Oh boy... on paper it's quite straight forward, but in practice it's an absolute nightmare. Like, they haven't even defined what straight or curved is, so a fencing foil with a slight curve in the blade could in theory be a prohibited offensive weapon now. It's crazy.
@@scholagladiatoria "Oops I bent my foil slightly!" Customs, "that looks like a curved sword." I know why they made the law but really it is so simple to get around they might as well not have bothered. You can kill someone with a straight blade just as easy. I have to give a date of birth just to get a kitchen knife off Amazon. I include Chinese cleavers and Japanese blades with no point. Then they banned handguns resulting in 12 inch barrels and a "stock" attachment to make them carbines. There are almost as many murders using guns today as before.
Yes, UK weapons legislation of the last 30 years has achieved nothing beneficial, and has instead cost lots of money and created lots of bureaucracy, as well as damaging various sporting, historical and cultural activities. Sadly, in the UK we hardly ever roll back laws, even when they can easily be shown to have either no effect, or a detrimental effect. We now have more laws, more restrictions and more violent crime. Go figure.
@@scholagladiatoria governments and especially bureaucrats don't make useless/harmful regulations on accident, it's rarely if ever about the people's best interests.
33 inches / 84cm / 2.77 shaku blade length: that is indeed longer than you can typically find made these days. Even Japanese, mass produced iaitō (zinc-aluminum training swords) only usually go up to 2.65 shaku (32 inches / 80cm), with 2.45 shaku (29 inches / 74cm) being "modern standard size" (which fits me well for iaidō style sword drawing at my height of 5'-8" / 173 cm). The old, Edo-period "jōsun" regulated size was smaller at 2.3 shaku (27 inches / 70 cm). Even at 2.77 shaku, by modern Japanese law, that sword is still technically just a katana, not an ō-dachi (has to exceed 3 shaku for that). You could probably get away with calling it an "ōkii katana", where "ōkii" is just an adjective for "big" (rather than a prefix for a compound noun). Further: from my understanding, the readings ō-katana and daigatana (dai-katana) were not historically used, but are modern misreadings of the characters 大刀 which is normally read "daitō" (lit. "big blade") which is the "dai" of a "daishō" pairing.
Yes, I wouldn't have necessarily chosen that colour myself, but it actually looks great and is very close to an antique tachi I have. With these fittings, they managed to achieve a somewhat 'old' look. Very tasteful IMHO.
Always love seeing ur videos and ur reviews of ancients swords, Matt. Could u also possibly do a video on alternative ways of practicing HEMA for people who don't have a school in their area? I've been wanting to train in HEMA for a long while now but there isn't a school in my area.
8:53 I think modern Chinese reproductions of katana have two mekugi because they are made of bamboo while traditional ones are made of fire-hardened wood hence why only one is needed. Even when looking at shortened antiques only one mekugi ana is used despite multiple being present on the nakago.
I have been really impressed with Sinosword. Just by chance a few months ago I acquired two swords from them second hand. A Liuyedao and a Han dao. Extremely high quality swords, beautiful Hamon. Very pleased for the price.
I got their nagamaki with the naginata style blade geometry and cut it down to make a nodachi, re-wrapped with brown leather ito from fred lohman. Talk about a lively longsword! Hamon is gorgeous, but subtle. Considering a lemon juice or vinegar acid etch to make it pop more.
@@Bluenote1985 Sounds like a very interesting blade. Does lemon juice or vinegar work well for accentuating hamon? I have done both lemon juice and vinegar patinas on smaller knives before and never got great results, even with careful cleaning it came out rather splotchy. I actually need to refinish and re-etch a katana I have, It is rather nice and has a real hamon but the real hamon is wire brushed over, which is baffling. This is apparently something Hanwai did or still does too, they go through the trouble of making a real clay tempered hamon then wire brush over it making it look far more cheap, never understood why.
@@-Zevin- actually, my lemon juice/vinegar idea came from hanwei, as I read that THAT is HOW they make their hamon's pop so much, not wire brushing. I cannot speak for the cheaper blades, but as I used my Hanwei Tsunami more and more, and subsequent cleanings, the hammon started to fade and look more natural, in the splotchy spots I needed to clean. Little hot lemon juice wipe and it popped right back to its blatant milky white throughout.
