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Kawashima swords??

by Xian
(Canada)

QUESTION: Swords of might has a new line of swords from kawashima swords, can u tell me anything about the brand? Right now my favorite brands are musashi swords and cheness cutlery. I have 2 musashi swords and am planning to buy a third from the 150's series, as for cheness... i cant afford one yet lol, im planning to buy from ur site within the year hoping that i can catch one when its in stock. Just asking if kawashima is a good brand or if you have reviews in your site about them.

P.S. the musashi's i own are all thanks to you and your site!!

ANSWER: Hi Xian,

There is a lot of hype around Kawashima Swords, including some claim that they are made in Japan, are the best value for money out there, yada, yada, yada...

However, I believe that Jason at SoM has pointed out that they are made by one of the forges that produces Masahiro - and if you look at the fittings, etc - they are pretty much generic low end Katana...

However, there are better choices out there - there will soon be a review on the main site done by a SBG member that shows that they have a lot of plastic parts in their construction that, in his review, broke during light cutting tests (tatami and waterbottles) and the fake wire brushed hamon looks pretty horrific...

At first I was as keen as everyone else to see what, if anything, the fuss was about.. But I'm sorry to say, there isn't much there at all...

- Paul

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Jul 31, 2008
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by: Caleb

This is my humble opinion: if you are a company that makes swords, there are a few possibilities:

a) Your stuff is good quality and your claims about it is true
b) Your stuff is good quality and your claims about it is false (claiming it better than it is)
c) Your stuff is crap and your claims are true
d) Your stuff is crap and your claims are false

Which is why--for crying out loud!--$120 USD for a "made in Japan" sounds automatically to me to be a LIE. When the heck is anything made in Japan that cheap? Give me an example! No, from my experience, even the miniture plastic molded "samurai sword model" are not cheap; in general, a lot of GENUINE Japanese SOUVENIR is not cheap, let alone functional swords.

When your stuff is crap, you DON'T want to tell the truth. Why would anyone want to buy crap? That is why companies would lie. "Kawashima"--if that is its real name--did just that, and did it WAY over the top IMHO.

Please, go with Hanwai, Chenness, or even Masahiro. Hanwai has been long enough to have its lies revealed so they more-or-less tell the truth now; Chenness is rigorously tested here at SBG (a lot of Chenness posts are in Sword Forum Internation too), and Masahiro is in the same price range as Kawashima only it, like the other two, have quite a bit of information accessible to you.

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