Elevate your training with our Practice Katana, designed for every Japanese sword enthusiast dedicated to mastering their skills. Crafted for balance and durability, this katana provides the perfect combination of safety and authenticity, making it ideal for both beginners and seasoned practitioners. With its realistic feel and meticulous construction, the Practice Katana allows you to hone your technique with confidence. Embrace the spirit of the samurai and enhance your martial arts journey with a Practice Katana that brings tradition and practicality together in perfect harmony.
The Good: this iaito has a nice simple aesthetic. The blade and handle are well balanced and it is sufficient for beginner Iaido training.
The Bad: at this price point there are some compromises that have been made that I would like to see changed on a newer model. They are as follows.
1. The plastic saya is disappointing. Plastic shavings get stuck to the blade, there’s a lot of rattle, and even a cheap wooden saya would have been much preferred to plastic.
2. The edge of the iaito is kind of fat. This might be a good thing for beginners worried about stabbing themselves (iaito can still be sharp on the tip, even sharp enough to cut flesh or stab into something) but a thinner and more refined edge would have been better.
3. The handle wrapping is a little loose, but for the price that is expected.
Despite all these negatives the sword definitely allows me to train in a way that’s better than a bokken for Iaido and for that I would recommend it for a tight budget iaidoka looking for their first training iaito.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
Decent for the money. Had to glue some stuff back together, but not a huge deal. Good enough for training purposes and is sufficiently whimsical.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana Samurai Sword For Beginner Training |
The shipping was fast- I believe it was at my door 5 days from when I placed the order.
As for the katana, the Saya is plastic and the blade is aluminum, making it extremely light weight and easy to wield. I've only had it for a day and done some basic drawing/drills with it. Admittedly I am concerned about how it will hold up to even light contact, so time will tell.
For now I am happy with it, but the price does seem high for a practice weapon (based on the plethora of "sharp" edged, and probably poor quality, weapons I could have gotten for a fraction of the price). If I can get a couple years of use out of it, I'd say it was worth it.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
Great sword and super fast shipping. The sword is really light and will be great to use to practice tricks.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana Sword For Beginner Training |
The katana is good-looking. Is too light for my personal preferences. I had to glue the small metal ring on the top side where the waist string runs through. It came off very easy. The blade as it is aluminum bends easily. In my opinion, it needs to be thicker and wider. That will make not bend so easily and give it more weight. Overall I am satisfied even though it is on the expensive side when it comes to the cost and came with no sword cover or bag.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
I purchased this sword as an Iaito (practice blade for iai), as well for cosplay, as such i was looking forward to replacing the synthetic same, tsuba and redoing the wrap as needed for cosplay and display.
The handle is held together in many ways with what i assume to be hot glue and as such was quite difficult to remove, however once I handled the glue , it it became much easier to remove and replace the tsuba and caps, as such it will work wonderfully for my cosplay weapon of choice. I personally plan to replace the synthetic same with a leather wrap and replace the ito wrap with a higher quality cloth wrap just to rid myself of the rougher than usual texture.
As for a practice weapon, this sword is fantastic. As another review stated this sword is so light balance is a non issue and as such makes it a perfect practice weapon for learning new techniques.
*I will admit drawing from the saya is a little irritating as the hard plastic flakes on occasion and decorates my blade with scraped plastic, but this can be fixed or replaced at ones leisure.
The blade and its parts are quite well made for the price and I look forward to my training and cosplay with such a versatile blade.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
The Iaito is incredible no rattling and every thing is well put together the only thing I didn't like was the saya made from hard plastic
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
nice weapons, was not the last time to order things in youre shop
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
Top quality training tool. Can't beat the price for value.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
This sword exceeded my expectations it was a Christmas gift for my son and he absolutely loves it! Exceptional quality I will definitely purchase from you again! Also the shipping was fast.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana Samurai Sword For Beginner Training |
Excellent quality! Fast shipping! Will definitely order again!
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
The Katana was beautiful and shipping was pretty fast.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana Sword For Beginner Training |
Blade was a little bent but other than that amazing packaging and good craftsmanship!
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
I love my sword! Great for Iaido or Kenjutsu training!
Pros:
-Hamon is beautiful
-Makes a nice swooshing noise
-Nicely balanced around the tsuba
-Exactly as described!
Cons:
-Ito wrapping could be tighter and cleaner
-Overall, a little too light for me.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
received in a week, good quality, son loves it - especially the detail on the handle.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
Pretty good, not the greatest quality, but hey, you get what you pay for.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
it is good , sheath damages gold part of Gaurd a little bit when researching but other than that it good product keep up good work
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
The katana is beautiful and I know my son is going to be over the moon when he opens it on Saturday! Thanks, TrueKatana for making his dream a reality!
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Handmade Aluminum Gray Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
Very well built, very easy to use for Iaido. The only thing I was surprised on was that the Habaki had a lot of wear on it which was strange for a new item but it doesn’t affect the use of the sword in any way.
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Handmade Aluminum Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |
The product arrived in a timely fashion, and in excellent condition. Although it appears darker, in person, than expected, it is true to the design shown on the website and it looks amazing.
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Handmade Aluminum Gray Blade Blunt Unsharpened Practice Katana For Beginner Training |