Moonsword Katana, Japanese Samurai Sword, Sharp, Authentic Detailing and Traditional Hardening Process, Full Tang, Rayskin, Hardwood Saya, Options- T10, 1095, High Carbon

The product came in a nice taped up box. The sword itself is nice and shiny. It wasnt loose and came in pretty sharp. The hamon looks a little faded though. I cant really tell if the hamon is real. I think its real enough. Overall, the blade is a work of art and beautiful. When i practice, its workout since its heavier than my other 1045 katana.

I recommend this Moonswords Emerald Green Hand Forged T10 Carbon Steel Katana. Authentic detailing and traditional Hardening Process used in making of the Steel Blade.I am displaying this Katana on my Office Desk, I am very happy with the quality of this sword. The Blade shows the Hamon (Ripple created from the quenching of the steel).. the area below the hamon is harder steel which is the edge length of the sword and area above the hamon is the Spine side of the sword which is a more durable steel. The tip of the Katana is designed for piercing and this particular sword shipped to me and was sharp enough to slice through a sheet of writing paper that I held in one hand and sliced the paper with the sword in my right hand. The T10 Carbon Steel will hold this sharp edge long term and can be honed to razor sharpness.The Sheath is beautiful, it is lacquered and marbled in shades of gray, black and white. The outside of the Sheath is wrapped in a ceremonial cording of Emerald Green (to match the handle wrapping) and white. The Katana seats firmly inside the Sheath that follows the curve of the blade and the Katana is easily drawn from the Sheath.The Katana is finished with great detail from the Emerald Green rayon wrapping and synthetic ray skin on the Handle to Gold Color engraved Hand guard ring and Pummel.I am extremely happy with this Moonswords Emerald Green Katana and Sheath it is deserving of being displayed. I am interested in investigating other swords that Moonswords offer for sale.

Yeah, I don't know anything about katanas. I'll just tell you what I've noticed. The sword did not want to come out of the scabbard when I first got it. It was so stuck in there that I thought it was screwed in place or something. I couldn't find anything trapping it in there, so I just yanked until it came out. It was covered in wood bits from the inside of the scabbard. It's oiled up, so the wood just sticks to it. It was covered in wood bits because the habaki (blade guard) doesn't really fit in scabbard. I have no idea if this is normal and needs to wear in or what. It definitely doesn't come out or go in smoothly. It's like they made the scabbard, jammed the sword in there, and decided that it was close enough. From what the internet tells me, that makes this somewhere on the lower end of the spectrum, but not the worst. The really good, handmade stuff, fits snugly, and won't fall out, but isn't too tight. The real garbage doesn't even hold the sword in place. The lower end, but not bottom end stuff needs to wear in. Then again, this is supposed to be inspected, according to the listing. Whoever inspected this did a pretty terrible job.The edge pattern (hamon if you're feeling Japanese) is barely noticeable. I honestly didn't even think it was there until I held it up to the light just right. I guess that's fairly normal. I was looking around at some much more expensive katanas, and they aren't all that different.The ray skin isn't ray skin. It's just plastic. I'm not an expert on that by any means, but I do have the internet. It matches every description of fake ray skin. It's soft, has the big gaps between the grains and deforms easily. The little spikes that are on real ray skin are also missing.The balance point is a few inches above the tsuba. That's apparently where it's supposed to be. Like I said, I'm not a katana expert. The blade is very heavy, so it's definitely not balanced right on the tsuba. That's not where it's supposed to be balanced anyway.That blade is definitely heavy. You could definitely workout with it. It certainly doesn't feel like aluminum. It is reasonably sharp. It will cut paper, but not in the way you might be thinking. It rips through the paper with its weight. I like to cook and I sharpen my knives to the point where they will cut paper with the knife sitting in place. In other words, you hold the paper and hit the knife with the paper. This is nowhere near that sharp. Watch playing around with it too much, unless you have a way to sharpen it. It definitely will dull if you cut random stuff with it. A professional sword sharpener will charge you 20x what this cost to sharpen it, so...maybe don't dull it for no reason.The saya (scabbard) is pretty on the outside, even if it doesn't fit the sword all that well.

I'm not an expert in Japanese Samurai sword by any stretch of imagination, but I find the craftsmanship and quality of this Katana sword is excellent. The is definitely not a toy for kids or wannabe Samurai, and to treat it with the most respect and care. The scabbard has nice detailing, but it feels a bit plasticky. On the other hand, the blade is the shining point. It's made from high-carbon steel, and I find the thickness is uniform throughout the entire length. It feels solid, a little heavy but well-balanced, and has no wiggling or loose feeling at all. Despite its size, it's as sharp as any knife I've seen. The Hamon is not quite as visible as it's depicted in the pictures, but the curves are beautiful, smooth and blend nicely with the blade. The only thing I find annoying is that there's a lot of tiny wood bits sticking to the blade due to the fact that it's all oiled. I have to wipe down the blade every single time I take it out of the scabbard. I'm not sure this is a normal process initially, but it's very annoying to me. Overall, I'm very impressed with this high-quality Japanese Samurai sword that has exceptional value. It makes for a great display in any living space, and I've received so many compliments.