YONG XIN SWORD-Samurai Katana Sword, Japanese Handmade, Practical, Damascus/1060/1095 Carbon Steel, Tempered/Clay Tempered, Full Tang, Sharp, Scabbard

I once had an authentic WWII katana (the blade dated to the 1700s). I gave it as a gift to a deserving person, but ever since, I have been looking for a real katana. If you're reading this review, you already know the world is full of poorly designed and manufactured katanas. Anything priced under several hundred dollars looked embarassingly cheap. This katana caught my eye because the design is elegant and simple, which are qualities found in better examples. I had given hopes of getting a decent-looking blade, but the photos of this one looked clean, sharp, and very similar to my genuine katana. I read the reviews and was impressed with what people said after seeing the real sword. I decided to risk this insanely low price and return the item if it was fraudulent junk. It arrived yesterday and I have to say this is a lovingly made piece. I know that may be a surprising thing to say, but the tradition with real katanas is they are the pride of whoever made them. A maker's integrity as a human being could be judged by examining one of the swords they made. This item has a low cost, but the integrity is very high. Carefully chosen and assembled materials. Attention to detail. Good (no great) quality materials. In other words, well worth two or three times what I paid. I cannot judge the quality of the blade. If you want assurance of that, shop for a katana in the $3,000 to $10,000 range. But this blade matches the curvature, edging, and general appearance of my original one. Some said their sword arrived unsharpened, but this is keen and unblemished. I wanted a real katana at a reasonable price. This exceeded my hopes in both respects.

Very happy with this sword, it looks great and is extremely sharp, it makes for a great display piece above my desk. I would highly recommend this sword especially for the price!!

I stand corrected I HIGHLY recommend this sword. the first one I received had a few tiny problems nothing extremely marjor but still even with those minor problems the sword overall was put together very solid and felt awesome looked great as well I did a review on this the first time and gave them a one star simplely because the blade had a very tiny bent tip on it hard to see unless you look close anyways I left the review and immediately they got back to me and said they were very sorry about the sword and they assured me that a new one would be at my door free of charge yes they are awesome and the second sword I received was perfect and extremely sharp very solid and its just perfect I love it I RECOMMEND THIS SWORD AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN not many actually reach out to the buyers but they did and I received this new one in like a week super fast this is a quality katana for the price and if you are looking to buy one stop right here and GET THIS SWORD THEY ARE BUILT GREAT. THANKS FOR THE KATANA!!!!

For those who want an honest review. This sword is nice. The blade is sharp, the handle is somewhat well made. The weight feels right, and feels pretty well balanced. Though to those who don’t know, keep in mind when you buy a cheap katana, you can notice the quality of what you pay for. That being said, I noticed that the sheath wasn’t thought too well as to fit the sword, as the sword can sword of rattle in the sheathe. Not only that, but it also sheds particles that the oil on my blade picks up and makes it look dirty. Other than that, this is a pretty solid product for the price.

It's awesome and really sharp

This is an attractive, well made, functional sword. It is as described. It is sharp as well. There was some edge rolling when I first received it. This was probably due to handling in the assembly process. A couple of strokes on crossed ceramic sticks fixed that easily. Now it will shave. I have only one complaint. The hamon is wire brushed on. I hope you will decide to leave that out. A plain, heat treated blade would be far more preferable. I have seen complaints that it's not Damascus. It is Damascus, but has not been acid etched. That's fine by me. Overall, I'm very pleased with this sword. The seller is first rate. I don't think you'll be disappointed if you know what to expect.

It is a very well put together product and yes the product is sharp it is everything the seller described it as and more the very good product

I ordered the "Golden" style, which is the blue scabbard with a gold pattern on it, along with the blue and red hilt sword and (blue?) "folded" style blade. It's a beautiful sword. It is VERY sharp. In general, for $119.88, it's probably worth the buy for your first katana. That said, I returned the item, and here's why... When you buy this thing, you really have no idea what you are getting. The description says "Damascus / 1060 / 1095 Carbon Steel, Tempered/Clay Tempered, Full Tang, Sharp, Scabbard." So--is it Damascus? Is it 1060? Is it 1095? Is it folded Damascus with 1060 and 1095? Is it tempered or clay tempered? Both? The images for all 3 swords have the same description but clearly the other two ("Blue" and "Yellow") are not folded, thus not Damascus. I can tell you these facts: all the fittings are cheap alloy; the handguard, pommel, etc. Along with that, compared to a sword from, say, HanBon forge, this feels like a lightweight toy. Likely, what you are getting here is 1045 steel with acid etching for decoration. The hamon is not real, so there's no clay tempering going on here. The ray skin is plastic synthetic. It's really not a terrible price point for what you (might) get, but the problem is, you really don't know what you are getting. I'd recommend spending $120 at HanBon for more certainty of blade quality and all the rest of the parts.

Excellent quality and visually very impressive.