UBC Custom inspection

Disassembly, inspection and analysis of the limited edition UBC Custom katana from kensei.
A total of 23 of these were made ( including 5 wakizashi , some of which are part of a daisho) for members of United Backyard Cutters. The design was selected and voted on by the members who bought them ( ito/sageo color, same panel color, habaki/seppa color, blade configuration, saya finish and exclusive UBC Sunrise tsuba). .Join us at the United Backyard Cutters Sword Forums
www.unitedbackyardcutter.com

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Howto & Style

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• UBC
• Custom
• katana
• disassembly
• Kensei
• jeeperrandy

[noodlesman12]

yes as impakt750 said there is and its safer/more respectful to use it

[Jeeperrandy]

@noodlesman12 impakt750, like yourself, is a punk gamer with no real experience. If you had ever taken apart dozens of swords, like I have , you would know that the cheesy little brass peg and hammer do little to remove a mekugi, particularly if it has be notched a bit by wear against the nakago. I did nothing 'disrespectful'. Go back to your video games.

[noodlesman12]

@Jeeperrandy you over-reacted to my comment

[Jeeperrandy]

@noodlesman12 My apologies. I react because I've seen too many misguided comments regarding 'respect for the sword' from neophytes. I helped to design this sword and the tsuba itself is 100% my design. I own dozens of katanas and other various swords and am president of United Backyard Cutters, and international sword interest group and forum. I know what respect for the sword is, and using a small claw hammer to tap the mekugi out is perfectly acceptable. Again, my apologies.

[usasanarchy]

a question what kind of oil do you/ should one use? #2 where can one find this oil. and btw REALLY NICE SWORD COLLECTION!

[Jeeperrandy]

Hanwei ,makes a sword oil. Traditional choji oil for swords is simply mineral oil, available at drug stores, with a drop of clove oil added for color and smell. Plain mineral oil works fine.

[gamerx112]

I looked at that and I was like wtf thats no katana, then i realized how big of a moron I was to not recognize that it was just the sheathe.

[impakt750]

BTW theres a pin in the top of that brass hamer whitch is used for removing the pegs

[BushidoDevildog]

Swords in the "tens of thousand or even hundreds of thousands of dollars" price range are (or should be) art/museum quality blades. The price range for a decent shinken for Iaido/tameshigiri is about $2000-6000 here in Japan. The cutter in my videos cost me ¥450,000 = $5000 @ ¥90/USD exchange rate. It is shimmed with copper in the tsuba and super-thin bamboo inside the tsuka to tighten up some "gata" (+looseness) that is a natural result of it being used for cutting.

[SPQQKY]

I'm afraid some people just don't get it. Genuine nihonto from Japan cost a lot of money. Like jeeper said, tens of thousand or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. To make a tsuka an exact fit would take someone the better part of a day and that would, at the very least, double the price. As far as the shim....I don't like them and it should be made of wood. But as long as the nakago is snug and the mekugi are tight and in good shape, the katana should be fine for cutting.