New Katanas

[Loz]

We've added a few new kats to the site today, some real nice ones too. Scroll down - http://www.blades-uk.com/view_items.php ... &start=140

[Geordie Ross]

There's some stunners in there loz, really like the yakamashi kat, is it clay tempered? Looks a bit like a hamon on it

[the blade master]

hi lawrence
that yakamashi you have there its the spitting image of one i got of you a couple
of years or so ago which resides on a very nice rack on my bedroom cabinate is
it made by the same manufacturer as the engraving on mine are different to the
new one on the site it has as you can see a dragon on one side of the new blade mine has
a inscription in kanji i belive on one side on the other a religeous symbal of a
fighting weapon used by the samurai if memory serves me right it was about
£188 plus at the time not sure if it was made by musashi or masahiro but it was one
of the better makers at the time

[Geordie Ross]

Can you see a hamon mick? I could swear I can just about make one out on the close up of the kissaki

[the blade master]

theres a definate clay tempered harmon on mine and by the looks
of it theres the same on the new version at buks that gose all the
way throughthe kissaki too

tell you what geordie im going to have to get me one of those fenghuang
katanas it,ll be a perfect match for my ryumon carved dragon katana

[Moon]

Nice sword, shame about the horimono.

[the blade master]

ok moon here,s a couple of pics of the designs that have been acid etched on the blade i belive they used some sort of acid resistant
transfer method i.e. the acid ate into the metal where the resist wasnt present just a thought are both designs known as horimono?

[Geordie Ross]

I rather like that fenghuang but the saya is a bit...touristic, the folded dragon katana looks nice too

[the blade master]

actually geordie when you see them close up they dont look half
bad the saya is finished to a very high standard it looks far better
then the touristy crap you get on some kats these days

[Moon]

ok moon here,s a couple of pics of the designs that have been acid etched on the blade i belive they used some sort of acid resistant
transfer method i.e. the acid ate into the metal where the resist wasnt present just a thought are both designs known as horimono?

Yes Mick, all designs on the blade like the ones you posted are called horimono.

[the blade master]

thanks for that moon

[Big Lazy]

I actually quite like the Sucker Punch katana, cos I'm a bit of a sucker for the movie itself.

[Geordie Ross]

I fancy the tsuka on that, similar to the tori with the brown Ito and black same

[Big Lazy]

Its clearly not gonna be in the same league as a Chen kat, but if you class it as a wall hanger its possibly a very nice item indeed. Have I ever mentioned how much I loved that film?

[Geordie Ross]

It seems better than a wall hanger but too nice to chop stuff up with, wish there was a close up of the engraving as its at a seriously tempting price
Ps I thought the movie was alright, not as good as the previews said but baby doll was mmmmmhmmm