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Practical XL Light Katana

Practical XL Light Katana

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Practical XL Light Katana

If you're looking for your first 'official' cutter, this Practical XL light might be a home run.

  • especially designed for cutting
  • better blade geometry
  • real hamonline
  • thicker and bigger blade
  • not tip heavy
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This Japanese battle ready katana is made by Paul Chen's hanwei forge and belongs to a new generation of 'affordable' cutting swords.

The battle ready practical Xl Light katana was designed and made for the tamashigiri practitioners in het Japanese Martial Arts world.

When we did compare the standard practical katana with this Xl light Katana ,the difference was very clear. This new designed sword has a better geometry and has a more 'beefy' blade compared with the Standard Practical katana ar any other katana in the Paul Chen series. It feels more "solid" and does give a safer feeling when performing cutting exercises (tameshigiri).

The blade is longer and much wider&thicker than the standard practical or practical plus katana. A Hi hi (groove) is added to this sword to reduce the weight. Yet, it's still 200 grams more heavy than the practical katana.

The overal theme of this sword didn't changed. The tsuka is still glued on the tang and it features imitation raysking on the handle.

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Review by Don on Apr 12, 2010
Deze katana is eenvoudig maar tot in de puntjes afgewerkt en naar mijn mening een lust voor het oog. Het zwaard oogt heel doelmatig, zonder overbodige franje. Zodra je hem voor het eerst uit de saya trekt, voelt hij best wel zwaar, wat wel een beetje een minpuntje is voor als je er langer mee wil trainen. Maar hij voelt mede daardoor ook heel solide en stevig. Bij het uitvoeren van een kata merk je eigenlijk pas hoe goed deze katana gemaakt is: hij beweegt heel sierlijk, ligt soepel in de hand en wil niets liever dan snijden en stoten. Ik heb het nog niet geprobeerd, maar ik vermoed dat deze katana zich uitstekend leent voor tameshigiri. Kortom, een heel fijn bezit voor wie een prakitsch bruikbare katana wil hebben.
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Practical XL light katana
Rated 5/5 based on 11 customer reviews
€275.00 In stock
Product description: If you're looking for your first 'official' cutter, this Practical XL light might be a home run

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  • Charlier, Loïc
    I'm no expert on the matter, but this katana seems very well built and it's exactly what I wanted. I'm thrilled! Thank you Dave for all your services... 

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    Best customer service ever!Will purchase again any time soon.
     

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    The perfect seller!! Good communication, speedy delivery, wonderful item! Highly recommended! Thanks and till next time!
     

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    Living in the EU, I had to find a retailer within EU in order to avoid trouble with Customs authorities. I was lucky to find the Samurai Sword Shop, where Dave was as helpful as one can get.
  • Koch, Ernst  
    I've ordered the Practical Pro katana together with a double sword stand by Samurai Sword Shop.
    They seem to have nice people working there cos they treat you like friends. I made that up drom the mails they send me about my order. I'm sure I'll order my next katana by Samurai Sword Shop too.
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    This sword is exactly what i needed for my batto-do practice.It was delivered to me in perfect condition, and exactly in the delay that was announced.So, great thanks to Dave of Samurai Sword Shop for his professionnalism, patience and kindness !
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    Absolute drawing! one of my best choises, just excellent......Total respect to Dave from samuraiSwordshop for the continuing support!!! Amazing Sword! ...No kidding!
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If this standard model is almost what you’re looking for but it need a few personal tweaks and a 100% custom katana is not an option or needed, I can always give this baby a little ‘facelift’.

Rewrapping the tsuka with the material and or color of your choice, changing fuchi & kashira , tsuba, menuki and or seppa are all possible.

A rewrap of a standard size tsuka (katana) will run around 125 euro, including cotton ito.

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