Paul Chen Practical elite katana

[rayskin]

After searching for a good diferentially hardened katana and getting a lot of advice i settled on the baisic elite series katana.
Fit and Finish 4/5
The fit of this katana is great its tight and and feels good in my hands. the only graw back is the plastic menuki and the fake same but the simple tsuba was suprisingly attractive when i held it in my hand. the blade has a great hamon and the spine has an amazing miror polish.
Handling 5/5
this sword was made to amaze. it has a balance point that makes it feel light in the hands and is a quick cutter. i was able to go through beach matts with ease leaving a perfect line. even through double matts with a pice of river cane in the middle it went with great ease.
structural integrity 4/5
this sword is strong the edge is rock hard and can handle bamboo with ease. the only draw back is it is very thin and could be bent with an incomplete cut.
value 5/5
this is the best cutter i have and cost 100 dollars less than my most expensive.

thanks to all that gave me advice on this buy its turned out to be one of my best:celebration:

[Mako]

value 6/5

You may want to ammend that and a Mod can delete this post. ;)

[rayskin]

thx for the catch id be disapointed if all that typing was for nothing

[Brian Brazier]

Just a little side note, I would not cut bamboo with this sword, unless you got a knockoff the same is real, and the menuki are metal

[rayskin]

duley noted on the bamboo part but im almost 100% sure the same is fake it even says so on som and the menuki is plastic i filed it down to check and under the paint its just white plastic so that i can garantee.

[Brian Brazier]

I apologize, for some reason I thought you had the Practical Plus, that one has real same and metal Menuki, my bad

[rayskin]

no problem thx for reading:)

[photopro818]

;)Yap the Paul Chen Practical elite Is a 4.5 out of 5
You Know what sword is good for its price the Paul Chen Practical Plus elite 4.8 out of 5