I recently bought a HuaWei Unokubi, and I was very impressed. Unfortunately they're all sold out, and have been for months. I'm getting the itch to buy another blade, it's good to know that Jkoo does a good job.
Pro tip from ordering a custom katana from Swords of Northshire: if you’re getting a katana with a custom tsuba or any bits that require them to get stuff from another work shop try to order before November. Ordered one late November last year and unfortunately my sword won’t be ready probably until at least late this February.
Nice video. Jkoo swords really looks interesting. They might be the maker I am going for to get my first Katana. The problem with the Katana Market is that there are too many of them. So it can get quite tricky to find a good quality sword that really helds up when doing light cutting. I was also considering getting a custom made sword but as noob you can do too many things wrong so it is better to get sword series that is already in mass production. I think I am going for the Dotanuki katana from JKoo.
Some have three mekugi. Although, those would be far less common than even those with two-pin. The late Samurai period saw quite a few odd requests made of the forges. Full tangs, for example. Pretty rare, but they did exist. And, it's worth keeping in mind that, in the last few decades that these swords would have been carried, they had sort of become more symbolic of school or status or whatever. There were whole generations of Samurai who never saw any battlefield combat. The designer watch of late Feudal Japan, you might say. Some of the request made of the forges back then, may have had little, if anything, to do with practical combat-utility.
I got mine from 10 Ryu. Probably more of a wall hanger, but it's oddball, so I like it. The blade is damascus. It's not the usual glaring printed on look that is typical for damascus blades. It it subtle, you have to look at it closely to see the pattern, which is chaotic.
How was the wrap? Nice to hear you had a good experience. I always wonder about reviews from a channel as big as Matt’s. If they sent blades to review I am sure it’s worth it to put extra time into the production, no doubt. In fact, if I were a manufacturer, I would have a list of RUclipsrs and authors against which I would check every order. Quality control on THOSE particular blades would be extremely tight.
@@ColdHawk tsukamaki was very well done, nice, tight, even, properly alternating, and if anything after like 3 plus years, the ito is even tighter. Can search my name and sinosword if you want to see mine (fair warning, those were my first videos, so they're kind of rough, but the initial review covered everything) ruclips.net/video/5bKrSNX1dAE/видео.html
I'm thinking about making my next purchase a katana. If you're going to try to assemble anything close to a comprehensive collection, a katana is basically a must for rounding out the Far Eastern/Asian component, whether you're a katana fan or not! I also want to get a daisho or "set", but I'd rather have just a katana and tanto instead of katana and wakizashi.
I have no clue what price level Matt is talking about, Would it be polite to ask what was it approximately for a custom made Katana? it looks like a work of art indeed.
With my first order I made the mistake to pay the full price in advance. They didn’t send pictures of the sword before shipping despite promising it and when the sword came it had rather poor fit and finish. Ordered 2 Tsukas and 2 sayas and one saya and tsuka leaves gaps of several mm to the tsuba. So never pay the Full price in advance with them and in case of any doubt request additional pictures. They can be dodgy...
Watch his new year stream. The question was asked already there and he gave a few tipps already. He also did some solo training videos many years ago. Just look deaper into his channel. It is full of many great things.
I've heard great things about Huawei [not the phone company and not "Hanwei"] swords and Hanbon swords, maybe someday I'll get one of each and one of Jkoo's as well. Thank you for the recommendation.
Canadian Law: I work in a rough part of town. Lot's of opiate and meth addicts, lots of street person on street person crime, with the mentally ill thrown in for shits and giggles. I noticed one guy a few weeks ago walking around with a Katana on his belt. I thought surely that's illegal. But I talked to a Cop just a few hours ago, and she said that it was perfectly legal. I asked if it would be legal for me to have a Sword Cane, and she said she doubted that, but it depended on the reason for having it. This squares with what I've read about Canadian Law and edged weapons. Generally, it seems, one can walk around with anything *if* it's being used as a *tool*. For example, it's fine to walk around with a machete if you are on your way to a hedge trimming job. Although, since the Katana was legal, I suspect that's more of a rule of thumb than a law. And no, I'm not in the market for a sword cane. (gitcha inta touble but it cain't getcha out)
@@arnvonsalzburg5033 I actually think so, but obviously I'm not a criminal lawyer or prosecutor. The key thing is intent. From what I can discern, if you are asked why you are carrying a Messer, and you say "Self Defense" then you're going to end up having a formal chat with a Judge. Pro Tip: If your planned course of action includes a contingency argument for a Judge, it's a *bad* plan.
