Doom's Collection

[RobbyDoom]

**UPDATE**

A Longquan Forge Katana, that I did a remount on.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/katana%20project/DSCF1001-3.jpg

Paul Chen Practical XL

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Paul%20Chen/DSCF0303.jpg

Paul Chen Practical Wakizashi

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Paul%20Chen/DSCF0304.jpg

Paul Chen Practical Tanto

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Paul%20Chen/DSCF0692.jpg

Paul Chen Practical

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Paul%20Chen/DSCF1001_2.jpg

Kawashima Warrior - refinished

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/ikasu%20mokuhon/DSCF1106.jpg

O-Ren Ishii Shirasaya (my girlfriend's actually)

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Katana/O-RenIshiiShirasayaII.jpg

Also, I have an old Chinese Replica katana I bought on ebay for $10. Finished the remount.
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/katana%20project/DSCF1002-1.jpg




I also have a Raw blade being made as we speak that I'll be mounting, in collaboration with Skip (a mountable shirasaya, as Skip calls it)
Here is a sneak peek.
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/James%20Raw%20Blade/JamesRawbladeIV.jpg



http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Katana/DSCF1151.jpg

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Katana/DSCF1152.jpg

[prabshiro]

hi doom , ive seen some of your stuff on youtube. ive been meanig to ask , what is the kawashima you own there like ? do you cutt with it ?
secondly
i see you have the o-ren bill sword.
do you happen to have the hattori bill sword.. im looking at the hanzo masahiro
line wondering if there bang for the buck ?

thanks

ps. you made a good choice getting the practical XL , my first chen sword. one of the best brand katanas on the market!

[RobbyDoom]

hi doom , ive seen some of your stuff on youtube. ive been meanig to ask , what is the kawashima you own there like ? do you cutt with it ?
secondly
i see you have the o-ren bill sword.
do you happen to have the hattori bill sword.. im looking at the hanzo masahiro
line wondering if there bang for the buck ?

thanks

ps. you made a good choice getting the practical XL , my first chen sword. one of the best brand katanas on the market!


Well my Kawashima wasn't bad when I first got it. I have recently tried to cut with it, no good. It needs sharpening, but I think I'll leave it for display. I don't think it keeps an edge very well, as I have only cut with it maybe 10X. All in all, it is a pretty good katana. Everything was tight, the tsuka maki is tight and sturdy, and it fits snug in the saya. I did replace th seppa on mine, but that's because I like the soft plyable seppa. Mine is 1st Gen though. I would imagine the new kawashima line is better. Mine isn't DH, I think the new ones are, but I could be wrong.
Yes the O-Ren is nice. At one point it was the sharpest in the collection(it's actually my girlfriends), I don't have the hanzo bill sword, but I am going to get all three remaining swords, Bill, Bride, Budd. I've also found a ryumon tanto that looks like gogo's tanto. I think I'll buy it, or one from ebay and customize it to look the same.
Hope I answered your questions, with a bit of rambling in there too..lol.

[prabshiro]

thats cool man thanks, the bill is on the list for me next too. I dont know about movie swords i always thought they wud be poorly produced to upp the sales due to the advertising. But apparantly these handforged reps are made by masahiro. ive seen the blade for the bill, im wondering if its real hamon , from what i saw it doesant look wire brushed. but i could be wrong. overall the blade looked nice. im also lookin at the last samurai kat too.

[RobbyDoom]

thats cool man thanks, the bill is on the list for me next too. I dont know about movie swords i always thought they wud be poorly produced to upp the sales due to the advertising. But apparantly these handforged reps are made by masahiro. ive seen the blade for the bill, im wondering if its real hamon , from what i saw it doesant look wire brushed. but i could be wrong. overall the blade looked nice. im also lookin at the last samurai kat too.
Yup, the Kill Bill line is pretty well made. I won't use them for cutting, but just for display. The Faux leather ito looks weak. I might get some better quality faux leather ito, or get real leather ito and apply that. I had the musashi last samurai. It was ok, about the same quality as and sub $100 musashi.

[prabshiro]

i cant remember who now , but somebody on this site customized both there bill swords . and used cotton green ito . and got rid of the leather completly. i dont mind the leather, but yh it looks weak . ive seen someone cutt before with them . beach mats and water bottles . seemed fine. musashi last samurai has the bo-hi right.
the one im looking at has not a bo-hi but it is reccomended by the seller as a great piece.

