33:11 Anyone who knows what happened here subscribed already. You've legitimized your in depth knowledge of blade nomenclature early on. Seeing you perform chiburui before nōtō is icing on the cake. Great videos Matt.

Cheers Mathew i for one enjoy theese longer in depth reviews more than the typical short ones when considering buying something more information the better, thank you for your time.

Hey Matthew, awesome video as always. These videos are by fare my favorite of the ones that you make, well these and the drunken review ones. Very nice job covering all the points on the sword. Again great job and looking forward to your next video.

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you like the videos.

Great video Matt, how you pick out features good or bad on your reviews, help your viewers in choosing or evaluating their purchases....I personally feel like a more educated buyer, thanks for all the enormous time spent...and the edits, I know its alot of work...lol...good job buddy!!!

I have to say that I am really enjoying your videos and I think you are a good reviewer that does a good job of keeping it real to the level of ur knowledge👍🏻

@Matthew_Jensen

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

WOW!!! THANK YOU, FOR THIS VERY INTERESTING, AND HELPFUL REVIEWS!!! I'M CERTAINLY NOT A "WEAPONS EXPERT", NOR A COLLECTOR, ETC., BUT I DO SAPPRECIATE GOOD SWORDS, KNIVES, ETC., AND A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I DID MANAGE TYO GET MY FIRST HANWEI KATANA. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN A LOT MORE, AND, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO STRIVE FOR EVERY IMPPROVEMENT!! THANK YOU, AGAIN!!!

@matthew jensen this is the most detailed katana review i have ever seen. Going over the measurements in blade width and taper alone is more than 99% of reviewers do and i find that info one of if bot the most important info when it comes to sword specs. Subscribed! Question: i know all manufacturers are not the same so is there anyway you could please review the (relatively) new ryujin t10 dh custom katana? SBG is promoting them quite a lot and they are very attractive to me due to pricing.

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

I will keep an eye out for a good deal on one second hand. Thanks for the kind words on the review.

@Booserati

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you so much for the reply. One more question: in your experience and GENERALLY speaking, are the T10 Differentially Hardened katana coming out of Longquan China of “reliable” construction? “Reliable” being defined as, the swords wont snap in half and fly into you if you cut their intended targets (water bottles, tatami rolls, green bamboo and equivalent).

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

In general yes. I have had very few swords with critical failures that would result or have resulted in snapping. In general T10 seems to be fine. I have the best luck with 1060 and then 1045 out of China. 1095 has been unforgiving.

@Booserati

6 жыл бұрын

Thats great to hear. May i ask what you mean by “1095 has been unforgiving”? I thought 1095 and T10 were the same?

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

A larger number of the 1095 blades have taken a set or chipped than their counter parts in 1060 or 1045. 1060 seems to be the more resilient of the three.

I thought Forged in Fire was rough on testing them. It appears to be a great sword for the money.

I ordered one, so it gives me better idea of the product. Thanks! I loved the music at the end encouraged me to keep going and really love the bloopers!

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks.. Glad you liked it. Let me know if yours ends up with the secondary bevel.

@carlosortiz7169

7 жыл бұрын

I will. It should arrive in the next few weeks. I requested a shout blade with niku, so we'll see.

@carlosortiz7169

7 жыл бұрын

Ok, thanks. Really apreciate it. Should be a nice one.

@carlosortiz7169

7 жыл бұрын

Dying to review and test it on tatame. Should be a lazer cutter, will see, again Thanks!

@carlosortiz7169

7 жыл бұрын

Roger that, Ditto,let's stay in touch.

Cool vid, finally some real testing, thank you.

I just subscribed to your channel maybe a week ago and I love your channel and videos man

@Matthew_Jensen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Not bad. looks like T10 seams like strong steel option for a more expensive blade. great detailed video as usual 👌

@GodMajik

3 жыл бұрын

You can find them for a decently low price, depends where you look

I want to see what it takes to break a clay tempered T10 high carbon steel katana and a clay tempered T10 folded high carbon steel katana..

