Practical Plus katana
Measurements
Flagship beauty of the Paul Chen/Hanwei Practical katana line. This katana features a hand forged diferentially tempered sharp steel blade (not to be confused with the "Practical series" unsharpened training blades). Excellent balance, look and feel, this one's definetly a useable sword, great for tameshigiri and kenjutsu. Tradionally forged blade in beautiful polish, solid and attractive fittings and scabbard.
(Paul Chen/Hanwei nomenclature can be a bit confusing - the Practical
Eastern style swords are sharp weapons, and the "Practical series" Western
style swords are blunt training weapons).
length: 41"
blade: 28 1/2"
blade width: 1 1/4"
grip: 12 1/4"
tsuba: 3 1/2" round
balance point: 5" up from tsuba
weight: 2 lb 5.0 oz
Price: $320
