looking at getting a daitō

[jamaldog87]

 I was thinking about getting a daitō katana and wakizashi pair and i looked at http://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/ to get some idea on were to pick up a good sword from. Well I found this site http://www.chinasamuraisword.com/ and they make hand forged swords.  They say Hand Forged. Heat treatment, hardening, temper, anneal, quench, shaping, polishing etc and then hand sharpened by whetstone.  I did some research of their swords online and they are the real deal. I was going to get one when i saw this warning:
Most swords are not made from stainless steel and therefore need proper handling and maintenance to keep their natural beauty. Never touch blade with your hands or fingers, the sweat can damage a blade, should this occur quickly clean off blade with a clean dry cloth, talcum powder the blade and wipe again, and finally add a new coat of high quality Choji oil or equivalent. Pure clove oils will damage the blade. These swords are the real deal and it is recommended you have a very good knowledge of proper sword handling, and use proper care and caution

So, no Seven Samurai sword for me cause I don't know what I am doing and I don’t need to cut my hand off, I already got too many scars from Gurkha Kukri knife.  I still will get one later when my skills get better.  Anyway it’s a cool site that sells sword so I thought you guys might like to take a look at it.

 

[Bugflipper]

With a lot of the stainless ones if you use them for cutting you may get injured. They are usually for decoration and aren't very strong most of the time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2EQWCpnIR8


If you go looking for one later the Musashi brand in 1060 steel is a strong one with a low price.
http://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/Musashi-Bamboo.html
http://www.trueswords.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=musashi+1060&search_in_description=1&x=45&y=8
You could look up how to care for them. It doesn't take much maintenance. If your kurki hasn't rusted up yet neither will a katana. It's 1050 and they rust pretty easily in the South.
I think I had my first sword at 12 or so and never got injured. Just be careful.

[jamaldog87]

thanks but i am still going to wait and get some more sword practice in before i buy any more blades. I used to practice everyday drawing with my right hand and holding the scabbard in the left  , makeing a fast upward one handed  cut  and then comeing back down for a beheading cut. I saw a real master do it and i just copy it. the upward cut 90% of the time makes a very clean cut. but i was was looking at the Clay Tempered Blade  Classical Musash , one of the Folded Steel Blade and the SEVEN-SAMURAI.  I rub Petroleum jelly on all my blades (R. Lee Ermey in blade magzine said they did that in nam to keep there blades from rusting) and it seem to work, there some rust on the Kukri and no name sword but the jelly takes the rust off.
 
 

[jamaldog87]

well i was going to get a better sword but  i thought about it and i don't want to spend that much for a sword. so i just order the Musashi  Practical Daimyo Samurai Sword  and when i get here around the 26 i will do a review of it. also i need the cash for something else.

[JeffG]

Check out Cheness Cutlery. Practical carbon steel cutters. Battle ready. Decent prices.....

[kynardsj]

I saw this recently and had to own it. Very well made like all the other M48 line. Don't know what I'm gonna do with it but it's there if I figure that part out.

[Ranger99]

if i were to want an oriental type
sword, i think i'd have to get one of
the cold steel ones.
i've seen them demonstrated on their
proof series of demos, and i don't
think one of those would come apart on me.

[kynardsj]

Cold Steel does make some tough stuff.

[jamaldog87]

I am on a sword forum and i asked around about good swords and makers. there top picks were  roninkatana.com, hsts.weebly.com,Hanwei swords,Dynasty Forge swords  and Kris Cutlery were the best for cutting power and takeing things a reg Katana can't.  most of these swords are what are called dōtanuki swords.  Dōtanuki is a Japanese swordsmithing school developed in the Higo province of Kyūshū  during the Kamakura period. The Japanese kanji for dōtanuki translates to, sword that cuts through torsos. While samurai routinely tested their blades on the bodies of convicted criminals to judge their cutting ability, dōtanuki blades were renowned for cutting through the bodies of armored opponents.
 

The thick wide body blades were forged in both bohi (with groove) and no hi (without groove) styles, although the solid no hi blades were by far the most common. The dōtanuki's thickness and durability helped them obtain their vicious reputation during the Japanese conquest of Korea where they were heavily used by daimyō Katō Kiyomasa's personal samurai. Their popularity peaked during the Azuchi-Momoyama (1568-1600) period, and began to fade rapidly thereafter as Japan entered a period of relative peace and stability.   all these makers of swords have been tested  and reviewd by members of www.sword-buyers-guide.com and there are the best swords for 175-250$. there all heavy cutting swords ( a swords that can be used for regular cutting of Tatami Omote and occassional cutting of heavy targets such as 3"+ bamboo, multiple rolls of tatami omote, or mats wrapped around an oak dowel)  and can cut things like Rock hard bamboo without  damage.
 
Cold steel on the other hand so i have been told unless your made out of money don't get cuase they over price there goods. I was going to get the Ronin Dotanuki Okinawa(175$) becuase well it's better then the DRAGON FLY SERIES (they start at 719.99  on the coldsteel.com)   and it a handmade sword but i got the cold steel TWO HANDED KATANA MACHETE  becuase i am cheap and i wanted something Wakizashi  size that is a heavy cutter.