@slicksmokegaming9857

3 жыл бұрын

same they are durable asf I own one

Excellent review, I was looking for another beater sword

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Many other people who ordered from JKOO said there's no secondary bevel on the edge. This one in particular seems to be an exception for some reason. No doubt that it would be an excellent cutter with a single bevel.

From what I found online T10 has tungsten .3% and carbon as high as 1%. Seems like ideal modern material for functional swords

Wow, I bought a custom one in T-10 with a suguha hamon...massive 3.5cm motohaba and 3cm sakihaba and it definitely does not have a secondary bevel. Although I ordered it with hira niku, its razor sharp and cuts tatami more easily than any of my albion swords or my Ryujin custom T-10 katana which are all shaving sharp (vigil, steward, munich, dane) . I will be reviewing it soon. I am very curious as to why the sword they sent you seems so much different. My tsuka is also quite ergonomic and not nearly as thick as yours..although I did get the "battle wrap". The one complain I have with mine is that the scabbard is very low quality, poorly fitted, and just a piece of crap in general.

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

It seems the bevel is something that most people don't have on their swords. Glad to hear it is not common.

Using a sword to hammer a sword into a tree, is the most Mathew Jensen thing ever.

@Matthew_Jensen

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I am not only remembered for getting a money shot from a shaving cream can.

for the grain. you want it to have a parrel to hamon lines it will show the heat treated sections. so one entire similiar grain means monotempered or untempered. not clay.

I like my JKOO it took a lot longer then expected but I picked the worst possible time to order a custom blade. I got exactly what I asked for and it's a very lively blade

Their Jian came with a somewhat blunted tip and a deep crack in the wood of the handle. The tanto is OK, Fuchi Koshirae is not lined up well with the wooden part of the tsuka/handle, but no big deal. Their custom katana has a similar problem in one spot where the metal ring near tsuba cuts into the hand, but only under certain circumstances (depending on how the sword is held). The saya though came cracked, they promised to send me a replacement, it's over two months now, still no saya. I e-mailed them and asked for updates, they promised to get back to me the next day, but never did. I really wanted Jkoo to be awesome, and I am a returning customer, but considering it took them over 6 months (against promised 2 months) to ship me the sword (mono-steel T10 with DH), and wood they used clearly wasn't dried or treated well enough, as it cracked in 2/3 items from them, and not a very reliable CS -- I should say that there are better custom sword vendors at this price point out there. Sorry, Jkoo, but hope your reputation does go up.

Wow that looks good! That's better than the 1045 series.

Thanks for making this video

Drinking game! Take a drink every time he says "For $200"

@hotwasabi8312

4 жыл бұрын

I’m in

@hotwasabi8312

4 жыл бұрын

Ooo, double shot at 2:30

@hotwasabi8312

4 жыл бұрын

24:00 I’m out 🤢

@hotwasabi8312

4 жыл бұрын

Jk, 32:00 AHHHHH now I’m gonna die

@hotwasabi8312

4 жыл бұрын

How could you do this to me?

my next and final katana will be a through hardened 9260 spring steel dotanuki style geometry from sino sword . I have to have that custom made because I dont see any company making that particular combimation of katana . and it'll have battle wrap with silk ito . cant wait to have that .

I personally love T10 tool steel.

@yusufjorgenz5951

6 жыл бұрын

Dark EdgeLord I have a t10 that cost me 385. This one here is 200. Some I’ve seen cost 800. Seems to me a good form swing would result in a clean cut from both a hanwei sword and this one. I’m guessing price point comes from build quality for one and the metal quality as well. T10 is t10 but all metal is subject to flaws and companies like this seem to sell the flawed swords for a cheaper price. Still would work in a zombie apocalypse! Just maybe not on bamboo

@santanajackson6160

4 жыл бұрын

T10 is a good hard steel . I dont own any T10 katanas but I do have a hsts tsunami thats through hardened 1095 spring steel and I have a clay tempered 1095 steel katana from handmade sword thats called the bamboo warrior . the hsts is the better one but both are very legit and tough .

