Dragon king Hana katana full review

What's going on my youtube friends we are going to be looking at a full review of the hana katana by dragon king now I've been a mire dragon king way before You know Here I have it displayed with my Nihontos as you see in the wall and in the dining room I have the dragon king fletching model that it has a classical look to it, and that's what I like about dragon king They could either do a real classical look to it the Job, that's really well done At times now here you can see I mean that is just gorgeous and it has like an antique ish Nihonto kind of thing to it or They do stuff like this and they go to the extreme opposite direction so you know Doesn't mean their products are bad that sometimes. They're just out there, but on the hana version here at the 28.5 inch blade t10 steel clay temp to sukkah is advertised in the cult of athena as 10 inches But it's 11 and a half which is a big difference trust me now as I was saying about the hana the hana is you know how dragon king could really get a Classical feel a real Nihonto look to it and This is what dragon king captured in the hana line here. It has Steel fittings not iron, but they say it's steel As you see in a kashara here. It's different It's not your typical day-to-day and as a cherry blossom theme to it look at the manuki now Usually the manukis are blackened out You know and I don't understand that because the whole thing about manukis is that they're supposed to give you know Kind of you don't look to the sukkah, and I don't stand when they black them out. Just doesn't make sense to me As far as you know the handle, it's hourglass shape It is extremely tight wrapping they put those wood little things in and I forget the name of it to make it extremely Tight the samaga was good look out crisp the manuki looks Again, it's a really good feel on the grip of the sukkah Really really tight. I mean really tight wrapping on this model here and Again, it's something different that you don't see day-to-day, and it has a good feeling on your desuva Again it's as it has a Spartan, but classical kind of antique ish look to it absolutely love this katana now as always Dragon King you get a silver hibaki and Silver sepa look at This is what I mean about Dragon King even on the Fuji I like Fuji's that are wide and thick now when it first came to me the all the parts were really black and that black And I that kind of you know they try to make it look antique ish, but to me. That's overdoing it, so I took some off and didn't clean or anything and just let nature take its course and let a natural patina built up which it will and Their sepa's and all their models. I think around the edges. It's just a tension to detail. It's silver It's just they they do a nice job on it and as you could see when you put them together And with this tesuva and everything and a silver hibaki. They just flow together and again. They really nail it on us Hana it has a Nihonto classical kind of antique ish Theme to it, and it flows really nice job the samagawa is Very decent the peg holes alignment is you know straight? It's not canted they even put the the pegs on opposite ends You know where you have to take one part and opposites like they supposed to there's a little piece of straw from tatami and mats Again, you can see the cherry blossom theme to it The kashira has an inlay around there where the Edo is of silver they could put Attention to detail, but not overdo it It's hard to articulate, but they really nailed it and just like on the fletching model Which I like it just has a classical look to it the antique ish look that Separates it from your everyday today. You know katana that you could go online and look at and they look Almost identical or you get katanas that are I really dislike katanas that have like Mishmash colors, and I like something that flows together and on this hana model They did it. They did just that it just it there's not just one part that grabs your eye the whole thing is just a flows Now as far as the homone on just like on every dragon king model if you're not too familiar their hormones are kind of notorious to being kind of Hard to see they're not that bold or bright Depending now in this model Unlike the fletching you can but this one is has a secondary homone to it. It's hard to describe It has a milky White kind of notorious homone, but then it has like another lightened homone above it now again What I say it about keeping it like different from the other katanas It has a two-tone polish now the moon is a mirror polish from then on down to the hot is cosmetic probably a Satin kind of finish to it which gives it character and flair to it, but it's not overdone It's just different. It's it's different from your everyday katana that you would buy Very pleased with it very happy with it. I really do enjoy this katana and It sells for a cult of Athena. I think for like 304 dollars or 303 now here. I'm trying to capture the homone for you You could kind of see the white part, but above that part is also another like kind of homo now if you guys could see it Cult of Athena did a picture here that I'll show you now that did a better picture of capturing the whole homone Now as I said, it's not your day-to-day Typical katana it has