Had it not been for the spirit wind or divine wind ( Kamikaze 神風) and the timely destruction of the Mongol flee Japanese would almost certainly have lost. Used to a nearly formulaic history of samurai vs samurai conflict the forces of Japan were completely unprepared to face the battle tactics and the weaponry Mongol horde.ĭefeated samurai would wander off the field of battle clutching the remains of their once stunning swords now broken and irreparably damaged on the Mongol armour. The Kamakura Shogunate was shock to its core in 1274 and again in 1281 by the Mongol invasion of Kublai Khan. His name was Masamune and today he is considered the greatest sword maker of all time. It this final branch that we must focus upon, as a young swordsmith of the Soshu Branch introduced a revolutionary manner of sword making. Overtime several distinguished smiths branched out, among them the Yamashiro Branch, the Bizen Branch and the Soshu branch. As a centre of military government in feudal war based society you can imagine the great smiths and metal workers and craftsmen were attracted to the intense military atmosphere. It was in this town in the year 1192 that the first Shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝) established his shogunate government. Among these the Soshu school, also known as the Sagami School was a centre of swordmaking in the Sagami Province (相模国) and focused in the town of Kamakura. Throughout Japanese History there have been several schools of sword making. Ronin Katana Elite Review Blade and the Soshu Kitae Tradition Ronin is a relatively new company, so I'll be focusing on the historical connections of this blade to history, in this case the blade itself and the tsuba.įirstly the blade as we'll see later in the review is made in the soshu kitae tradition. However, the Elite is the higher priced model so I'll be keeping the quality and standard of the Tori XL Light in mind throughout this review too. I think the Hammer Forged is a better comparison and that's going to reviewed fully as well. That's what despite my misgivings convinced me to order these Ronin Katana Elite Review blades. Granted it's also more expensive than the Ronin Katana Elite Review blade I bought, but could the Elite series REALLY offer bet value and equal or greater quality? Could it be true?įor my money, right now - the BEST production blade out there is the Paul Chen Tori Elite Xl Light. " The elite blades are my pick for far and away best production blade made." "įellow review Marc Ridgeway of Torion Swords, assured me he'd made a similar assumption and that he was wrong. And it's good for a $350 dojo cutter, I'm not entirely convinced though that the level of the sword quality will go up with the price point - though I could be, and look forward to being, pleasantly surprised. As I mentioned in the review I was getting this as a cheap tester to determine the basic level quality of the forges work and standards. " That said I don't think I'd be prepared after receiving this to buy into the more expensive model. I had originally purchased a Ronin Dojo Pro, a sub $350 model to get a rough idea of the quality and build of these blades before investing in the more expensive range. It's one a kind, not just in terms of the blade, but also its fittings (koshirae). The Ronin Katana Elite Review Introduction:Įach year Ronin Katana, the company developed and founded by Chris Scoggin's does a run of its Elite blade series. This Ronin Katana Elite Review is the 2nd part in that series. To date, no one has done such a review between all these models. I'll expand on that in a moment in the introduction, however I decided to put the higher models of Ronin Katana to the test and provide a comprehensive comparison series between the Ronin Dojo Pro, the Ronin Elite and the Ronin Deluxe Hammer Forged series. Ronin Katana are a beloved brand on the SBG forums, however my experience has been more mixed. The Ronin Katana Elite Review today focuses on the upper end model supplied by Ronin Katana.
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