@dragossabin8265

3 жыл бұрын

@@santanajackson6160 Can you please elaborate more on why is the clay tempered 1095 the lesser choice? I wish to buy a T10 or 1095 clay tempered, but some companies told the to get the monotempered since it would be more fitted for cutting small branches. I just dont want my blade to chip form cutting small pieces of wood but i also really love how the hamon looks

@santanajackson6160

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragossabin8265 well swords that are clay tempered aint as tough as a through hardened blade because with clay tempered swords the edge is harder than the spine and it makes it easier for a blade to take a set but with a through hardened blade the whole blade is hardened all the way through and theres less chance that the blade will take a set or bend . theres nothing wrong with a differentially hardened blade but you just gotta use common sense and use the blade for what its meant for . but if I use a DH blade then I would stick to lighter cutting but if you gonna be chopping on wood then you better go with a through hardened blade . but at the same time I wouldnt be cutting wood with any of my swords because it would eventually cause rattle with the hardware and a katana wasnt meant to be cutting wood

@dragossabin8265

3 жыл бұрын

@@santanajackson6160 thank you so much for the reply! 🙏

I se a beautiful grain structure there and because it's T10 I see many green flakes that resembles tungsten

I think they drilled the mekugi with the tsuka on, then shipped it. That is why, I imagine, they didn't file the holes in the nakago.

I personally think the ripple on the blade isn't that big a deal, it does mean that it was forged and really done by hand as long as it’s not crazy rippled to the point you get sea sick looking down the blade.

I own a JKOO custom-built Nodachi, that has the same overhang on the Kashira.

Man, every time I see you going through the destruction tests of these blades I freak out just a little bit. Not for the sake of the swords, but while you're smacking the side of the blades against the stump I keep wincing just thinking that the blade's going to snap up and jab you like the infamous Bud-K infomercial! It makes me so nervous lol

Nice video thanks for sharing I didn't catch what type of Steel this is can you please tell me? Again thanks for sharing

I’m surprised they didn’t make sure to send you a sharper sample sword.

I have seen Many sites state that they or Manufactures actually measure to the tsuba or hilt e.g. they include the hibaki, which is incorrect way to measure, your way is the correct traditional way to measure the blade, however often the variance may also be because that particular manufacturer or site does not measure the traditional way. With Jokoo they insinuate they measure the traditional way so this may actually be a case of handmade variance. (For customers out there if your worried about length, lol, first check the manufactures data vs the retailer data to try to get the closest measurements and see if they state how they measure.)

You oughta see if sino sword would send you one of their TH 9260 dotanuki katanas . im planning to get a custom from them in 2 weeks and I know its going to be a beast of a sword . but I was suprised to see how well that DH blade held up to the abuse . shit for 200 you cant go wrong

A super great review...and an impressive sword. Great bag for the buck...and after getting it sharpend the right way it should be even better. It's a tool more the a piece of art but that's what they were in th eold days. very tempted on getting one and if it's only to hack around in the garden :-) If only the shipping and the follow up import taxes and VAT here in the f....g EU wouldn't be so high. :-(

They were not even hard hits and look at the damage on the T10, my search for good steel continues.Thanks for vid.

@Divine_Serpent_Geh

5 жыл бұрын

TheWarriorArts In my opinion, can’t beat a good high carbon steel.

@Divine_Serpent_Geh

4 жыл бұрын

sim_ra 88 You are right. At the time I left this comment I was much less informed than now. T10 is basically a Chinese version of 1095, with a bit of tungsten I believe, which explains why it can be great for a Katana. 1095 is tried and true. Nevertheless, the sword here probably had a less than optimal heat treat which is what really counts in the end. You could have the best steel in the world, but without a proper heat treat (the soul of the blade), it really wouldn’t do you any good. It’s just the way things happen with mass production swords. There will be average and then outliers in both very bad and very good. You will run into very tough and great 1050 swords and you will get not so great swords made of a steel with more carbon, fancy alloying etc.