The choice to use straight handles more often than curved handles is probably because handles that curve towards the swordsman can be really uncomfortable if the length isn't set to fit the wielder.
Why have a particular entry issue with curved swords? It doesn’t make any sense to me. Am I missing something obvious about curved blades that would make them more onerous to the UK?
I think it's analogous to "scary black" rifles in the USA. It's dead easy to buy a rifle with wood furniture that functions exactly the same as an AR-platform rifle but for no apparent reason the hoplophobes are fine with the former but go all Chicken Little over the latter.
You mispoke in your last video? It would be nice if there was some way to add a note to a video, or “annotate” it after it was uploaded. That way creators could acknowledge mistakes without redoing the entire video. I think it would be a great feature to add to RUclips! Annoyance at removal of perfectly good features aside, I think it’s amazing how modern Japanese style swords have gotten to be the ones you can get in decent quality for relatively low price.
Scholagladiatoria, I have a question related to Japanese swords. If someone wanted to recreate ones using a 3D-sculpting software, are there any sites that you would recommend that has all the information about that? I wanna create those kinds of swords, such as the wakizashi, for any potential game I might wanna make in the future; and I want them to be as accurate to the real-life versions as possible.
You have me curious now, why does customs hold up "curved swords"? I can't think of a reason to pick on curved swords, unless they are more dangerous or something.
Makes one wonder if there are some archaic laws on the books that were a way to protect British manufacturers from foreign competitors back in the day? Or maybe it’s just the clichéd modern British aversion to any sort of weapon…
I wonder how many years it will take to get the personnel hired, trained and equipped to get up to speed with inbound checks. Sort of surprised it got checked at all since they don't do inbound checks from Europe. You could send in a machine-gun or a tonne of cocaine through the channel and nobody would be any wiser. Perhaps it was sent via flight or by some port. Or simply Matt or someone had papers sent out alerting them about them being swords. Not that they got caught in a check.
the person sending has to declare the contents of the package. if they dont it will be opened and checked and likely refused. theres a lot more to it then that but matt being who he is would have done it properly so wouldnt have tried to sneak it through
There seems to be so much disparity in lengths of what is ‘katana’ or ‘o-katana’ or even waki that its essentially not worth worrying about if it fits what you want, in my experience. Also funny that even back in edo period swords, fittings were also artificially ‘aged’ with a blackening agent for cosmetics, so I guess the Chinese are actually following the right path
Oh no, sword gatekeepers on Facebook and SBG will be furious that you said you like Jkoo, the horror! I like the swords they sent me. They all have flaws but all are acceptable in the sub 400 dollar price range
Yuup. Some dude killed his flatmate(?) with one whilst high. Murdoch Press went into overdrive talking about ‘scary samurai swords’ and whatdya know, we’ve got a fresh law on the books.
I am only a minute into the video so apologies if this is addressed in the video but the scabbard is not practical. The knub for the sageo is way too far down the saya making it more or less useless
@@scholagladiatoria from an iaido point of view the knub is used to feel which way the saya is facing so that you dont shove your sword in the wrong way and crack the saya or damage the sword so it is meant to be placed a few fingers down from the mouth so that the pinky can feel it when drawing and sheathing correctly. Hope that made sense. It is a feature that is almost always wrong on chinese made katana
@@scholagladiatoria It makes it useless for the purposes of iaido. The technique used needs it further up the sccabard, allowing just enough space for the hand to fit. When that happens, when performing an horizontal cut from the draw the movement is tighter and more efficient. If you are not doing iai its probably not that big of a deal, unless its so down the sccabard that it forces the sword in a suboptimal position when inserted in the belt, which could happen
You should move to the US where weapon bans are far less strict just avoid the costal states where crime is high and the gun control is more strict like New York or Washington
Swords of North shore are ryansword rip offs dbl price. They take ryanswords pics and post them on their site then take ryanswords price and double it. You can literally find the same sword for exactly half the price on both sites. IDK why ppl keep talking up SoN when they are clearly ripping ppl off but you know the old saying...fools and their money are easily parted...
Your avoidance of the word "Brexit" is weak. People, far from knowing what they voted for, had no f***ing idea. Result a complete incompetent government and the economy tanking badly.