[RobbyDoom]

i cant remember who now , but somebody on this site customized both there bill swords . and used cotton green ito . and got rid of the leather completly. i dont mind the leather, but yh it looks weak . ive seen someone cutt before with them . beach mats and water bottles . seemed fine. musashi last samurai has the bo-hi right.
the one im looking at has not a bo-hi but it is reccomended by the seller as a great piece.
Yes, I have seen that post about the customized bill sword. I'd like to see the Last Samurai with out bo-hi. Post a link?

[RobbyDoom]

I went to the hardware store today, which is heaven btw. The last place we lived there was a small section in the grocery store. Lame!!
Anyways. I got a shelf to house my PC practical trio. Look OK for now. I'm going to paint the shelf black soon.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/robbydoom/Paul%20Chen/DSCF0001.jpg

[Maynar]

I'd like to see the Last Samurai with out bo-hi. Post a link?

Here's the one Jason offers: http://www.swordsofmight.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=439

At 2.5 lbs, it's a hefty swing, but I like it. The mirror polish is very cool. Note it is Masahiro, not Musashi.

I've done a shelf very similar to what you have here, Robby. Once I get a camera happening, we'll compare pics.

[RobbyDoom]

Here's the one Jason offers: http://www.swordsofmight.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=439

At 2.5 lbs, it's a hefty swing, but I like it. The mirror polish is very cool.

I've done a shelf very similar to what you have here, Robby. Once I get a camera happening, we'll compare pics.
Ooh, I like that one!!! I think thats on the list now!
Thanks for the link Maynar.

[prabshiro]

YEP thats the one i was lookin at two. its a decorative piece more than a functional , i dont know about the hamon line either.

its either this or the bill.

[the blade master]

prabs hi
that nathan algryn last samurai katana is fully functional
ive just bought my second one the first i did a handle rewrap
on posted elsewhere on this forum you will find the blades a bit thicker than the norm the harmon isnt wire brushed on as on most kats but is treated in such a way to bring it out a bit more and if you check it out carefully you,ll see the hamon goes past the yokote line and half way up the kissaki it is a real quality piece
mick

[prabshiro]

thanks mick ,
im glad you confirmed to me that it isnt wire brushed. its been recommended by our dealer [not saying name] .
so youve got the second, il look for pics of it . but do if you get time , or can , post closer up pics of the blade , for some reason i tend to jujde swords on owner pictures rather than promotional ones ,, well sometimes. lol

[RobbyDoom]

thanks mick ,
im glad you confirmed to me that it isnt wire brushed. its been recommended by our dealer [not saying name] .
so you've got the second, il look for pics of it . but do if you get time , or can , post closer up pics of the blade , for some reason i tend to jujde swords on owner pictures rather than promotional ones ,, well sometimes. lol
I think owner photos have more of an effect, because of the love from the owner. I know I take about 50 photos of my new swords. Every detailed cataloged. Not that sellers do or don't have the same love for the weapons they sell, but it is a bit time consuming to take photos of all your merchandise with such detail.

[prabshiro]

your completly right doom
plus they will take pictures and pose the sword , in ways that not all sellers would . ie close ups of the hamon and fittings. and the sword on basic display and out of saya.
where as the seller , is just quick one or two phots and quicklly onto the site.
however swords of might i must admit have got good option which allows you to view more angles.
Belive me ive seen some sellers who take a simple pic and then dont add any info ! .

so most of my swords in fact.
ALL of me katanas have been brought due to seeing customers own pics first. And BM [mick] has tons of photos.

[RobbyDoom]

your completly right doom
plus they will take pictures and pose the sword , in ways that not all sellers would . ie close ups of the hamon and fittings. and the sword on basic display and out of saya.
where as the seller , is just quick one or two phots and quicklly onto the site.
however swords of might i must admit have got good option which allows you to view more angles.
Belive me ive seen some sellers who take a simple pic and then dont add any info ! .

so most of my swords in fact.
ALL of me katanas have been brought due to seeing customers own pics first. And BM [mick] has tons of photos.
I agree Jason has a nice feature to view more images.
My biggest pet peeve, as I have posted here before, is lack of kashira. The kashira makes or breaks a sword for me.