@Divine_Serpent_Geh

4 жыл бұрын

Jonáš Malinovský 5160 is really good stuff.

Hi from Scotland, Quick question if you had 800 bucks to spend which katana would you buy ? Cheers John

Hi Matthew, you think you'd ever do a review of Huawei swords? I know JKOO/Sinoswords do "custom" swords too and so does Huawei. Would be an interesting comparison in terms of quality for the price.

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

I have been on the hunt for one for a while. None of my buying chances have gone well though.

Great urban ninja suit! I ordered a custom folded one.

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

LOL, let me know how yours turns out.

What would you recommend for a durable sword under $300?

just commissioned a custom unokubi zukuri katana from them. now we play the waiting game. was surprised at the affordable price. looks like you could damn near replicate alot of production swords through them for alot cheaper.

@erichusayn

6 жыл бұрын

And exactly 2 months later it's in my hands. Blown away. Superb fit and finish. All the options I selected were correct. Weight and balance are perfect. Blows similarly priced production katana out of the water...

@geohector3172

3 жыл бұрын

I can backup that got a kobuse laminated katana from them and it is a piece of art and the hamon holly shit it's mind blowing. Quality and a fair price.

@erichusayn

3 жыл бұрын

@@geohector3172 I've had mine 3 years now and she has held up nicely.

If for every time Matt says "for $200" I take a drink I would not make it to the half of the video xD Nice vid Matt! I liked the product and I think it suits very well what I want, also taking into account that can be slightly custom, I like that.

@Matthew_Jensen

5 жыл бұрын

Better to take a drink when I say "that said" or " anyway"

@ramonvelasquez8431

5 жыл бұрын

@@Matthew_Jensen True, that'd be a total bomb.

Can you do a video on a jkoo t10 turbulent sea wave wild style hamon please havent seen a reviews on that one any where . I've been torn between jkoo swords an swords of northshire lately I've bought 2 swords of northshire swords a 1 jkoo sword an my custom sword from sword of northshire was awesome . The mushi from swordsofnorthshire was good except for the saya fit it was way lose sounds like a baby rattle . But everything else was great . My custom sword from sword of northshire only problem was it was not as sharp as I hoped but still cuts an everything else was perfect. Both the swords of northshire swords were only 1060 folded carbon steel but I seem to like them more then my t10 steel swords . What steel do you prefer. Thank u for ur videos

May i know What's the quality of JKOO sword ?

Is that the Ronin Euro 7 you tested on?

Looks like a Huawei tsuka and blade based on the polishing lines and ito size and wrap

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

I have only had a few huawei blades. All of them were a bit more refined than this one in terms of the blade/lines/shape. It could be though. I really don't know.

T10 is very nice steel

what are best brands for katanas? hanwei, cold steel, yarinohanzo thats some i know so far ansqer would be nice :)

@Catgat37

3 жыл бұрын

Ronin katana

After watching several of your videos over the past 6 months, I decided to buy a daisho set from JKOO/Sinosword. I was horribly disappointed when it showed up 2-3 weeks later than expected. Neither was sharp (neither will shave hairs on my arms, or cut paper). The hand guards are both warped and not fitted well. At least I could (after sharpening) use the wakizashi to make cuts, but the katana is unusable. It seems like the handle was put onto the tang twisted. So if I hold the handle properly, the edge will be twisted like 3-4 degrees... Which would guarantee a bad cut because edge alignment would be off. That would almost guarantee the blade taking a set and would not cut anything. I am currently working with JKOO to have a new katana sent to me, so I get to test their customer service. I'd rather NOT test that on my FIRST purchase. I'll update when this whole fiasco is done and hopefully I'll be able to give a glowing review when the replacement shows up.... I don't think I'll ever be buying another blade from them cause this whole process has been a nightmare for me. Edit: That is NOT a comprehensive list of everything I've found that is wrong/sloppy/rushed with both swords... Not even close. Just the big stuff.