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A walkthrough across the labyrinth of contradictory rules regarding the importation of curved blades into the UK could be a hilarious episode.
Oh boy... on paper it's quite straight forward, but in practice it's an absolute nightmare. Like, they haven't even defined what straight or curved is, so a fencing foil with a slight curve in the blade could in theory be a prohibited offensive weapon now. It's crazy.
@@scholagladiatoria "Oops I bent my foil slightly!"
Customs, "that looks like a curved sword."
I know why they made the law but really it is so simple to get around they might as well not have bothered. You can kill someone with a straight blade just as easy.
I have to give a date of birth just to get a kitchen knife off Amazon. I include Chinese cleavers and Japanese blades with no point.
Then they banned handguns resulting in 12 inch barrels and a "stock" attachment to make them carbines. There are almost as many murders using guns today as before.
Yes, UK weapons legislation of the last 30 years has achieved nothing beneficial, and has instead cost lots of money and created lots of bureaucracy, as well as damaging various sporting, historical and cultural activities. Sadly, in the UK we hardly ever roll back laws, even when they can easily be shown to have either no effect, or a detrimental effect. We now have more laws, more restrictions and more violent crime. Go figure.
@@scholagladiatoria governments and especially bureaucrats don't make useless/harmful regulations on accident, it's rarely if ever about the people's best interests.
@@scholagladiatoria you are ever welcome in the former colonies my friend.
33 inches / 84cm / 2.77 shaku blade length: that is indeed longer than you can typically find made these days. Even Japanese, mass produced iaitō (zinc-aluminum training swords) only usually go up to 2.65 shaku (32 inches / 80cm), with 2.45 shaku (29 inches / 74cm) being "modern standard size" (which fits me well for iaidō style sword drawing at my height of 5'-8" / 173 cm). The old, Edo-period "jōsun" regulated size was smaller at 2.3 shaku (27 inches / 70 cm).
Even at 2.77 shaku, by modern Japanese law, that sword is still technically just a katana, not an ō-dachi (has to exceed 3 shaku for that). You could probably get away with calling it an "ōkii katana", where "ōkii" is just an adjective for "big" (rather than a prefix for a compound noun). Further: from my understanding, the readings ō-katana and daigatana (dai-katana) were not historically used, but are modern misreadings of the characters 大刀 which is normally read "daitō" (lit. "big blade") which is the "dai" of a "daishō" pairing.
That green ito matches the "aged" fittings very well! Eventually I will need to pick up a nihonto, but there are too many other projects going on atm.
Yes, I wouldn't have necessarily chosen that colour myself, but it actually looks great and is very close to an antique tachi I have. With these fittings, they managed to achieve a somewhat 'old' look. Very tasteful IMHO.
@@scholagladiatoria Any chance we'll see that antique tachi in a future video?
I’ve been lusting after a few from Sinosword for a while now .
Always love seeing ur videos and ur reviews of ancients swords, Matt.
Could u also possibly do a video on alternative ways of practicing HEMA for people who don't have a school in their area? I've been wanting to train in HEMA for a long while now but there isn't a school in my area.
Second that!
Love your videos I've learned so much from you over the last year. Thank you.
8:53 I think modern Chinese reproductions of katana have two mekugi because they are made of bamboo while traditional ones are made of fire-hardened wood hence why only one is needed. Even when looking at shortened antiques only one mekugi ana is used despite multiple being present on the nakago.
I have been really impressed with Sinosword. Just by chance a few months ago I acquired two swords from them second hand. A Liuyedao and a Han dao. Extremely high quality swords, beautiful Hamon. Very pleased for the price.
How did u get ones second hand...??
@@strydyrhellzrydyr1345 Ebay, never know what you will find.
I got their nagamaki with the naginata style blade geometry and cut it down to make a nodachi, re-wrapped with brown leather ito from fred lohman. Talk about a lively longsword! Hamon is gorgeous, but subtle. Considering a lemon juice or vinegar acid etch to make it pop more.
@@Bluenote1985 Sounds like a very interesting blade. Does lemon juice or vinegar work well for accentuating hamon? I have done both lemon juice and vinegar patinas on smaller knives before and never got great results, even with careful cleaning it came out rather splotchy.
