I love the long handles on Wakazishi length blades

Nice katanas and Nice vidéos !! I Hope one Day Cold Steel will make serious katana but with kraton handle ! That will be perfect for zombie appocalyps. We no need wrap and wood handle with pin anymore ! Like m'y comment so they can see !!

Just got my Cold Steel Warrior Series Wakazashi (Long Handle)! I love this weapon! THIS is a REAL WAR READY WEAPON!

@MustardSkaven

3 ай бұрын

It's a bit heavy. Cold Steel are great at making knives but their swords are generally too heavy. Not sure why, maybe they want a way to make them more durable and avoid law suits. They're American after all.

I would agree with Andrew Demco. Watch that Warrior Series video where they cut 250 ropes, 250 mats, smacked the blade on the table, grinded the edge, and bend the blade like a pretzel 🥨. They filmed that on KZread like 10 years ago, it was on one of their older videos. It was amazing!

From an Escrimma perspective double Wakazashis would work awesome

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 ай бұрын

Wakizashi and tanto

@1stMartialSageUnderHeaven

3 ай бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist I get that but I love double sticks so double Wakazashi would be very natural for me

The Dragonfly Wakizashi (especially with the longer handle) seems to better fit the idea of kodachi. They were an alternate primary sword to the tachi. They were made for more up-close work and had a thicker, less-tapered blade. Tantos were the companion blade to all forms of tachi, seeming to mirror the concepts in Espada y Daga. Tachis were typically 31" long, kodachis no more than 24", uchigatanas were 25-27" and wakizashis were typically 15". Wrist and forearm strength don't increase linearly with arm length; so while the stated purpose was to scale wakis for taller folks, at least we can be grateful that we have access to a different style of weapon.

4:54 my favorite variation

The Dragonfly wakizashi is f*****g amazing. I have the Dragonfly set but the waki is the best!

Thank you so much for this video. You and I have the same taste and mind set and you have helped me immensely on my decision sir

Quality product with a quality Sensei.

Kukri is my favorite knife profile

I NEED this in my life. I LOVE COLD STEEL KNIVES AND SWORDS!!!!

great channel bro. subscribed. more material and content on wakizashi please. I'm fan of wakizashi blades vs katanas

Thanks for the show and tell. The Demko story was cool too. Now let’s see the rotten banana!!! 🍌

they look quality, i really like the long handle wakizashi looks great , i think ninjato swords have straight blades ,that warrior must have great ballance , 21" with a 11" handle awesome

I agree with you 100%

Very cool video gotta save some coin and get me a Wakizashi and most probably the long handle 👌

one thing I prefer with a longer handle wakazashi or a ko katana is you still have the push/pull technique at your disposal for those powerful and swift strikes

Great video. I must own one

Dragonfly ko katana. Im saving up for one. I'm sold.

Very enjoyable Could zoom in closer to yourself and do some close ups of the Wakazashi?

Nice. This makes sense to me and is almost exactly the numbers I've been considering except I want a full 24" Wakizashi and I was thinking a 10" handle. I'm just learning about all this and also have been practicing with my cane and Kerambit knifes in the forest everyday. I'm not certain the dicipline I wish to develop my skills around. I actually use a machete powerfully with my cane for clearing trails, but lost use of that forest. I'm really certain I can break my machete blade on hard branches, when it gets dull. I can power it and make it sing for long periods. This video validates my thinking on a Wakizashi design, but modified to an even longer 11.25" handle to help balance the 24" blade I desire. My cane 36.2' overall, with 33" beyond my hand. I can open a fight with single hand combos quick and powerful, and or use both hands on and off, which is far more powerful and secure, though one hand is exposed to a Wakizashi length weapon at that range. The kerambit, allows me to fight both cane and knife together, using both hands somewhat sometimes on the cane, which I practice on dead trees a lot. I could use a balanced Wakizashi with my cane perhaps, or develop the techniques to maybe. Eventually, I may study Kali, or another martial art, but it I will be adopting it to use with my cane which I always have with my everywhere, and have developed skill in using for many things, including hooking down a branch to harvest it's fruit, or deep massage manipulation of my fucked up neck and upper back. It works gets me underway again quick. The cane is an awesome powerful EDC defense, and provides as much coverage as I'm willing to carry it. Cane can be fought powerfully and quick from grappling distance to 12' because I can push off with it, pivot around it, cover distance and powerfully strike with accuracy. I'm damaged from head to toes, got vertigo too, but a solid reference point I can feel with a cane or with a paddle when kayaking, generally gets me by better than the average person with no injury. I was a sailor, so I'm used to shit going sideways in the dark whatever. Even if it don't work out so great for my use, Wakazashi are art, are beautifully engineered with a rich history. I was considering the Cutlass, or perhaps a sabre, but they are simple and not as useful, only advantage I know in my limited knowledge, is their handguards and striking pommels, but they are heavy, not as pleasing.

