Ronin Katana Dojo Pro #14
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2020
- Un-Boxing & Initial Impressions
• Basic boxing
• Lubricated blade
• Beautiful red lacquered saya
• Very nice matte finished iron fittings … tight
• Simply utilitarian finish on the blade.
• Very comfy silk ito wrap.
• Vice heavy sageo wrap on the saya.
• Solid, slightly weighty, but balanced feel.
Cutting
• Two reviews by Matthew Jensen (clips only) … overall opinion was that it was a good sword for the money and for the intended marked as a “back yard cutter”
• Cutting was very easy. Slightly longer blade … similar to the Winter Sun Katana by Dragon King
• The blade really delivered on its ability to cut!!
• This is the first katana I have tested without gloves and it felt very nicely in the hand.
• Nice balance for a more weighty (although does not quite qualify as a “heavy cutter” or “overbuilt” sword) blade.
Overall Impressions & Analysis - Ronin Katana Dojo Pro #14 - 30” Katana
• Draws comparisons between CAS Iberia swords like the Raptor and Dragon King lines
• Another offering in the “backyard” cutter category.
• Was very comfortable to move and cut with.
• Has a solid feel.
• Saya was well fitted … not sword rattle.
• Came out of the box ready to go.
• 1060 Steel -
o 1060 Carbon Steel has high carbon steel content. Katana made of this steel is popular among the sword making community because when it is properly heat treated it becomes resilient.
o It is quite tough and can keep its edge fairly well. This is the reason why most cheap beater swords are made of this Steel. 1060 Carbon Steel Katana has the lowest practical carbon content of 0.60%.
o Manganese is added to prevent this blade from rusting. It is not stainless though and steel needs to be oiled and maintained regularly.
o This steel offers a good compromise between hardness and pliability.
Matthew Jensen Videos/Reviews
• Ronin Katana Dojo Pro ...
• Ronin Katana Dojo Pro ...
Where to get one ...
Ronin Katana
roninkatana.com/dojo-pro-kata...
Sword Buyers Guide
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Kult of Athena
www.kultofathena.com/product.a...
This sword is available for sale @ ...
www.ebay.com/itm/Ronin-Katana...
Great video thank you so much for your in depth analysis
You are very welcome. I'm glad it was helpful.
Your channel is insanely underrated... Great review!!
Thank you very much. Comments like that are truly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
Good review. Good to see you got a good one.
I realize I’m rather late, but I’d like to chime in regardless. Fantastic work on this review-very insightful and detailed, especially in regards to the handling of the sword as well as its fit and finish. Keep up the great work, it’s much appreciated!
I realize I am late in responding. Thank you very much for the kind compliments. What kind of swords are you interested in or thinking of getting?
@@mr.excalibur1455 Commendations well deserved. Currently, I am interested in anything that has an aesthetic quality a cut above the normal. I think that aside from having a reliable cutter such as the Dojo Pro, it is nice to have a sword meant more for display and appreciation purposes as well.
Very informational! Thank you!
HAHA ... glad to hear it.
I'm ordering two of these tomorrow, along with a tanto.
beautiful katana
Nice sword! I bet the neighbors think you’re crazy!! Haha good detailed video.
Actually my neighbor is a gun freak ... so I guess I'm kinda tame in comparison. But they are at least ... interested I guess you could say ... LOL! I'm glad you liked the video ... they are fun to make ... the swords are fun to work with and the music is just another passion of mine that I like to incorporate.
I love my dojo pro #13 . they are really tough blades and they are made for battle . I dont have mine super sharp because I dont need it razor sharp because the weight of the blade will move through its target . I have some real black silk ito wrap on its way to me and im going to rewrap it and put some better quality rayskin on it . I love the balance and how good it maneuvers for being a thicker and heavier blade . and if I ever have to defend myself against people then my dojo pro would be my sword of choice ti handle buisness . I cant wait till I can start doing my tsukamaki work on it . she'll look great when im done with it
Good video. Just bought this exact sword. Ya just never know after watching some Walking Dead samurai sword just made sense.
