![]() ![]() mine did not come sharpened in any useful way when I received it around 2012 but after sharpending inspires respect (as most edged weapons will) and will cut pretty good. It sharpens easily and sharp (did so on DMT diamond stones) but I've left it at the pretty large angle (obtuse). The CS katana is a heavy and unbalanced sword (forward heavy) which gives a impactful downswing but makes it hard to stop the blade. Reviving this one with a bit of user input. ![]() One case of blade breakage but mostly the posted thickness by CS never being met (touted as 6mm). One fellow has collected near a half dozen of them and has found the wide variance in blade thicknesses some have complained of. I do own one of the English Backsword model and aside from the finish, I rather like it. I have quite large hands and even then, the bulk and contour of its grip was a bit bulky (imo). The one hand&half medieval I handled was not ungainly so much as not particularly comfortable for my grip. Kult of Athena lists stuff such as distal taper. There are also variances from example to example but the one I had handled both before and after rework were both still in the ballpark of originals, as far as handling goes. Some of the sabres are popular and the 1796 light cavalry is not horrible but somewhat better with some grinding. The market has grown a great deal in the past twenty years or so and that hasn't exactly meant positive improvements from many of the producers. So, if you want something that will cut and do not care about overpaying for an overweight, unbalanced, and poorly ground edged object with a handle on it, buy CS. Swords are not for going up against armor, either, but CS would lead us to believe they are. Swords are for cutting human flesh but the swordlike objects CS produces are marketed to destroying inanimate material. I suspect the grinders are ignorant of what a historical sword edge should look like, but I also suspect they grind their over heavy swords this way because customers will use them to cut pallet wood, boxes, bottles, and ice blocks as CS themselves do in their videos. On the subject of sharpening, CS grinds the edges of their swords to resemble axes. In this respect, CS swords are sharpened crowbars. Without a distal taper, they carry too much steel at the point and besides being too heavy, they have terrible balance. This is largely due to their lack of a distal taper. Second, CS swords are about one and half to two times as heavy as they should be, particularly their sabers (in comparison to their historical counterparts). As many are made by the same factory that produces Windlass Steelcrafts' swords, they cost as much as three times a fair retail price. First of all, they are terribly overpriced. This is about all the good that I can say about them. They will flex and not break but still return to true. CS swords are made with decent steel (1050 and above) and are heat treated to good temper. ![]()
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