Friday and almost weekend for most of us. A couple of minutes ago we received some pictures of a new forge we’re working with for the last 8 months (behind the screen 
) and we thought it was a good idea to shear that with you. We stumbled upon this small forge about a year ago when visiting some of our suppliers in China. It’s a very small forge with only a few people working there and the smith is a 30 year old fellow that does some great work.
Actually he’s the only one we talked to that really has some good technical knowledge about forging. He was the first one that knew, and could explain us about Ashi, Ko-Nie,etc. That are different types of activities in the hamon. No other smith we visited before could tell us about that.
So the blades he’s making are very well done but we still have to check the overall look and performance of this swords. We keep you updated of course . Here are some pics and we will upload some more later today.
If you have any opinions about these swords, feel free to leave some comments. Only with your help we can improve these swords
Have a nice weekend !
How much will the swords cost and when will they come in?
Hi Dave
The Zhui Feng is great. I am still interested in a Wakizashi and Tanto from the same smith. Do you have any other stock and photoes of Zhui Feng swords.
I have posted a tameshi geri clip on my web site where I am cutting with the Zhui Feng Katana http://www.mune.muso.co.za, go to the gallery and video. There are also some photies of the Zhui Feng in action. The one where I am wearing black is a ppk (Paul Chen) and in blue the Zhui Feng. The reed grass I am cutting is very tough and the Zhui Feng handles them with ease. On the video I am on around the 50th cut with it and still going strong
The new swords look great. Will they be available without a “Hi” and can we get them with a longer tsukka?
Gambatte
.E
Hey Eugene,
These swords will be signed when the come in..the samples aren’t. You can find more pictures in our latest post (follow the link in the comment above this one) and you can find them here http://www.samurai-sword-shop.com/slideshowktrad/slideshow.html
By the way, how was the zhui feng doing ?
[...] Sunday evening, a perfect time to “exit” the week with some good and exciting news. A couple op posts ago, we mentioned that we found a young smith in China who made some very good high carbon steel and folded steel katana. [...]
I’m very interested in more pics. this work looks good. willthey sign their swords too?
Hey Dimitri,
Not sure if you refer to the Paul Chen swords ? We didn’t received them yet so it’s hard to tell anything more at the moment. We are as curious as you are
We will post more about this once we received them which will be somewhere next week.
Hey! realy nice swords.Is it an XL light blades?