[Maynar]

Not to argue with Mick or anything :blackeye: but my Masahiro Last Samurai does indeed have a wire brushed hamon. It even has a flaw where they stopped the brush and restarted, re-covering an inch or two the second time, creating an overlap plainly visible.

I'm of two minds on this. I understand why the forge does it, even if I don't agree with their logic. I personally would rather see no hamon at all over wire-brushed. But they have got it in their minds that this "what the customer wants" so in this price range, we have to either take it or leave it. At this point I can't afford a pricier sword, so I'm pretty much stuck with it. As long as it's sharp and tight (it is) I'll put up with the fakey hamon to get a decent cutter in this range. And when it's sheathed in the rack, it's not visible anyway.

I'm glad I have my Musashi Mokko Gata with a real hamon, so I can point out the difference to those who are interested enough to care. But at this price point, a compromise must be made. *sigh*

[prabshiro]

two things

doom your right , some koshiras are beuties. check the paul chen tsunami and the orchird katana. both are very well done.
im suprised the koshiras makes a decsion for you , for me its sometimes the tsuba !
and espically the curve of the blade.

to mayner

wire burshed hamon ? hmnn , the blade is suppose to be a good cutter tho and looks good ...........does it?

[Maynar]

two things

to mayner

wire burshed hamon ? hmnn , the blade is suppose to be a good cutter tho and looks good ...........does it?

Since I don't do any cutting yet, I can't say for sure. From the heft and the construction I expect it will make a fine cutter, tho. I'll know more later on this year once I begin to cut.

Does it look good? It's gorgeous. I love the mirror polish on the shinogi-ji, the Japanese characters stamped on the blade and the silk ito is most comfortable. One of my two best swords, IMHO.

edit: it's really sharp as well.

[prabshiro]

lol il look into it . hopefully the raptor series wil be out soon . please somene give me
a worldwide date. lol

[RobbyDoom]

lol il look into it . hopefully the raptor series wil be out soon . please somene give me
a worldwide date. lol
Their very close!!!! Next week I here!!

[prabshiro]

LOL
your the bringer of good news if your right , robby.... but i got this feeling that you guys in the US/canada will get hands on them first , we here wel have to wait till late summer. i hope im very wrong.
BUT maybe thats a good thing , you guys can tell us if there bang for the buk .
so far i havent heard anything bad about them.

[Jason Moore]

They have already been released, but sold quickly. We will be getting our big shipment this week.

[RobbyDoom]

Update on first page.

[the blade master]

hello prabs
you'll find the other site is selling them so talk to loz
regards mick

[Torawashi]

Robby that's a great collection....you have a talent for finishing katana and saya....you ought to go into business, make some money at it.

[prabshiro]

hello prabs
you'll find the other site is selling them to talk to loz
regards mick

lol
cheers mick

i will try, notice the prices went up this summer for kats in the uk.

[the blade master]

hi prabs
yeah i had a chat with loz cos i was after some stuff
its the manufacturers that put the costs up plus the shipping costs increased this year toso its a real pain in the derriaire
mick

[the blade master]

maynar robby hi
now ive got two of those last samurai's
done a tsuka rewrap on one left the other as is
heavey duty you better belive it both are done tachi style
rather than as a katana sharp too so i can recomend it as a good buy

[prabshiro]

hi prabs
yeah i had a chat with loz cos i was after some stuff
its the manufacturers that put the costs up plus the shipping costs increased this year toso its a real pain in the derriaire
mick

hi mick

do you think he can still give us few quid off ??

hes got free shipping on some of the hanwei stuff aswell.

[the blade master]

i wouldnt want to be you if jason catches you talking like that here=))=))=))ooooooooo your in for it

[prabshiro]

yh but mick
jason wudnt loose any buisness! tho. we cant buy from US cuz of strcit weapons customs.
he doesant ship here, lol and we havent mention the name of the site !

[the blade master]

i know your right prabs jason and the the mods do allow us a certain amount freedom here not found on other forums we'll no soon enough
when weve overstepped the mark dont worry abou me having a crack
just me being me i just hope the other members see it that way never any offence meant ever :ohyeah:

[RobbyDoom]

Robby that's a great collection....you have a talent for finishing katana and saya....you ought to go into business, make some money at it.


Thanks Tora!!! I just noticed this post now.
I've also added some new photos.