For $450.00 they sent me a badly marred blade full of ripples. Ito wrap was extremely loose with Hishigami paper hanging out. The fittings looked nice. Saya rattles like a baby's toy. Fittings looked nice. You got a GREAT DEAL.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

Firstly I’m sorry that happened! It’s always disappoint when we don’t get what we think we ordered…What were the customer service options they gave you?

@melissastanton84

17 күн бұрын

@StudioGDT They ended up giving me a very hard time, major attitude and a partial refund. The blame game was uncalled for as well. Yes. You could say I'm still sore about it. So sore in fact that I won't do business with China anymore. I'm sticking with American distributors only. Have not had any trouble since.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

@@melissastanton84 I’m sorry that happened to you! It sounds like a major headache. I’m glad your experiences since then have been positive

Very decent. Good showing, man. The shitidome on the kashira is a nice touch

@StudioGDT

18 күн бұрын

I know…I had to verify they were brass and they were indeed. It was also nice to not have the brass shitodome drop out of the kurigata. The tsuka is just…really really nice.

@KF1

18 күн бұрын

@@StudioGDT Nice. Yeah the tsuka looks amazing for an entry-level. Some styles of sageo from Japan are too wide to fit the standard Longquan kurigata-shitodome, though. I always remove them, but in this case it makes a nice theme to have them.

Good review thank you.

@StudioGDT

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very cool

@StudioGDT

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for stopping by!

Great job, the sword is pretty dam good for the price point...got one of their high end ones in production....looking forward to it

@StudioGDT

18 күн бұрын

There were no articulate words for me to describe how good the tsuka felt in the hand…lol

@TONEDEAFSOUND

18 күн бұрын

@@StudioGDTnow im REALLY looking forward to one haha

@Katana-Karl

18 күн бұрын

So what did you order Joe?

@JoeSteel1

18 күн бұрын

@Katana-Karl Did a custom build from Swordis. Basically alot of top quality items, including S5, cowhide Ito, hishagami pro, ect. should be pretty sweet

@Katana-Karl

18 күн бұрын

@@JoeSteel1 what did it cost?

Well done.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

VERY appreciated Mr.Jensen!

this is very cool. i’m a huge fan of this company and want to get one from them sometime down the road

@StudioGDT

18 күн бұрын

This was definitely a good introduction to the company for me.

Great product for that amount. Not gonna get the AA+ polish with that price point. And yeah i have a few higher end Zsey (basically same as ShadoDancer) and the feel in hand is phenomenal

@StudioGDT

18 күн бұрын

Agreed 100%

@Katana-Karl

18 күн бұрын

@StudioGDT oh and really digg'n the editing. All around great production

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

@@Katana-Karl​​⁠thank you for that! Video editing is all still very new to me and I’m self learning and trying to up the production value.

Editing note; the music was getting loud enough that it was hard to hear your voice. I enjoyed the video otherwise. Thank you for the quality content.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the heads up! I must have missed something!

Great video, really like this one. I personally don't care for a red saya that much, not bright red. What's the tsuka length on that,and the p.o.b.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

So here’s the thing! The red is absolutely impossible to capture…in my video it almost looks red-orange. Indoors I would absolutely call it maroon. It’s a conundrum. I actually wanted it red-orange and was shocked how dark it was when I took it out of the box. From fuchi to end of Kashira you are looking at exactly 10.3 inches. This would excel at one handed Niten-Ryu usage

@gargoylesblade

17 күн бұрын

@StudioGDT cool, that would work for me, I prefer 11,but can't have it all the time

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

@@gargoylesbladeI think you would like it. For a designed cutter, I can’t complain about the polish…the rest is absolute tops.

Looks like a good option. What was the price point? Nice review!

@StudioGDT

13 күн бұрын

This is $299 as configured (stock, no changes)

@AgouraSteve

13 күн бұрын

@@StudioGDT Okay, thank you. I’ve been too lazy to look. I’m binge watching your videos rn. That seems like a good value considering what you get for $300.00 I like what I see. 🤩

@StudioGDT

13 күн бұрын

The sword was really interesting to me…the actual blade itself was nothing really special at that price point…BUT…at that price point I haven’t seen: traditional mekugi point count, traditional with saya, such clean tsuka work with Japanese cotton and hishigami…so those things considered at the price point and the fact it’s supposed to be a beater, I think it’s a great deal.

4:40 I'm surprised by how much the ito moves there. I thought it would be tighter. Great review otherwise.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the feedback. It’s not the tightest I’ve felt, but at the price point definitely the best geometry. A tighter sword I have has geometry all over the place!

@Kale_Kale

17 күн бұрын

@@StudioGDT Yea, for the price, i can't imagine many swords that can compete with it. If only the polish is slightly better to make the hamon more visible, but that would drive the price up... If this sword was $350 and had a tameshigiri style polish or a kesho polish, then it would be perfect imo. As it stands, I think this is a great choice for someone who is used to japanese iaito tsukas to use as a dojo shinken not caring about the polish too much.

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

@@Kale_Kale I would agree fully.

It is strange to me that every Sword they send out for review turns out to be decent .

@StudioGDT

17 күн бұрын

Mine wasn’t without issues (which were noted) but not to the extent you described. Again, I hope that doesn’t happen to you again.