This may or may not be a problem as it could be Was covered in oil, which is good, but unfortunately the oil was dirty and discoloured On drawing the sword (very smooth) the blade was filthy. ![]() Horn glows with a slight reddish undertone. When caught in the right light the buffalo So named because it resembles a fish mouth), the kurikata and the kojiriĮvoke a sense of autumn. Silk ito (handle wrap) and the deep brown/red of the koiguchi (mouth of the scabbard, It is simple and refined in its elegance, the soft brown hue of the My first impression of the sword was that it was beautiful. This is a lovely touch and one I hadn't seen before. The same material and style as a sageo (securing cord of a sword scabbard Particular note are the securing ties on the cloth bag. Main box I found a black cloth bag secured with three Styrofoam inserts. This had been compressed and secured with bubble wrap. It arrived in long cardboardīox and inside was black box within box with an image of a katana on it. Recorded this so you can see EXACTLY what my initial impressions were. The Ronin Dojo Pro Katana Review Initial Impressions: Ronin's work with a view to making a more informed decision about their soon to This model at full price with a view to assessing the blades and the quality of The Ronin Dojo Pro Katana Review Disclosure Statement: These swords (and the cheaper rat-tail tang pieces of crap, along with some These swords are made and got some incredible full access exclusive footage of The recently travelled to the forge in Longquan where You're interested in some further insights into how these swords are made,Ĭhris Scoggins, the owner of Ronin Dojo Katana's and Paul Southern, owner of I'll expand on this in a future article on sword ![]() This also gives rise to the unique swirling patterns within Steel, the metal had to be repeatedly hammered. To get around this high carbon defect in the Traditional tamehagene steel was not as good as modern 1065 or 1090 steel due Mass produced, using power hammers as opposed to hand hammered and forged andįinally they are made of 1060 steel, that is tempered but a single steel, and The Ronin Swords aren't katana's because they aren't made in the traditional mannerĪre manufactured in Longquan, in China as opposed to Japan. These swords, but I feel it's important and honest of make this distinction. Number of reasons, none of which take away from the beauty or functionality of First off however theseĪren't katana - they are most accurately referred to as katana like, or katana Katana is the current middle range of the Ronin series. The Ronin Dojo Pro Katana Review History: The more expensive line Ronin were developing at the time. Test the quality of the sword steel and manufacture standards with an eye to More expensive models I have a see how it held up in terms of cutting I wanted to compare this to more of the higher end and It's designed to be the highest possible quality in a Sword Series is held in very high esteem within the backyard cutting andĪmateur sword community. The Ronin Dojo Pro Katana Review Introduction: Given a brief bit of background on the sword and have included some videoįootage of my initial impressions along with a brief cutting test demo that you Ronin Dojo Pro Katana Review focuses on the Tsuru Edition blade.
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