@XXNerdzillaXX

Жыл бұрын

@@adamekcar oh yeah, they did end up replacing the katana, but it had the same issue albeit slightly less severe. The blade ended up chipping on the tip when I cut a soft milkjug. In short, I'll never every buy anything from them again. I think they suck and give KZreadrs the "good stuff". I'd recommend you go somewhere else and avoid the headache and ultimate disappointment that I got.

how can I buy it?.

The way I see it is this. Out the box could this sword be used is a battle or secondary tool in a fight. I say yes, all this talk about how things look have absolutely nothing to do with the function.

Rather then breaking the swords maybe giving them to those people that follow you on line as a thank you and also getting feed back from the new owner would be a far better way of doing things of course after you’ve done your review and given your thoughts on that sword .

Please review on your channel a SAKABATO

how much this sword

I'll probably say something you already know, but I'll still say it :) For blade protection, I suggest Tuf Cloth. Don;t remember who's manufacturing it.. Marine grade is impressive.

I had a JKOO for a while. I posted a review of it at SBG. I thought it was a pretty good deal. In fact I was considering buying another one, but I found a deal on a Hanwei Maru Renshu instead

@ambulocetusnatans

7 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering why they sent you one with a secondary bevel. Mine was as flat as a flat thing all the way to the edge.

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

I get the feeling from a few other owners that I might have gotten an odd ball.

@ambulocetusnatans

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I would have thought they would send out an example of the best for a review, but maybe they sent out one of their "heavy discount" swords to save money

@Matthew_Jensen

7 жыл бұрын

I can respect just sending me a blade that a customer could have gotten. It is a better representation than a cherry picked piece. That said, I don't really know what or why they sent this one and it is the only piece I have to base my thoughts on..

@jamesgage9026

7 жыл бұрын

I talked to Van Yang and he told me they just grabbed one of these to send to you. I have commissioned two from scratch and have two I have ordered and customized from their offerings on their site. The secondary bevel was odd as the most recent katana i received from them has a razor sharp edge. It was so sharp the katana jumped out the saya and cut me well before I could get the sword bag open lol. For the price the have some great blades and options to customize them and Id definitely buy more from them.

Whole lotta sword there for 200 smackers might have to purchase one of these puppys

@Matthew_Jensen

2 жыл бұрын

Its a good choice

What's the best katana sword I can buy that's razor sharp and best hand made? Want everything I should have and want it to be battle ready! Any suggestions?

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

What is the budget? What is it for? Do you study a style swordsmanship? What are you cutting? Are aesthetics important? Lots of questions... Assuming you want hand made by a smith of note, battle ready as in ready for functional use on tatami or similar medium... I would either ping someone like Paul Martin for a genuine nihonto piece made by a smith in Japan. Or if you want to go outside of Japan, Pavel Bolf is a good one. Howard Clark, Rick Barrett, Walter Sorrells, Dan Keffler... All of those are good stuff. Most of those options are going to be $3-$8K starting.. If you want something more budget oriented then "mass production" style swords are where you would look. Again, same questions apply.

@107trav

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jensen no budget just want a real katana sword not nothing cheap and yes studying swordsmanship.

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

If it is for cutting, I would go with something modern made out a less traditional steel. I like the Amercian smiths but I am a little bias that way. If you want something traditional or that will work better for iaido. I would recommend looking for an antique or reaching out to Paul Martin on facebook to put you in contact with a Japanese smith. They will be able to make you something genuine. I don't know who he works with but if you don't have any budget you can probably find a really fine well known smiths blade on the second hand market from Aoi japan or something and get it mounted up and ready to use.

@107trav

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jensen ok thanks. I subscribed to your channel. U have great videos! If I have anymore questions I feel comfortable to ask u.

