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Thank you so much for reviewing our swords! We really appreciate your honest review and we're so excited you're impressed! Love your videos and can't wait to see more! ⚔⚔

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Was so Curious & excited to see your traditional Builds. Sincerely appreciate the opportunity to see, Test & review your store items. It's gonna be a blast...

Wow just finished watching. That is thru and thru the Zsey Touyuan. A VERY nice katana ol'boy!

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Not a heavy cutter but a very well put together sword, this sword comes very similar to it but not totally the same....

Another high quality fantastic review ol'boy! I had no idea that they offered such high end katana. I thought it was all cheap anime stuff. Haichi(sp) is the shape of the tsuka. Not the wrap style. Rikko as you know is an hour glass shape and hiachi has the tsuka curve on the mune side .The ha side is more straight.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that Karl realized I got that backward after it was posted..

I'm not a sword guy but vthis is or looks like a well made katana . Very good looking piece joe

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

At first glance I would say it's pretty well fit and finished, thanks for watching Mr. Tom

Woot woot! Let's talk about this tonight on blade talk homie

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Yup, yuppies

That's a much more respectable sword than I was expecting, to be perfectly honest. Fitment looks great.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

It has taken me by surprise as well, now if it is worth the full price tag in the present offering, time will tell, but so far, a good looking put together

I’m not a sword guy but I did one grade in Aikido (just enough to make me dangerous to myself 😂). I recall seeing the black belts doing sword play. Looked incredible and quite inspiring. The history and culture associated with different swords around the world is very interesting 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇳🇿

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

David, thanks so much for sharing, I heard many people swear by Akikdo...and yes I am a big fan of the tradition

Not gonna lie brother, i had completely written these guys off as cosplay and display only pieces from the shorts i had seen. This was a very well done review (as always) and eye opening for me. Seems like a really well made sword. Will definitely be taking this brand more seriously after seeing this. Good looking out brother

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

You just have to look for the right pieces, they must have a supplier that provides quality traditional swords. and looks like, an association with Z sey.

Love the T-shirt I saw them in concert for their (Those About to Rock) tour in early 82 I'm getting old they were great what a show. The Sword looks cool I like the little blade also Nice. I took a picture just for you last week and tagged you in it but not sure if you saw it or not. I don't post much so it would be easy to miss. Catch you tonight Brother and thanks for the Vid they look promising. I hope they test well for you.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Tagged me where JR on Instagram? I'll look for it

Minikatana sells alot of non-functional swords and are just drop shippers. I won’t diss them though, some of their offerings look decent.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Well they have many different types of vendors, non functional, low end and high end offerings along with Merchandise and others....the important thing is they are getting many people into the craft in one way or another, their marketing gets people enthusiastic about it, and keep the interest going, which is good for all of us in a way

Idk, im still in the fence about it,but that does look like a decent sword,little over priced,but nice

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Very early, gotta take it apart and all that, use it....preliminary I would say if they were offering anything over 1095 I would warrent the price more, haven't made a decision yet

Nice looking katana, was a surprise to me. I will say though I have miked feelings about mini katana, they are kinda like true katana, in that they design something and then source it out,to whomever. So z sey could have made it.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

There better then True Katana in that, from what i've seen, they are transparent as to the products they market. True Katana makes their swords into something they are not and give you NO details on the product until you think you getting a quality piece and then its crap at your door, Min has much better Cus. service, but yeah they all outsource of course

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@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

👊👊👊

Definitely zsey or dragon sword made this sword, I’ve looked at their work pretty extensively. Not a lot of forges doing polish like that from what I’ve seen.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Yes agreed its a very distinctive polish, and couple of other features that are similar as well

Good video Joe , thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

thanks for being their to recieve it...😆👊🧡🙏

I like that knife🔪 Joe very creative style

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Giuseppe, grazie Amigo Bello, buona giornata

Looks nicer than the cloudhammer you reviewed, especially the habaki and the wrap.

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Yes I agree, I'm assuming you're implementing the 1k sword?

@armoredsweatpants3997

5 ай бұрын

@@JoeSteel1 indeed, the very one.

gorgeous Katana Brother joe..awesome review..much love and Respect Brother

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! You too!

Im still on the fence about them the shorts they make realy never show the swords in action enough to let me see its potential but i do love anime so ill check them out one of these days nice blade joe and lets see the premium sword through one of the swordtubers eyes joe let the blade be with you

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

This is really a first impression, even after the video I feel more can be added to Warren's the price, gotta run it all through, but so far it is a very good looking sword....not chincy and very ZSey like

@outlawsamurai47

5 ай бұрын

@@JoeSteel1 I got ya

well that was disappointing...lol...i was hoping they were making high end MINI katanas..like a regular sword just mini...

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

😆😆😆😆Well I believe they do have "mini katana" don't know what quality level it's at...thats funny

6:16 the bat knife

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

It could be alot of things, I gotta really think about it...bat knife is one, thinking Neptune ocean waves, or winged sandles of Persius..lol

@outlawsamurai47

5 ай бұрын

@@JoeSteel1 i can see it

Hey Joe, how do I get KHHI to make one of my designs?

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Maurice I'm assuming you can email them from their contact on the site, and include a picture, PDF of very precise specifications and quality driven design and state you need a quote for it, you need to also choose steel, handle material from what they normally use, like 5160. hope that helps 🙏

@Maurice895

5 ай бұрын

@@JoeSteel1 THX

Can I have one of katana's for free please🙏🙏🙏

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

I am so sorry, that's not my decision to make, I have on affliction to them other then reviewing their products

They are overcharging ppl like crazy and they lie. Would. Never. Not. Once. They paying him for this . . . Yikes

@JoeSteel1

5 ай бұрын

Nope, I'm not getting paid for this video, Pal..as I don't get paid for any video I do...this is a first look, and it looks good, once I do a full review and demonstration then I will decide if it's worth the price tag or not...