@Divine_Serpent_Geh

2 жыл бұрын

Just to clear up, 24” blade is a Katana, a short one by general standards, but a Katana nonetheless. 2 shaku (24”) and over, automatically determines it.

@yharim180

2 жыл бұрын

More like a ko-kat, rather than just a ‘very short katana.’ A ko-kat is basically just a slightly longer wakizashi with a longer handle. Pretty good sword imo

I agree to the reference that these are more in line with ninja style swords. I wonder if the nakago is made longer to fit in better with the handle.

Man that green too.. I want a dragonfly... don’t need it.. just want it I bet it’s fun to cut with

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Get them before they are gone!

Ah, the true ninja-to

Just wanna get one for display. My cheap "last samurai" 60$ sword rattles just from hanging in the sword rack. 😂

You can use also the warrior Chisa Katana

In the market for a sword like this.

What do you like better about the Long Handle Dragonfly sword over the long handle Warrior sword? I am considering both of these two? How does their steel hold up to abuse and ease of sharpening?

@RichardLeeLeefist

2 жыл бұрын

Both have the exact same steel. Both are awesome. Get em!

Is there a reason that the blades on these particular swords are never shorter than 21-22 inches? I would love to own a full tang wakizashi 18 inch blade with a long katana handle.

@RichardLeeLeefist

4 жыл бұрын

yeah mostly 21 but there are just straight one handed wakizashi that are 18". very close to machete length.

Mr. Lee which kind of weapon is that sort of spear hangin on the wall, on the right? The brownish one. Thanks :-)

@RichardLeeLeefist

4 жыл бұрын

Its a weapon from Hawaii. Small hand weapon with shark teeth! Primitive but effective

@chrislxxix3626

4 жыл бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist Thanks. I imagined something 'isle' related, but my guess was some Oceania place. Hawaii, instead :-)

If the world is coming to an end give me the Warrior Wakizashi, A Cold steel Tanta that's half the size, a cold steel tiger claw and Espada XL. And a AD-10 for ever day use.

Hi Richard, slim chance you will see this but I currently own the normal dragonfly waki. I love it but it's very forward balanced. Does the long handle version actually have a longer tang for a counter balance, or is it just simply a longer wood handle for more grip? Does it feel that much different?

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Tang is very deep and the handle together make a great counter balance. Can't do any better. Get one if you can

@shepherd2148

3 жыл бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist thank you very much! I ordered one from knife center. By any chance were you affected by the cold steel sale to GSM? I hope all is well for you.

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly won't know how it will affect me till the dust settles. If they want to use me great, if not, at least my mom still loves me

@shepherd2148

3 жыл бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist They would be crazy not to use you. Your videos have been some of the best video content they have released in years. I bought several polypropylene bokkens and katana machetes just to modify them because of you. I'll keep watching if you keep making them!

Musashi fought with a Katana in one hand and a Wakizashi in the other, plus a Wakizashi is a single hand sword anyway

@seabournewolf2298

2 жыл бұрын

Not these ones

What would you call the cord on the scabbard ?

