Bamboo Mats For Katana Cutting

This is a drunken overview of the hanwei bamboo mat katana.

Bamboo mats for katana cutting. Paul chen hanwei forge. Each sword blade is fully functional and constructed from a differentially hardened t10 steel that is wet stone sharpened and suitable for cutting soft to medium targets such as tameshigiri mats or bamboo. But below are some contemporary and popular substitutions. Each individual tatami mat is said to have a difficulty of cut equal to severing a man s upper leg which is more difficult than severing a head.

Great wave katana sh5004 msrp. These tameshigiri mats are great for learning to cut with your katana or if you are already experienced great for any cutting master. This steel is made in hanwei s new factory with high tech equipment producing a very pure advanced metallurgy blade with excellent edge holding capability and. Bamboo mat katana sh2438 msrp.

Its pretty and cuts stuff all to hell. I like the blade so much i want to have a backup around so i never have to be without one. The paul chen hanwei forge produces the finest quality reproductions swords and accessories to the collector community click here to read more about how their hand forged blades and lost wax cast fittings are made.

Essentially bamboo and tatami mats are the two main traditional cutting targets for japanese swords. No not the painful kind you get on your fingers but cutting suspended paper is actually a traditional target and is especially popular with the korean sword arts. We are proud to offer 4 different katana styles in our base line of asian swords. On october 6 2003 daniel watson set a new personal record with a 6 mat cut.

Tameshigiri 試し斬り 試し切り 試斬 試切 is the japanese art of target test cutting the kanji literally mean test cut kun yomi. Just soak in water for a few hours or if possible overnight and get cutting. Tameshigiri is the japanese sword art of cutting rolled bamboo mats with a single strike. All fittings are either iron or brass.

Can be hung or used with a cutting stand. The sword of saint maurice sh2473 msrp. These mats come pre rolled and tied. Bamboo mat katana this is the blade i use as my daily practice blade both for drawing and cutting.

Kult of athena swords sh2438 hanwei bamboo mat katana the hanwei bamboo mat katana features a chu kissaki blade of hanwei s own high alloy hws 2s steel which combines impressive performance with a striking o choji hamon.