I actually need to refinish and re-etch a katana I have, It is rather nice and has a real hamon but the real hamon is wire brushed over, which is baffling. This is apparently something Hanwai did or still does too, they go through the trouble of making a real clay tempered hamon then wire brush over it making it look far more cheap, never understood why.
@@-Zevin- actually, my lemon juice/vinegar idea came from hanwei, as I read that THAT is HOW they make their hamon's pop so much, not wire brushing.
I cannot speak for the cheaper blades, but as I used my Hanwei Tsunami more and more, and subsequent cleanings, the hammon started to fade and look more natural, in the splotchy spots I needed to clean.
Little hot lemon juice wipe and it popped right back to its blatant milky white throughout.
I recently bought a HuaWei Unokubi, and I was very impressed. Unfortunately they're all sold out, and have been for months. I'm getting the itch to buy another blade, it's good to know that Jkoo does a good job.
That is a very attractive green. Which made me realize that on most Katana and Wakizashi you only tend to see black for the wrap.
Found you through recommendations. Tons of great info here, can't wait to watch more.
Pro tip from ordering a custom katana from Swords of Northshire: if you’re getting a katana with a custom tsuba or any bits that require them to get stuff from another work shop try to order before November. Ordered one late November last year and unfortunately my sword won’t be ready probably until at least late this February.
I went to Ryan Swords yesterday to look for that Katana and couldn't find it. Lol! Now I know why. 😄👍
Nice video. Jkoo swords really looks interesting. They might be the maker I am going for to get my first Katana. The problem with the Katana Market is that there are too many of them. So it can get quite tricky to find a good quality sword that really helds up when doing light cutting. I was also considering getting a custom made sword but as noob you can do too many things wrong so it is better to get sword series that is already in mass production. I think I am going for the Dotanuki katana from JKoo.
Some have three mekugi. Although, those would be far less common than even those with two-pin. The late Samurai period saw quite a few odd requests made of the forges. Full tangs, for example. Pretty rare, but they did exist. And, it's worth keeping in mind that, in the last few decades that these swords would have been carried, they had sort of become more symbolic of school or status or whatever. There were whole generations of Samurai who never saw any battlefield combat. The designer watch of late Feudal Japan, you might say. Some of the request made of the forges back then, may have had little, if anything, to do with practical combat-utility.
I got mine from 10 Ryu. Probably more of a wall hanger, but it's oddball, so I like it. The blade is damascus. It's not the usual glaring printed on look that is typical for damascus blades. It it subtle, you have to look at it closely to see the pattern, which is chaotic.
Very nice. Got one from them a while back that I was very happy with from sinosword.
How was the wrap?
Nice to hear you had a good experience. I always wonder about reviews from a channel as big as Matt’s. If they sent blades to review I am sure it’s worth it to put extra time into the production, no doubt. In fact, if I were a manufacturer, I would have a list of RUclipsrs and authors against which I would check every order. Quality control on THOSE particular blades would be extremely tight.
@@ColdHawk tsukamaki was very well done, nice, tight, even, properly alternating, and if anything after like 3 plus years, the ito is even tighter. Can search my name and sinosword if you want to see mine (fair warning, those were my first videos, so they're kind of rough, but the initial review covered everything) ruclips.net/video/5bKrSNX1dAE/видео.html
I'm thinking about making my next purchase a katana. If you're going to try to assemble anything close to a comprehensive collection, a katana is basically a must for rounding out the Far Eastern/Asian component, whether you're a katana fan or not! I also want to get a daisho or "set", but I'd rather have just a katana and tanto instead of katana and wakizashi.
I have no clue what price level Matt is talking about, Would it be polite to ask what was it approximately for a custom made Katana? it looks like a work of art indeed.
2 mekugi - the 2nd one being steel - is common for those who practice tameshigiri nowadays.
With my first order I made the mistake to pay the full price in advance. They didn’t send pictures of the sword before shipping despite promising it and when the sword came it had rather poor fit and finish. Ordered 2 Tsukas and 2 sayas and one saya and tsuka leaves gaps of several mm to the tsuba. So never pay the Full price in advance with them and in case of any doubt request additional pictures. They can be dodgy...
back when I was studying iaido I would have loved to have a chance to spend my money on a sword like that.
Hey Matt can you talk about doing HEMA solo?
Watch his new year stream. The question was asked already there and he gave a few tipps already. He also did some solo training videos many years ago. Just look deaper into his channel. It is full of many great things.