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

I believe in Japanese its sageo

I believe the Wazikashi length was preferred by Ninjas for CQB and stealth maneuverability. They also may have used a straight blade for more stab type attacks. The curved blades were endorsed to help blend in society as a noble as a straight blade were cheap swords that were usually possesses by poor commoners and were actually seen as a "ninja" or "criminal" weapon during certain era's of feudal Japan when swords were regulated of ownership to civilians. They would also use a wazikashi length sword hidden in a katana length sheath, also for blending in and also an element of surprise. However the lore of Ninjas itself is mostly vague and misunderstood in itself.

Was that bamboo cutting at the end please Lee?

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Mail tubes. Far cheaper

Hard to decide between Warrior and Dragonfly because of the similarity. Is the Dragonfly blade slightly lighter moving the balance point back? Does anyone know where the actual balance points are? Thanks!

@RichardLeeLeefist

2 жыл бұрын

Dragonfly is slightly lighter. The warrior blade is more robust

@jhaberly

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist Is the Wakizashi Long Handle still in production? I saw a comment on Amazon indicating it might not be.

@RichardLeeLeefist

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure. I'm not connected with cold steel anymore.

Nice blade. I am glad for you that you have the right to have such a weapon. We have no right to have weapons.

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Geez dude thats terrible...

@ТУМАН78

3 жыл бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist Yes, a lot of things are prohibited here.

@seabournewolf2298

2 жыл бұрын

When you let others decide your freedoms you get what you deserve

Can you review the Chisa katana?

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Not a huge fan! Its strong but far too heavy for me! The long handle is what the chisa should've been

@DaveN80

3 жыл бұрын

@@RichardLeeLeefist thanks! Yeah it looks super heavy. I like the ko katana length but if it’s to heavy to weild what’s the point?

@RichardLeeLeefist

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Thats why the long handle wakizashi was created

I prefer smaller swords in UK houses are smaller, I also like Spears.

What the Fuck is up with this zombie apocalypse shit! People still throwing that shit around even after 10 years. Besides that though what a great video presentation of these beautiful weapons.

@aaronthompson6304

2 жыл бұрын

It’s fun… 🤷‍♂️. Also it’s an analogy. Zombies in real life during the fall of a nation will be those who did not prepare. Those that did not prepare will come for your things/food/family. So… get ready for that scenario by calling them Zombies, psychologically preparing you for what you may have to do. But, first and foremost… for now it’s just fun.

@arieltraasdahl-xh6ri

6 ай бұрын

​@@aaronthompson6304fentanyl epidemic. I put a >40% dent in fentanyl trafficking in this country when I caught Michelle Yeoh and Martin Short. She's Chinese intelligence for more than a third of a century. So she was getting fentanyl precursors shipped in disguised shipments from mainland China to distribution hubs around the United States. Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Las Vegas if I had to guess. She worked two months on, two months off. Two months off she'd fly wherever or drive to avoid detection and supervise manufacture and distribution. Martin Short has been tight with Steve Martin for 50+ years or so. Steve Martin is the DEA Administrator that I caught in 2021. First in a series of nine (9) Administrators, Directors, and Acting Directors of non-DOD intelligence agencies in this country that I caught in a quarter decade span of time. Plus I caught Tom Cruise, George Soros, and Henry Kissinger. I caught other corrupt high-value intelligence operatives as well. My goal was to put people in the f-cking ground or in orange jumpsuits who had acted against me to try to get me murdered five times now. Sh-t will leave you pretty salty when motherf-ckers try to end your life. I won, fortunately. So yeah. Fentanyl epidemic and worse as supervised by Henry Kissinger and George Soros (his son) is kind of the literal interpretation of the zombie apocalypse. I would have liked to have a Chisa Kitana for this event, if I'd had time to prepare. #Ihaveahighschooleducation 💀♠️🎯

Zombie apocalypse = any city 1-2 weeks after a food shortage

@tomhughes5123

3 жыл бұрын

we had a zombie apocolypse here in Heywood UK, they bought all the toilet paper ?? deffinitely getting a long handled warrior wakizashi for next time