Cheness Kaze Ko-Katana

Short video of cutting with the new Cheness Kaze Ko-Katana. Turn your volume up so you can hear the bells.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Cheness
• Kaze
• Ko
• Katana

[mdmowrey]

Although, in all fairness, I purchased this katana about 3 years ago. It is possible that their methods have have changed since then. I would agree that the best part of the blade to cut with is near the kissaki (tip) and the part near the tsuka (grip) would not need to be as sharp.

[elliotoblio]

Greetings, can i ask did your katana come that sharp or did you have to sharpen it yourself to get it to that standard ? cheers

[mdmowrey]

@elliotoblio Yes, this katana came that sharp. I believe the manufacturer refers to it as a "Sharpened functional cutter,"

[andrew4l]

So a "Ko-Katana" is just a smaller katana? Is "ko" a brand designation or really what its called?

[mdmowrey]

@andrew4l Yes, a Ko-Katana is a katana with a shorter than "standard" blade. It could be thought of as either a wakizashi with a katana length handle or a katana with a wakizashi length blade. Ko-katana is a standard term and not brand specific. Another term you may see for this type of katana is chisa katana.

[sprinter223]

that was a nice cut. how do you learn to cut with proper form. is there a specific art that teaches it? cheers

[mdmowrey]

Sorry for the late reponse. Thank you for the compliment, but I am sure that was was far from proper form. There are several types of sword arts that teach specific disciplines.

[MonoxideChild1219]

Why in gods name would you stick it into wood like this?

[AshikSorel1]

Good lord people that keep on saying "Stop doing that to your Katana blade at the end!!"

Need to the shut the hell up. It's his blade which he paid for with his money and he can do what he wants with it.

[memberson]

Now back in the olden days, this is before your time. They use the test on prisoners the sword makers of that particular community would line up anywhere from 2 to 5 prisoners and cut their heads off in a single motion they would judge the clean cuts how many prisons it would go through and the make of the sword that could make the cleanest cut and go through the most prisoners bodies.

Was considered to be a better sword maker

[TimurAtaman]

@mdmowrey I have the same katana and is not sharp sorry but that sharpness is not when you get it from a cheness shop.My cheness ko katana paper test and cutting tests aremore than bad!

[TimurAtaman]

Alles fake Katana Cheness ko habe es hier,kannst Du drauf reiten,ist nicht scharf,kannst Du vergesseb der letzte Mist!

[arhvash]

fuck you for doing that in the end!!!

[elliotoblio]

Thanks for that, i received mine a week ago & it was only sharp at the top end of the sword, the lower half where you just cut the paper & leather was dull to the point of it wouldnt cut paper or even my finger ? Paul Chen then told me this is how they all come, "partially sharpened, only at the tip, he said this is the only part of the blade that needs to be sharp for tameshigiri ? sounds like an excuse to me or copout ? thanks any way 4 the info. & all the best on your journey. .