Making of a Production Katana - Cheness

Making of a Chinese handmade Production Katana. from Cheness swords. From temper to forging to quench to shaping to polishing. On a production basis.

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• forge
• forging
• handmade
• production
• katana
• sword

[EhabAtia1991]

I wanted a Katana since I was little can i get one shipped to Saudi Arabia ??

please inform me if you can do that

[chenessinc]

@EhabAtia1991 - I have never shipped there so I do not know for sure. You might want to check with your local post office to make sure it is allowed first.

[MaTchBoOkPoEt]

seriously cool... can i get one shipped to Canada no problems?

[chenessinc]

@MaTchBoOkPoEt, There is no problem with shipping to Canada. I have been shipping there on a near daily basis for the past 5 or 6 years without any issues.

[hanskais168]

You may be right metallurgically as raw iron so folded gets carbon it needs in order to be converted to carnon steel in order to be able to be hardened and tempered later on in the process. But folding also has a physical aspect which is the creation of thousands of laminates which is bunched together to give the blade the sharpness, toughness and flexibility the single unfolded blade cannot possibily achieve.

[chenessinc]

The addition of carbon is one aspect, the other is homogenization of the steel. But creation of laminates (hada) is actually a by-product of the process. It is essentially flaws in the steel and is where failure occurrs most often.

The lamination that gives different parts of the blade different characteristics which you are referring to is a different process and is not derived from folding. It is from forge welding different steels onto different parts of the blade after the folding stage.

[marshall9doom]

While I would still prefer quality made Japanese Katanas, I would still use the quantity Chinese(or local made) ones as the a main weapon or a practicing material. After all, why trash a Mercedes for a rally race eh?

[TaskForceSixTwoSix]

To all the people complaining about the steel not being folded... Yes, I agree that folding steel makes blades more cool just because of the extra work involved. But it simply isn't factually correct that folded steels are SUPERIOR. They're not. The only reason the Japanese folded their sword steel is because their ore was of low quality and their steel technology kind of sucked - so they NEEDED to fold it. Modern steel is cheaper to make and is of superior quality. So stop complaining!

[TheVinoThunderbird]

1:00 Nice heat and beat..Ive done that one before. Just ordered my Okatana. Since Im 6'5 and 255 pounds I dont think I will be complaining about the weight.

[ultimatedirtclod]

Man, say what you want about blade balance issues, but the Tsuka Ito wrapping is damn freakin tight! my iaito is going for 5 years now and not a single thread loose

[wheelman1324]

Man made instead of machine made for the win!!

[ouka1936gg]

katana is japan

not corea

[TheIcemanModdeler]

Im going to buy a Cheness Kaze next week, cant wait.

[elusivellama]

@asus3571 No.... actually, a folded blade of modern steel might be less durable than an unfolded one. Folding was done to remove air pockets and redistribute impurities throughout the steel, this was especially important if you were using tamahagane chunks which come out of the tatara (Japanese smelter) in a very raw state. With the modern steels of today and new quenching/tempering techniques, a monosteel blade - done correctly - is several times stronger than any folded steel blade.

[helicrashpro]

What is the tool called that the guy is using to shave the blade?

[MrTefached]

@asus3571 Good swords do NOT have to be folded. There are many excellent blades on the market that are unfolded and exceed the durability and strength of traditionally folded swords.