I can vouch for Hanbon forge. They are a very good forge who stand by their products. You can't go wrong ordering from them. I ordered the Zaitoichi shikmizue. The price was very reasonable and the custom blade lovely. It has a 1095 carbon steel blade. Strong enough to go through bone, bamboo, and wire easily. The handling and feel of the blade is very comfortable and easy to cut with. They also will stand by their products. I highly recommend Hanbon forge!

I just got a hanbon wakizashi and the fit and finish is awesome, tight wrap, smooth transitions, awesome ray skin (even some emperor nodes) cuts like a demon,..I’m very impressed with it.

@edged_mindset

5 ай бұрын

Very nice!

I have bought three swords with them. Very good communication. The blades are very impressive for the price, I upgraded to leather wrap which is nice. Don’t hesitate to buy from them

1060 High Carbon Folded steal, differentially hardened with real Hamon is fragile

Detailed review coming up soon?

Did you create this from scratch?? If so, did you pick the kiku sukashi tusba fitting? Thanks!!

I am looking at Hanbon Forge,Sinoswords and Swords of Northshire for my custom sword but your review will have me looking at Hanbon Forge again.

@bigmonkeyshaha

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same. I’m not rich so hearing some positive things about the cheaper options is really starting to get me hopeful.

@jacobm804

Жыл бұрын

@@bigmonkeyshaha can you tell me what did you two opt on, and what is your experience?

@bigmonkeyshaha

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobm804 I ended up doing HanBon forge. It was overall really good, the blade was packaged nicely, no nicks or scratches whatsoever. I got constant updates on where the package was at all times. so the customer service was great.

@jacobm804

Жыл бұрын

@@bigmonkeyshaha thank you so much for the input!

@danielmcbain7866

Жыл бұрын

SoN are Hanbon forge blades, just with added mark-up. SoN are hanbon

Happy with their swords but i asked for purple rayskin, they send me photo with white, i told them to redo it which they replied they would, sword arrive yesterday rayskin still white, ended up painting it myself. Wonder if i could get a refund

Unpolished is slang for blunt.

In the beginning of the video you mention a site that has way more customization... I can't quite make it out.. .Soro Sword, Zoro? Could you put a link for that one? I'd like to check them out as well.

@edged_mindset

Ай бұрын

It was a eBay seller. Tried to look them up but they are no longer there

Good to know Hanbon is putting out some decent products. I've read alot of bad thing about them. More bad than good. Yeah, I have only one katana with red cotton ito from Sinosword and it is the exact same hue as yours. But in the pic on their website it was shown as a dark blood red. So there was a bit of disappointment there. If I had to do over again (red ito) I would definitely get the synthetic silk or the leather.

@Jewifer333x2

3 жыл бұрын

They seem like has had an up & coming with some trials & tribulations that are trying to get better & better

@edged_mindset

7 ай бұрын

👊

I wanted to order a nodachi from hanbon but I don't know if it would be worth it. What do you think?

@anotakudetective1546

3 жыл бұрын

I think we are set past me

@anotakudetective1546

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@robertspicer4448

2 жыл бұрын

Best KZread thread ever 10/10. Was the Hambone pork sticker good stuff?

@anotakudetective1546

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertspicer4448 didn't even order yet.

@anotakudetective1546

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertspicer4448 we just didn't get a response in months so we gave up

Do they offer wide blades? Like 3 and 1/2 inch wide

@edged_mindset

7 ай бұрын

yes

In my experience real cotton ito absorbs the oils from your hands and ends up shiny. Fake silk always frays for me.

@edged_mindset

7 ай бұрын

good to know

Hello do you know if swords of north shire are better quality, then Hanbon swords Both of the sword companies use Long Quan China. The swords on Hanbon are cheaper 30% to 50% around. does swords north shire just mark up the price for the same thing ?

@vivalapistola

2 ай бұрын

If you somehow don't know by now swords of North shore is just a reseller

It seems you re-uploaded this vid it uh you never did any cutting with it lol

@edged_mindset

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a re-upload form my other channel. I I have moved all those vids from there to here and will just upload on this one from now on. And I have cut with it since I shot this video months ago.

@mistrfusion5080

3 жыл бұрын

@@edged_mindset how does it cut

@edged_mindset

3 жыл бұрын

@@mistrfusion5080 Im still a novice with cutting, but for me it was adequate. The edge wasnt as sharp as it could be. It I touched it up I think it would cut great.

That blade will def cut mats

(See addition to this comment below) I'm hoping mine works out. Especially when I compare them to the pricing at Swords of Northshire. I threw a lot of odds and ends in my custom order: 9260 Steel; BoHi starting 3 cm above Habaki; And probably the most important, yet most confusing, was a certain image etched into the blade ( nothing fancy, just the foot of a certain animal. ) along with some written engraving in Japanese and English, saying the same thing on each side of the blade. All that for $277... including shipping from China to California. SoN wanted $427 for the same thing. When you go on their respective websites you see that SoN start out with their basic 1060 blade $90 more then HF. $97 vs $189. And if you want a 1095 clay tempered blade, HF wants $105 above their base price of $97 = $202. But SoN wants $250 ( ! ! ) above their base price of $189 = $439. Very big difference ($237) for 1095 clay tempered between the two. In my case, ordering the 9260 steal from HF, it was 97 + 55 = $152. From SoN that would have been $189 + $90 = $279. Another big difference. So you have to wonder, with such disparity in the pricing, what is going on? I mean $189 for a basic blade, plus the standard "customized" fittings", you can kind of understand. But $97? So now I have to wonder if I was Pennywise and Pound-foolish ordering from Hanbon. Will the pool noodles in my area be forever safe because all I will have is a crappy blade that's little more than a nice-looking wall hanger? Because if you don't make any of the special requests that I made, for the (supposedly) higher grade blade steel and engraving and such, one's blade from HF will be $97 (as of this posting) OR, are SoN blades crazily overpriced? I don't know. Does anyone else?

@tdtfrostycat1015

3 жыл бұрын

From what I’m aware of is that SoN has a lot of higher prices than other sources from the Longquan area where most Chinese smiths for these swords seem to be.

@sirwilliam3814

2 жыл бұрын

Man from what i can tell from looking at both websites they have the exact same swords just SoN are more expensive. I bought a sword from SoN that is great but wish i would have heard about Hanbon before could have save myself about 60 dollars

@MrJacobrezac

11 ай бұрын

Well, little known thing about SoN is that they buy their base blades from HanBon.

@michaelrs8010

11 ай бұрын

Additional comment 2 years later: I've been with HBF now since April of 2021. I now have 11 swords from them and they are finishing up number 12. These involve a number of custom orders and steel types. I'm really very pleased with them as a budget sword company and their buffet style features menus which allow you to upgrade your sword as much or as little as you want in any particular area that you like.

Did anyone else have communication problems with this company or shipping problems ?

@blacksnapper7684

Жыл бұрын

No....

Are these full tang?

@edged_mindset

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, with two mekugi pins

@Unknown-kc8ik

8 ай бұрын

You'd have to take it apart to find out but traditionally yes most are held together with 1 bamboo pin sometimes 2

Sinosword

For $300 I'm unimpressed, even gave you a ghost hamon

@edged_mindset

Жыл бұрын

Impressed or unimpressed?

@Epicboy_onfire

9 ай бұрын

I agree, the hamon looks cheaply acid etched and not real at all