Shinwa SilkFang Handmade Shirasaya / Samurai Sword

Received my sword intact, fast delivery, high quality blade for the money, sharp but not real sharp, it’s fine for me, it is a decorative piece

I bought one of these for my daughter about 3 years ago. I finally got one for myself. Fast shipping and product arrived in perfect condition. Love it! Thank you Budk

This is a very attractive sword with red lacquered wood handle/scabbard and a symmetrical Damascus pattern double-edged blade that arrived in perfect condition. The blade is of "normal" weight, and is double-edged the full length on both edges. It could be sharpened to "razor sharp" with little effort, but I intend to leave it the way it is, because it's safer to handle. I bought it to hang on the wall, over my desk, but it could also be easily carried, in the off hand, on walks.

It's a very beautiful sword, good piece to add to your collection. I have a rope tied to my tree and I tried to cut it with the sword butt it just bounced off and the sword felt like it wasn't meant for cutting, what stabbing will get the job done. I want to get a rubber stopper from a cane or a crutch or something and put it at the bottom of this and take it with me whenever I go walking in the woods or something self defense at its finest

Calling this a double edged sword is a bit of a stretch as it only has about 5 inches of sharpened blade on the back. I don't know if this is the style or not but I was not happy as I expected both sides to be sharpened from tip to habaki. Given that the second side is really too thick up the blade to try and easily sharpen it, I think that is the best it will get. Knowing that, I probably wouldn't have bought it but now that I did, at a discount, I'll probably keep it. But I probably won't buy another 'double edged' Nodachi style unless I can confirm it is sharp the length of both sides. Ignoring the second side, the first is sharp and the sword is balanced well enough. It can be used as a katana might be used but not like a fully double edged blade.