Ryan Sword $350 Katana Review: Part 2 - Abuse and Destruction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- This is a review of a $ 350 katana made by RyanSword. This video is part two and focuses on the abuse and destruction of the sword.
Part one is located here • Ryan Sword $350 Katana...
If you are interested in this product or others like it you can find them at www.ryansword....
The sword here is similar to this - www.ryansword....
This sword in the middle light side many katana on the market. The blade has more profile and distal taper than many do at this price and it lends itself to being an agile little blade. I do not see this profile used on all the blades on their site and I am not sure how you would go about requesting it. That said, it feels good.
I should also note that the tsuba option is not one that is on the site exactly. I initially asked for some mitsudomome fittings and the ones they offered were not at the same level as the blade. The fittings that are similar to Hanwei were selected along with a tsuba made of iron from the shop craftsmen. It looks like it was cut out with a water jet but I cannot be sure.
Specs:
Handle/Tsuka Length: 10.75”
Blade/Nagasa Length: 27.75” (without habaki)
Total: 39.75”
Sori: .7”
Moto-haba: 1.26”
Saki-haba: .91”
Motokasane: .31”
Sakikasane: .17”
Weight: 2lb 6.1oz
POB: 4.625” from tsuba
MSRP: $350 (without shipping)
Blade : Sanmai, 1095 High Carbon Steel+Folded Stee
Saya Material : Hardwood+Buffalo Horn
Handle Material : Hardwood+Genuine Rayskin (full wrap)
Tsuba : Iron
Theme: Mitsudomoe/tomoe
Ito: Blue Silk
Red Flags: - Take these with a grain of salt. First, I don’t know the validity of all of these claims. Second, any large company has made mistakes. How important are these ethical issues, well that is up to you. I have included a few links below to posts I thought were relevant but you do not have to dig very hard to find people that have issues. I think it is also worth noting that the community has something of a vendetta for RyanSword. Perhaps with good reason, however, I think there are a number of negative comments from people that have never seen or owned their swords. My experience has been very positive, and I get the impression RyanSword is trying to make a good product. Hopefully my experience is not isolated. Anyway, here are the posts, you be the judge.
Sanmai Fake: sbg-sword-foru...
Intellectual Property:
sbg-sword-foru...
/ 10202166411657848 (In this one Mr. Pearce notes Ryansword is the specific company)
Link to the new facebook spot - / matthewjensenswordreview
Link to the new patreon spot - / krunan
Link to my ebay sales page - www.ebay.com/us...
Thanks for the review, I just ordered one to check out. Your review helped.
Did you get it?
@@mikanator2310 yes but I got a Ronin one not Ryan. So far I like it. I'll probably film a review in the next few weeks, I need to order some cutting mats.
Been Impressed with Ryansword to be honest good review.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how well it stayed together after the large crack.
maybe the lamination had a play in the reason why it held together
@@micahcampa inwould have to assume you are correct sir
@@Katana-Karl because i think that iron or softer steel was tearing than cracking and making it harder to break
That seems to be what happens with the laminated blades he breaks. Good safety feature lol
OK you have some good connections. There is a lot more out there so. Keep up the good work.
Very glad to see that you where generally content with a current Ryan sword...350 sounds about right.. .good to know what are its limits...great vid..Matt
For the money it seemed like a pretty solid sword.
Whats the next step up of toughness like in metal, like better than this one
Always enjoy watching you destroy a sword. Been tempted by their naginata Unokubi Zukuri katana recently.
Thanks, perfect video👌
Are my eye deceiving me; Is that bestie full ray skin rapped? and did it come that way for $350?
I've bought a couple of swords from Ryan Sword and they said that swords over $300 come with a full wrap. Not sure if you have to specify though. I love the ones I have from them.
@@Leon_Kozza Never seen it on budget blades; but most certainly I'm going to check Ryan out now, thankyou
Hi
The whooshing sound is called Tachi-Kaze
The tachikaze is indeed the song that a well-made blade sings. I wonder if different blade geometries produce different tachikaze and does a bohi intensify or lessen the effect? (I'm a smaller guy and I find a bohi aesthetically appealing, so most of my nihonto have one)
@@kevinstachovak8842 It still makes a tachikaze dispite the what blade geometry and your technique plays a roll as well!
@@kevinstachovak8842 regardless of hight abd I am not that tall either:)
@@kevinstachovak8842 The Bohi greatly intensifies the Tachi-Kaze or (Sword Wind). The deeper the Bohi...the louder the Tachi-Kaze.
@@kevinstachovak8842 some arrow heads were even made to cause different sounds in the air to intimidate opposing armies. I'm sure blade geometry will effect it, even if just subtly. I've seen different reviews of different swords and they sound different when swung. They all have their own distinct singing voice 😁
Thank you again for sharing.
Thats not Honsanmai its more like a kobuse... Or a Gomai
Good straightforward review.
Cool review
Can you please make a video about John Lee katana 85723. 259 €
I so want you to review some Lyueswords at some point if somebody sends you one or ya buy one. Ryan sword is like a mixed bag I've heard, but Lyuesword for the price points is pretty exceedingly in quality. Customer service is excellent in my experiences.
also a bottle of ferric acid would make your etching process much less of a pain. just get a bottle for about 20 bucks the mix it 5050 with water in a big glass jar. it will last a good while before needing replaced and be a lot simpler and give a cleaner etch.