a true kasaki when a true kasaki means It's a little bit on a smaller end mean It's one step down from being considered a smallest tip here's my thumb in proportion to the kasaki to give you reference Now it looks good to me the only thing is when I was doing no toe it kind of threw me off being that It's so small. I just had to close my hands a little bit tighter around the koi gucci and Everything was working a-okay on the no toe again beautiful blade Very happy with it now as far as the edge and coming sharp this puppy came in sharp now There was a chinese katana that I seen this sharp, and there is a musashi katana I seen a sharp now. They advertise a lot katanas being razor sharp and Seldom you get them in that sharp And what I meant by balanced here. I'm going to try to show you what it. It's just very fluid very balanced It's not tip heavy. It's not heavy at the end. It is just very fluid movement It's very comfortable to Maneuver a very balanced katana in a good feel to this katana Now I got some tatami mats along with it for early Christmas present and From cult of Athena these are your not your cheaper ones And I let it soak keep in mind that it was outside, and it was near freezing so these tatami mats were near frozen however that didn't stop the Hana from doing its job and chewed through it like a lawnmower and I was very pleased with the results So I mean the parts are steel. They're silver. It's quality. They're put together. It's not rattling If the edge is very sharp and it performed in its cutting as I would hoped it to be and it did just that and Again here you see just kind of this classical look to it that they just nailed it I mean they did a really good job on it Diamonds are online. They're very tight Love this katana for three hundred four dollars or three hundred three dollars. This is worth every penny as to the feel as to its it's It's just not your everyday Katana that you you buy every day It's different and it has like I said the same thing why I bought the fletching and it has a no hanto classical feel to it and When they went for that, I guess that's what they're going for this model. They've nailed it From the Kasaki tip all the way down But there's more Very beautiful two-tone polish this I don't have any other katana that's like that now I do very sharply very sharp And you could see here kind of like how everything just blends and flows As far as the saya, it's very meaty. They didn't skimp out on it. They it's fitted nicely It it's a matte finish black Saya, so you're not getting fingerprints everywhere is a very tight presentation not horn It has even silver inlaid around it It is a nice saya It's a it's your different katana from your day-to-day and even the saya is different as the bottom cap is Kind of like a cap circle ish, whatever. It's polished horn at the end. It's different you don't see that every day and it just has this classical theme to it that I like and The saya the Bag that comes with it too is also inlaid with silk It's not silk all the way through and through but inside of the bag the carrying bag is silk Which I think that's that's cool, too You know, I mean that's something that you don't get every day today where they they put their time and effort where it counts And that's what I like about this This model in Dragon King how they do their fittings their quality work. It's just It's they do it But I have to point out what things that are the cons on it Which is the Tang the Tang is a little bit smaller than what I would want it to be Here it is side-by-side with the chin s now you can see on a Suka how on the left side where it's about Two inches shy from being at the end now that could cause a Suka to crack Maybe and I'm not too happy with the signature and I would wish there was filing marks the signature I feel like could be deeper like even my amateur scribing here on my katana there that did myself You know, it's deeper than what they did I wish it would have filing marks Also the sake yo on a chin s on the right side. The chin s has a better quality sagio wrap, you know But regardless of that I still am very pleased with this katana and welcome it with its brother sister cousin Whatever fletching model they both had this like nostalgic Classical Nihonto look to it. That is not your everyday today katana Very beautiful fittings Attention to detail it's it's has a good feeling to grip. It's very balanced. It's fluid You know, it's just it's something that's hard to articulate. But this katana to me is worth it and You know given it's an early Christmas gift what I asked for it again Doing a cut test and everything like that and looking it over. Yes, I would Absolutely. This katana to me is worth the price that called the fifth thing is asking for They put the time and effort they put the extra love and care and these parts and the fittings and it just If the theme of this flows together, but I said time to time their katanas could go kind of extreme the other way But that being said I welcome it to its family with it still has a classical look just like the fletching below it Anyways guys, you guys got any questions or comments go ahead leave one I'll try to answer as fast as I can as always keep it oiled and keep it sharp and I'll catch you to the next