Paul Chen Swords

Paul Chen samurai Swords or better know as Chen Katana

The basic line of the paul Chen Samurai swords, the Practical Serie. Very nice entry level swords at unbeatable prices !

This selection of Hanwei swords are the most popular Chen katana. They are forged as accurate possible, functional and fit in any Budo practitioner's buget or that of the occasional sword collector. All of these katanas are differentially clay hardened and does have a real hamonline. Yes, the hamon on all of these samurai swords is enhanched, which mean that acid is used to bring out the natural Hamon and make it much more visable after polishing. The practical Xl light katana and the Practical Plus Elite katana are especially designed for intens cutting exercises (tameshigiri).

Forged Katana swords

Japanese Katana and Japanese Swords by Hanwei

This Japanese Katana monosteel class forged by Hanwei are considered to be some of the best katanas available in the mid-level price range!

The Japanese Swords in this mid-level class does have a extremely attractive blade and high quality fittings (tsuba-fuchi & kashira-menuki) All of these Japanese katana are forged from 1095 carbon steel or T10 steel, differentially hardened in an authentic manner and polished to a razor sharp edge. If you're looking for a sword to practise Iaido, the Shinto is the one you need, light weight and a perfect balance. The Tsunami and Wind&Thunder doesn't future a hi (groove) and are great tameshigiri katanas.

Forged & Folded Swords

Folded Paul Chen Katana sale

The samurai weapons in this category are the high end swords of the Hanwei forge and suitable for both the practitioner and the collector.

In ancient times, the technique of folding a katana blade was necessary to remove the impurities in the Japanese steel (tamahagane), which was of a somewhat poor quality. Today -since the quality of the steel is of a much higer level- this traditional technique tend to be of cosmetic value only. All of these folded katana does have a very attractive hamon and hada and absolutely and a good balance. The kami katana may be a bit heavy to practise Iaido and I do feel that it's more a collector item.