Ronin Katana Hammer Forged Samurai Sword #5

This is my first katana and Chris was awesome at assisting me with many newbie questions and always a timely response. The katana is very nice. All the fittings seemed tight and Tsuba is white copper and feels high quality. The blade is just stunning. It looks better in real life so I was not expecting this and was very pleased. The Hamon is brought out by a really superb polish job. Maybe Hazuya or something like this. The Japanese wine (Chris called it blood red) color Ito is great. The color is exactly as it looks in the pictures. The steel is 1095 differential tempered. Saya has buffalo horn and thick sageo. Ito fit is tight. So for what I can tell being a newbie and doing some research is that for the money this is definitely worth it. I am sure it will do a fine job for cutting. But the fit and finish, polish, Hamon and fittings make it also a superb wall hanger and/or to show off to friends. Again I really felt great support by Chris and the Roninkatana staff and know if I ever need to reach out to them or have questions they will be available.