It is exactly what I expected it to be, right in the middle of fake and real.
The materials are functional enough to be considered usable, and I was satisfied with the sword
the sageo was not made of silk which was disappointing and made me fear the quality of the sword.
The Ito was poorly wrapped and does slide around and must be adjusted after or before every use.
The synthetic samegawa was impressive in that it did have imperfections in the pattern which made me think it was authentic ray/shark shin. That is until I touched it. For the price I was pleased with this, that being said there was a mistake made while placing it part of it is on top of the fuchi
I would recommend this to anyone who wanted to weild a katana but not have to worry about damaging an expensive authetic katana worth thousands of dollars.
I bring this to Iaido without a second thought
Overall it’s a good blade but the fittings on the handle weren’t that tight. On closer inspection The blade was cheaply manufactured, but for display purposes and light use this would be a good sword to get.
Looks great on display, probably useful if I needed to use it.
Received in a week. Great quality and beautiful designed
Professional operation
This is a high quality sword. This is what I wasted my tax refund on and it was worth it