I've heard great things about Huawei [not the phone company and not "Hanwei"] swords and Hanbon swords, maybe someday I'll get one of each and one of Jkoo's as well. Thank you for the recommendation.
I have a Huawei katana. It's great. Also got a jian from Jkoo. Needed some work but I like it more all the time.
What is the katana style blade with an extreme curve that runs into the handle? Any plans for a video on that particular style? Thanks.
Canadian Law: I work in a rough part of town. Lot's of opiate and meth addicts, lots of street person on street person crime, with the mentally ill thrown in for shits and giggles. I noticed one guy a few weeks ago walking around with a Katana on his belt. I thought surely that's illegal. But I talked to a Cop just a few hours ago, and she said that it was perfectly legal. I asked if it would be legal for me to have a Sword Cane, and she said she doubted that, but it depended on the reason for having it. This squares with what I've read about Canadian Law and edged weapons. Generally, it seems, one can walk around with anything *if* it's being used as a *tool*. For example, it's fine to walk around with a machete if you are on your way to a hedge trimming job. Although, since the Katana was legal, I suspect that's more of a rule of thumb than a law. And no, I'm not in the market for a sword cane. (gitcha inta touble but it cain't getcha out)
So a "Messer" would totally work in Canada, I guess? :-D
@@arnvonsalzburg5033 I actually think so, but obviously I'm not a criminal lawyer or prosecutor. The key thing is intent. From what I can discern, if you are asked why you are carrying a Messer, and you say "Self Defense" then you're going to end up having a formal chat with a Judge.
Pro Tip: If your planned course of action includes a contingency argument for a Judge, it's a *bad* plan.
talk to a lawyer, not a cop
Pretty sure its because the sword is being hidden as another object (cane)
The choice to use straight handles more often than curved handles is probably because handles that curve towards the swordsman can be really uncomfortable if the length isn't set to fit the wielder.
You heard about those bladesmiths from Jkoo?
They have curved swords.
Curved.... swords....
Im currently trying to find a Thai or Burmese dha. I really like the sword from the movie Only God forgives.
Thin tsuba on repros? What a Revelation ^^
Fat tsuba are a very common "reenactorism" on much modern japanese style Blades weaponry
Why have a particular entry issue with curved swords? It doesn’t make any sense to me. Am I missing something obvious about curved blades that would make them more onerous to the UK?
I think it's analogous to "scary black" rifles in the USA. It's dead easy to buy a rifle with wood furniture that functions exactly the same as an AR-platform rifle but for no apparent reason the hoplophobes are fine with the former but go all Chicken Little over the latter.
In a nutshell, because 'scary samurai swords' in the Daily Mail
I am not sure how many Nihonto Katanas you have held or seen but alot of them do have 2 menuki pegs in them.
Mr. Easton, perhaps we could look forward to a bo-hi review instead of the fuller review promised at about 9:20?
Sorry. I had to.
I'm glad you did :)
Will you make a video on The Afghan lothar please thank you sir
That is a GORGEOUS sword!
You mispoke in your last video? It would be nice if there was some way to add a note to a video, or “annotate” it after it was uploaded. That way creators could acknowledge mistakes without redoing the entire video. I think it would be a great feature to add to RUclips!
Annoyance at removal of perfectly good features aside, I think it’s amazing how modern Japanese style swords have gotten to be the ones you can get in decent quality for relatively low price.
Matt, I'm looking at the JKOO wewbsite. how does one specify semi-custom blade?
Scholagladiatoria, I have a question related to Japanese swords. If someone wanted to recreate ones using a 3D-sculpting software, are there any sites that you would recommend that has all the information about that? I wanna create those kinds of swords, such as the wakizashi, for any potential game I might wanna make in the future; and I want them to be as accurate to the real-life versions as possible.
Does anyone here know a quality store for buying Rapier Replicas and parrying daggers? maybe even in sets?
How long is the tsuka on your wakizashi?
You have me curious now, why does customs hold up "curved swords"? I can't think of a reason to pick on curved swords, unless they are more dangerous or something.
Makes one wonder if there are some archaic laws on the books that were a way to protect British manufacturers from foreign competitors back in the day? Or maybe it’s just the clichéd modern British aversion to any sort of weapon…
So if they tell them to remake the sword of Uma Thurman for me, they would do?
whats wrong with curb swords in the uk
A fuller review? You'd be really stretching to make a whole video on that.
