Hanwei Shinto Katana
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Blade
- T10 High Carbon Steel
- Overall Length
- 39 7/8''
- Weight
- 2 lb 2.2 oz
- Brand
- Hanwei
- Culture
- Japanese
Overview
Hanwei Shinto Katana
The Paul Chen Hanwei Shinto katana is mounted in black and the tsuka-ito is in Japanese cotton over ray skin. The black iron tsuba is formed by a finely rendered dragon, detailed in gold, with true back-and-front detail. The blade is hand-forged in high-carbon steel and is edge-tempered using the traditional clay tempering method, resulting in a distinct hamon. Edge hardness is 60HRC, back hardness 40HRC. The grip is double-pegged to the tang for safety. Includes a black lacquered hardwood scabbard, protective cloth bag and traditional maintenance kit.
Specifications
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- Brand
- Hanwei
- Culture
- Japanese
- Pommel
- N/A
- Overall Length
- 39 7/8''
- Blade Length
- 28 1/4''
- Blade
- T10 High Carbon Steel
- Weight
- 2 lb 2.2 oz
- Edge
- Sharp
- P.O.B.
- 5 1/8''
- Thickness
- 7 mm - 5.3 mm
- Width
- 29.9 mm
- Grip Length
- 10 1/8''
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- China
- Type
- Katana
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Master sword smith Paul Chen created Hanwei Swords and led the early industry by creating authentic handmade swords of the highest grade steel over the last several decades. A favorite amongst the industry, the original Hanwei factory suffered from a fire and ownership changes. In 2025, the factory closed and original collaborator Frenchie Jin’s forge (Dragon King / Kingston Arms) has taken over, improving and reintroducing past models. The reinvented Hanwei focuses primarily on Japanese and Chinese models, including the Performance Series Katana. Many of the original European models are now adopted as part of the Kingston Arms line.
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With over 70 katana in my collection, including several Hanwei models I have never seen worse quality build and components. The ito was laughably loose with hishigami peeking out. Diamonds were wildly inconsistent and not even diamond shaped near the menuki.
The supposed iron components were only very weakly magnetic and I used a rare earth magnet, so no, my magnet is not broken. I didn’t perform any activities with the sword as I was so disappointed in the quality. The samegawa looks very plastic and the color varies, and not in a pleasing natural way.
For $739 plus shipping get yourself a Skyjiro or a Huawei and you will be much happier. I really wanted a good light sword as per the recommendations from Youtube reviewers. Alas, unless this is a recent drop in quality, those reviews are way off.