Hanwei Side Sword Cutting

One of my most recent swords, and definitely my favourite so far. Although the edge it comes with isn't great, the thin blade means that if you can put in a little time into re-doing some of the edge geometry with a file, stones or whatever your preferred sharpening method is, it can give pretty spectacular results. I used to never be able to leave the tougher 500ml bottles standing, or deliver multiple cuts to 2L bottles, but now I can do that fairly regularly.

The stones have left the blade with an uneven finish though, so I'll need to get some metal polish and fix that sometime.

I really need to get some tatami, too.

I do have a few problems with the sword, though - namely, the handle is bullshit. The wire wrap really hurts my hands, meaning this is the only sword I have where wearing gloves during its use is more or less mandatory. The handle is also a hollow plastic thing, which I intend to replace as soon as I can with a much more solid handle I'll make myself with some mahogany and leather.

Oh, if you've had the patience to read all of this (or just skipped to the end, whatever) then let me hear what you think of the music too. I might have gone a little overboard with it, but I'm not sure.

This video remixed with Guile's theme, courtesy of Kadorhal: http://tubedubber.com/#8SujftOfF34:Ie_R1H9L4eI:0:100:13:0:true

Edit;
In retrospect, recording and uploading this in 720p was kind of pointless...

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Backyard
• Cutting
• Hanwei
• Side
• Sword
• Bottles

[SakamaruNetoi]

So, how badly did you nick the sword? Do you think just the wood would scuff it, or would it take nails to really hurt the blade? I'm thinking of buying this sword, but I'd like to know more about it first... Mostly whether the blade is really a decent cutting steel or a crappy knockoff.

[MGlBlaze]

@SakamaruNetoi The wood alone wouldn't have done much at all. The nails did the damage. It wasn't that much, but the edge had some nicks and had rolled a little around where the nails struck; I have long since repaired the damage.

Also it's Hanwei; all their swords are made good steel and should be properly heat treated. Though their western swords have a tendancy to not have much of an edge out of the factory, the side sword seems to escape that.

[OkamiReneru]

How tall are you? I'm roughly 6 ft 3 and I'm wondering if this sword would be good for my height.

[MGlBlaze]

@OkamiReneru I'm about 5'10", so it should be alight. As far as I know European swords don't depend that much on the wielder's height anyway.

[wolfdracoconflict]

the sword is awesome, but where'd you get that sick coat?

[MGlBlaze]

@wolfdracoconflict Campbell Cooper; it should be the first result on google.

[SakamaruNetoi]

@MGlBlaze Alright, thank you very much for the info. Much appreciated. ^^ Also, love the outfit. lol.

[OkamiReneru]

@MGlBlaze Alrighty, thanks

[xxalucard66xx]

Hmm, I could've sworn the music was in Killing Floor as well, ah well.



[omnius28]

Dude, that is one SICK sword!!!!!