:P
I wonder how many years it will take to get the personnel hired, trained and equipped to get up to speed with inbound checks.
Sort of surprised it got checked at all since they don't do inbound checks from Europe. You could send in a machine-gun or a tonne of cocaine through the channel and nobody would be any wiser.
Perhaps it was sent via flight or by some port.
Or simply Matt or someone had papers sent out alerting them about them being swords.
Not that they got caught in a check.
the person sending has to declare the contents of the package. if they dont it will be opened and checked and likely refused. theres a lot more to it then that but matt being who he is would have done it properly so wouldnt have tried to sneak it through
Why do people invariably use Japanese names for katana parts? You don't use Russian, German, Indian names for their sword parts.
There are German names for the parts of the German Swords. And they are used, at least by germans.
There seems to be so much disparity in lengths of what is ‘katana’ or ‘o-katana’ or even waki that its essentially not worth worrying about if it fits what you want, in my experience. Also funny that even back in edo period swords, fittings were also artificially ‘aged’ with a blackening agent for cosmetics, so I guess the Chinese are actually following the right path
was the Wakizashi also used as a utility tool like a machete?
No
Beautiful sword
Oh no, sword gatekeepers on Facebook and SBG will be furious that you said you like Jkoo, the horror!
I like the swords they sent me. They all have flaws but all are acceptable in the sub 400 dollar price range
Wait, you guys have restrictions on blade shape or size?
Yuup. Some dude killed his flatmate(?) with one whilst high. Murdoch Press went into overdrive talking about ‘scary samurai swords’ and whatdya know, we’ve got a fresh law on the books.
I am only a minute into the video so apologies if this is addressed in the video but the scabbard is not practical. The knub for the sageo is way too far down the saya making it more or less useless
Yes that's a good point. I can't say whether it makes it useless, but it's certainly quite a bit lower down than any of my antiques.
@@scholagladiatoria from an iaido point of view the knub is used to feel which way the saya is facing so that you dont shove your sword in the wrong way and crack the saya or damage the sword so it is meant to be placed a few fingers down from the mouth so that the pinky can feel it when drawing and sheathing correctly. Hope that made sense. It is a feature that is almost always wrong on chinese made katana
@@scholagladiatoria It makes it useless for the purposes of iaido. The technique used needs it further up the sccabard, allowing just enough space for the hand to fit. When that happens, when performing an horizontal cut from the draw the movement is tighter and more efficient. If you are not doing iai its probably not that big of a deal, unless its so down the sccabard that it forces the sword in a suboptimal position when inserted in the belt, which could happen
Daisho = roughly "Die-show".
ai = an "eye" sound
ei = an "ey" sound
You should move to the US where weapon bans are far less strict just avoid the costal states where crime is high and the gun control is more strict like New York or Washington
"Curved. Swords."
I use the term 'middle-aged moment'.
First !
The next video will be about British special order swords seen in the previous video :)
Thanks in advance.
Yes I like it when my handles are structurally weak.
Border Force: They have CURVED swords!
two for one video!
The UK officials probably think Matt is a ninja, like the hero turtles.
UK border force knows something about katanas what rest of us don't...
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Korea! Korea! Korea!
Chinese anything is a automatic no go for me.
Such quality is certainly not sourced from slave labor.
Swords of North shore are ryansword rip offs dbl price. They take ryanswords pics and post them on their site then take ryanswords price and double it. You can literally find the same sword for exactly half the price on both sites. IDK why ppl keep talking up SoN when they are clearly ripping ppl off but you know the old saying...fools and their money are easily parted...
Swords of Northshire*
Jkoo sinosword has too low temper
Metz Station
Your avoidance of the word "Brexit" is weak. People, far from knowing what they voted for, had no f***ing idea. Result a complete incompetent government and the economy tanking badly.
Hm. So what was different before "Brentrance"?
This has no relation to Brexit, it is related to the Offensive Weapons Act of 2019.
The law against curved swords has nothing to do with Brexit, but the delays to things coming into the UK from abroad _are_ due to Brexit.
@@Grim_Beard So the British postal system either can't or won't figure out how to go back to doing things the way they did before "Brentrance"?
@@markfergerson2145 You seem to be confused. Border controlsl does not fall under the auspices of the Royal Mail.