Hello Matthew! I’m new to the channel and to Katanas as well, I’m looking at a ronin dojo pro or a Hanwei Renshu
Could you please tell me which would be the better choice for backyard cutting? Thank you love the channel
Starting at 15:03 we have the ninja lumberjack!
Lol
Awesome look!
Is ryan sword a good site to buy
Is ryan sword a good site to buy sword?
welp, No Hi blades for me.. I'd Like a Solid blade.
Hi Matthew, I would love if you would add grinding the broken piece flat and showing it to the camera, preferrably before and after a dip in ferric chloride as a regular aprt of the destruction videos.
That is something I could do. I don't often get laminated blades but if I do in the future, then I will try to show the face before I etch it.
@@Matthew_Jensen Thank you very much. I am a fledgeling bladesmith so I am generally very curious as to how the grain structure etc look.
Based on my experience with metallurgical inspection and the pictures you show I would say that there are three different steels in that cross section. However, it could just be two and the forging process makes it look like three in the pictures. The second is less likely and this is based not on any inspection of blades by myself, just my knowledge of welds, metal and twenty years of weld inspection.
They may have sent a gomai blade but it was supposed to be sanmai.
@@Matthew_Jensen I am unfamiliar with the different lamination terms used in sword making except san mai, which is used in knives as well, but thankfully there are online aids!
Thankyou very much for taking the time to reply!
Looks like it's in fact a laminated blade. Although i think it's over hyped feature.
I agree. If you are a newbie, it's best to get a more forgiving sword like 9260 or a maru 1095. If you are a pro, you surely have your "beater sword" already and won't use a nice laminated blade for cutting practice. If you are a collector, you probably won't do a lot of cutting practice anyway. In the end, lamination is a feature that applies mostly to collections; for cutting practice, I guess both newbies and pros use different blades more suited for the job.
Apologies for not keeping up after discovering your channel but a question if permitted, the zatoichi cane sword is it still unpolished or did u sell it?
sold a number of years ago
Matthew Jensen would have been something I bet✌️
2:05 Nice cutting there. Definite jump in competence can be seen. Also, 10:00 I wonder how many samurai on the battlefield were dispatched by the helicopter of doom? They block and still the sword tip finds it's way. Would be a brutal way to go.
Overall this turned out to be a pretty tough nut to crack. I thought lamination would have increased the presence of failure/separation points. Interesting stuff.
I am not sure if the lamination made it harder to break or not, it sees like the harder steel cracked and the softer sides kept it together a bit longer. I think monosteel blades from 1060 probably last longer but the lamination seemed to help.
the 5:49 cut !!
I miss the beard. U.U
Water bottle damage!?!!??
Are you serious!???
The only way for you to get a true impression of anything you test is to order one anonymously after testing one they gave you and do the same method of test. If you don't there is no confidence that someone did not just kiss ass. It has nothing to do with you or any reviewer just simply rules of giving a fair chance to your viewers otherwise you're just a grown man swinging a pointy stabby thing.
There is not a scientific method in place for my reviews, they are largely subjective and often based on a single sample. I may be getting the pick of the littler but that has not always been the case. Heathy skepticism should be employed and I try to give you disclaimers at the beginning of the video. Still, some information is better than none. At least that is the hope.
@@Matthew_Jensen I was merely explaining how you could give the sword community an insight into the business practices of different companies. Your testing is already a huge help. Nothing I am suggesting is scientific just a way to show how any company may not be as honest as they could be. In no way am I critiquing you or your methods only explaining what would help us more. What’s important is you enjoy making your videos and that it actually does help us.
@@1885win I wish that was in the budget. I agree it would remove a variable. At the moment I am not in a financial position to decline a review sample. I do get some money from youtube but not enough to pay for the equipment I use let alone the swords that I break. Maybe some day.
it looks like 3 layers to me at least by the pitting that's taking place and I belive you can see a weld lin right at the taper . jacket is probably a stainless which is probably the big reason it delamed like that.
Lol, helicopter of death!!!
Kind of lame of Ryan Swords to be ambiguous regarding what they actually sent you.
I thought it was very nice that they sent me anything at all.. Sure, there are always things that could be done better but this experience was overall pretty positive. They sent me two swords. The second one came after I metaphorically aired some dirty laundry and they offered no complaint. They sent me a second sword that was also somewhat costly and made an effort to put fittings on it that I would like. I can see how it would have been nice to have more detail but I think they showed how far they will go with your $350.
What did people originally use swords for??
In what context did they use them???
If a medieval warrior, west or east, saw this review, do you think they would have confidence in taking that sword into a real battle????
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You’re throwing your money away if you buy crap like this.
Yes would be the short answer.. Medieval blades are often quite a bit softer, and many would likely break easier than this one. Further, folks understood they could be damaged or would break. Don't get me wrong, some of the damage here is not good in a modern context but in a medieval one, this would be a fantastic sword.
bro what? I bet you money if you took an authentic sword and swung it at a metal rod super hard it would do the exact same thing youre smoking crack dude. this thing held up great until he started chopping trees and a metal rod. not everyone has thousands to drop on a authentic made sword but this thing for $350 holding up as good as it did is fantastic because realistically how often are you going to be taking this sword into battle.
Hi
The whooshing sound is called Tachi-Kaze