@Matthew_Jensen

6 жыл бұрын

Happy to help. Good luck in the sword search.

Nice video! For 200 fucks it actually takes way more of a kick in than I thought it would.

I'm very fond of your channel. Great reviews and I envy your collection and respect your view and knowledge on the subject immensely. However when you swing a katana it is not so much a swing as an angled hinged rotation of the blade as you bring it down which gives the blade extreme speed and torque with minimal effort. If you study japanese practitioners you will see what I mean. I mean no disrespect but if the katana or what have you is not wielded properly it's not an effective test.

@Matthew_Jensen

3 жыл бұрын

Japanese swordsmanship has a wide variety of cuts and techniques depending on the school. I don't think any of them would argue I am an example of good. That said, the test is more of the blades durability and trustworthiness as a product rather than my skill. I can agree that if the test was to just how effective the sword is at cutting, then I am not the man to do it.

That was a hell of a review man. Also, fuck that bee.

Bill Hader?

Guess no one here is immature, because I burst out laughing when he accidentally said dicks at 17:21 hahaha

подари мне этот меч

My handmade will chop down a redwood after I've run it threw the woodchipper, cold steel all the way ,toughest made, great quality, will cut anything

@fritzk3627

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

"Dips and chips" usually go together ! Jk

Sad to see that sword ruined lol

JKOO? sounds uh kinda sketchy

@geohector3172

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing sketchy with them, got a katana from them kobuse lamination 1095 and soft core and it's very well done can't complain, made it custom in shirasaya but the blade is literally a work of art. So go 100%confidence, great communication with customer service and they will satisfy your requirements about the sword if you get a custom made one. I paid around 400 euros for it so price - quality it's worth it. On the same page custom made katana, it will take around a month and 1 week to be done. Cheers and go with full confidence.

@hmuphilly9129

3 жыл бұрын

@@geohector3172 isint it better to go for a japanese sword thats made in japan? I heard of issues withh Chinese made swords especially with katanas

@GodMajik

3 жыл бұрын

@@hmuphilly9129 real tamahagane is 2k+ no one can afford and even then, why would you want to damage such fine work?

@hmuphilly9129

3 жыл бұрын

@@GodMajik I never said anything about damaging.

@GodMajik

3 жыл бұрын

@@hmuphilly9129 go swing a real tamahagane sword then

Next time you get a free sword for review can you send it to me after so I can review it too

You do not show respect for yourself.

Lol not bad, but not great.

Okay here's the issues with your video unnecessarily long. I went to this video because I wanted to see you literally abusing a yongli t10 sword. I bought one because machine steel is the second toughest steel that you can get tungsten. What I wanted to see was if this $200 sword I bought what it would take to destroy it. What I was hoping to watch you do was cut copper pipe aluminum cans a car chop wood basically have used the sword instead what I saw was you running your mouth for about at 45 minutes talking about what you did I don't want to hear about what you did I want to see you do it. I have this video here basically 47 minutes of you running your mouth and just for the record I can barely hear you I am hard of hearing I have my volume on this thing as high as it'll go and I can barely hear a word out of your mouth so it sounds like the teacher from peanuts talking for an hour instead of cutting anything in my opinion this is a very disappointing video I think you can do much better I like to see you do better in the future I'd like to say I'm being unfair but I don't think I am if you don't believe me be your own critique go back and watch your own video and see if you come up with the same conclusion if this is something you can enjoy watching for an hour and that's another thing why is it an hour long can you have made three videos that are 20 minutes long who has an hour to sit here and watch a guy run his mouth. Obviously I do but not really. And in all honesty I did Skip through it some so I may have missed something.

@StatueCollecting

Жыл бұрын

Hey, don't watch it if your bothered by his review. People including myself want to hear his opinion and critics on other factors other than just the destruction test. Here is an idea, go buy the sword and go do it yourself. People like you are the problem with todays society and have some gd respect you idiot or don't because you are ill mannered.