flawless details of a Nihon-tô? No, but it looks just fine and you can put some DYI work into it yourself to make it better. Hope this helps
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It has a Takara Tomy label on it. I guess it could be forged, but it does have the label.
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It appears that the signature version (the one I have) has a larger handle opposite the main pan handle. There is a small opening for better grasp with the signature version. Pan is good for folks with small hands like mine. In this photo I believe it shows only the cast iron version and NOT the signature model. But I could be wrong! :-)
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It's a display piece. I wouldn't recommend LARPing with it or anything like that. Cosplay is fine, if you can get a custom sheath for the sword. Otherwise mount it on the wall and enjoy.
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It's a bunch of different wood pressed together with wax in the scabbard and the handle is glued on. The steel was great, not sure which it was. I took it apart and made a new sword.
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I had to ask my husband, he's a martial arts Master. He said it is a Katana. It's very a beautiful piece
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There is scroll work on the blade and some space to engrave depends how big and how much engraving! It was a gift so I dont have it in front of me to look precisely!
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Yes. You'd have to dismount the blade, shave the thickness of the tsuba and seppa off the handle....which will involve pushing the tsuka-ito down the tsuka a little when you put the fuchi back on...and remount it. I can't imagine why you'd go to the trouble, though. If you have a nice tsuba, it'd be sad to put it on a blade that's likely beneath it, in quality and care. Make no mistake, the Chinese produce some very nice katana....this just isn't one of those.
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There is no stand with this sword. It's not the 5000 signature series. It's the regular basic sword that they produce right now. It's still a great sword to have for any fan of the show.
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It doesn't say anything about being a ninja edition. I believe that if it was there would be something indicating it. However nowhere in the knife does it say anything about ninja
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I was going to attach an image file of all the blades and dies but there seems to be no way to do that. The text answer is: No, none of the blades are duplicates. Enjoy your tool. Richard