Negative Positive
Title: Better than expected
Review: OK. So I have considered one of these swords for a few years. The first review notwithstanding, I was very impressed with the sharpness, steel and quality when I received the weapon. Perfect?, No. Collector quality, certainly not. However, for the price and availability, what do you really expect. Nicely weighted (but potentially a bit heavy if you are used to a "real" one) and quite sharp out of the box. I expect that if you are going to hack away at rope etc. as in the vid, you will need to learn to sharpen it. This tends to be the 'downfall' of any knife. However, the practical and 'real' product one would expect from Cold Steel is certainly there and if you would like a katana of reasonable quality, this is the way to go. It is not like the Japanese are letting real ones out of Japan with any real regularity for a reasonable price.
Is the review positive or negative? 