Reviewing, selecting and purchasing their swords is fun and easy, so have a great time buying your sword, but you must be willing to accept a bit of suspension of disbelief in the process that you are purchasing high quality swords of rare craftsmanship from a venerated master sword smith especially for swords that are priced below $200 that are clearly mass produced from a purely on-line company. I first purchased the Chokuto Ninjato straight sword with blue blade for $199.00 which arrived in 11 days, but I was not satisfied with several misaligned detailing on the blade that clearly disrupted the intricate look. I paid to have the sword returned and was promptly refunded my money after they received the sword. I then purchased a 1060 black steel katana with stand for $191.00. The katana arrived in 7 days, but the stand took 14 days because it was shipped from China. The katana itself is adequate, but it did slip out of the scabbard, and the handle hit the ground causing the blade to shift out of alignment with the Habaki. I will need to remove the handle at some point to realign everything and shim the scabbard to prevent this from happening again. These purchases were presents for my 17 year old son as an introduction into katanas, so the on-line experience was exactly what I needed and expected. Also, I was very satisfied seeing the joy of my son and his friends handling a real katana. For my needs and expectations, I will not hesitate to purchase another sword from Truekatana in the future; however, if I were a true collector of katana or was needing specific design elements, I would likely seek out a brick and mortar company and work one-on-one with someone to find a katana that exactly fit my needs and fully expect to pay much more. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because the entire process was as expected for a purely on-line company, but it was not exceptional. I was particularly disappointed Truekatana did not check the quality of the first sword I purchased prior to shipping it.

Straight Sword, Handmade Chokuto Ninjato Sword Spring Steel With Blue Blade

Sword is well made with beautiful damascus finish. However it is not sharp as I thought, esp for this price. I had to file the tip to form a sharp edge, then resharpen it using a Whetstone. If this is sharp out-of-the-box, I would give it 5 stars.

Chinese Han Dynasty Damascus Steel Handmade Full Tang Real Chinese Swords

Money well spent. I wish I could rate it 4.5 stars because I'm well pleased.

The packaging was air tight--it took a while to open it! Everything was in tact, no damage whatsoever.

As far as the sword itself, I'm impressed at just about EVERYTHING. The only reason I'm giving it 4 stars is because they didn't have a faster shipping option and the wooden blade is more wobbly/thin/flimsy than I expected. It's still solid, as long as I don't hit stuff with it. I was hoping it would hold up to a certain level of sparring but clearly this is a sword meant for kata/air-movement. (It does have a very impressive "swoosh" sound).

Nonetheless, the scabbard is AMAZING. The handle is just WOW! You can tell they take their time with it. I'm seriously considering buying a higher-end, real blade katana from this site.

Handmade Brown Wooden Blade Bokken Practice Katana Samurai Sword With White Scabbard

Love it nice and built right just like my practice one

Handmade Japanese Katana Sword 1060 Carbon Steel With Black Scabbard

Love how shrap it is straight out the box and the design.

Handmade Japanese Short Tanto Sword 1045 Carbon Steel With Black Scabbard

I was amazed to feel how strong it truly was and how great it felt however I was a little sad when I saw the tsuba wasn't on it but other than that i love it

Handmade Natural Wooden Kendo Stick Bokken Iaido Practice Daito Sparring Training Katana Swords

To be honest, I was expecting to get a low quality katana when I first purchased this. But once I opened it and looked at it, I could tell this was way better than I had anticipated. Shipping was right on time and packaging was well done. Overall I am very happy with this product and I recommend this website for any katana related weapons.

Handmade Japanese Katana Sword 1045 Carbon Steel Blade With Orange Scabbard

Everything seemed to be high quality, but the blade was not sharp. I bought a sharpening stone to sharpen it myself.

Handmade Japanese Short Tanto Sword T10 Carbon Steel Real Hamon

Excellent quality. Love it. Will make more purchases.

Handmade Japanese Sword 1060 Carbon Steel With Red Blade

Amazing, High Quality, Fast Shipping, what more can you ask for. Will buy from here again!

Handmade Japanese Wooden Unsharp Katana With Brown Blade And Black Scabbard