We do know if folks keep taking them genetically engineered unsafe vaccines you will need it!🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️
@@sharkymoon422 Too funny!!
The thing IS pretty tough. Wouldn't put it past it to survive a world war Z.
@@sharkymoon422 So happy people are aware this and opting to NOT take the poison injections.
Awesome to see such detailed reviews. Keep it up my friend.
I was wondering..would you possibly consider buying and reviewing a sword if I recommended it to you? It's a budget piece actually less then this one and I think you would absolutely love it.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I do enjoy putting them together.
As to the offer for the sword ... Absolutely!! I would love to be able to do that. What's the model and make?
@@mr.excalibur1455 Yes Sir, The model is The Balaur Arms 15th Century Italian LongSword..and I would recommend the sharpening service. It's on Kult of Athena.
Thinking I may pull the trigger on this... The red saya is not my fav. But it's been hard finding a katana with the right length at a decent price. So may just have to deal with the red saya. It is cool I just normally go for black. Great video!
This was a good buy for the money. The one complaint that is consistent about RKs katana is the ito wrap tends to lessen up faster then some. But the blades are damn near indestructible.
@@mr.excalibur1455 does the ito loosen to the point of needing a rewrap or more it just becomes noticeable compared to when first bought? Appreciate your videos, been watching alot of them as I get into katanas more!
@@mrstarfishh33 I appreciate the watch. The ito just tends to loosen compared with when you bought it. However ... the one I had for two years didn't have that issue at all ... and I used it quite frequently.
@@mr.excalibur1455 awesome
Geven your height, shouldn’t you also be using the Ronin dojo pro#9 O katana, or is it in your collection already? Kind regards, Chantal 🇳🇱
As this is a longer blade than the average, would a person who’s 5 feet tall be able to wield it?
Hi there, is the dojo pro have a real ray skin? I just got mine last week - but it seems the ray skin is not authentic. Ronin website did not indicate.
Unfortunately if RK does not stipulate ... I can make no confirmation as to its authenticity as I do not disassemble these swords.
Great reviews I enjoy your video's. The video was hard to watch because of the lighting and the room color. Small tips when recording you have to becareful with natural sunlight when filming. To much sunlight makes the image hard to make out. That also goes for filming in a room that's the same color as the object and the bedsheets is also the same color as the object. It gets lost or camouflaged cant make out any details. Please dont take this the wrong way I enjoy your reviews this one was just alittle difficult because of the lighting and background. I only found this out the hard way when I started playing around with recording. It's still a learning process.
Thank you for the compliments and the advice. I am playing around with the backgrounds. I don't take it too seriously ... but its always good to hear some different ideas. I'm glad you enjoy the videos. I hope you find them informative. They sure are fun to make!!
@@mr.excalibur1455 I do. Your doing great bud.
How does this compare to the Dragon King Winter Sun?
Sorry for the late response. The RK is simply a more overall solid build. The RK tends to be a heavier sword. The castings and overall look of the Winter Sun is very nice for a sword at that price range. I found the Dragon King to be a lighter build and not as sharp as the RK.
Nice blade. I am glad for you that you have the right to have such a weapon. We have no right to have weapons.
I'm curious ... what "rights" are you referring to? And ... which country do you not have such rights?
@@mr.excalibur1455
I live in Kazakhstan, there are no rights at all.
Everything can be used as a weapon, a walking stick, a pen, a kitchen knife, a screw driver.
Thanks for the videos, I follow Matt and I come across your videos as you seem to always review swords I have my eyes on...can i give a little advice. the music is too dramatic and doesn't match the scene. And try a closer angle when cutting to get the more personal perspective of the cutting performance, also the lighting is very dull when displaying the swords try some b roll close ups to add in when editing, try all this and it will make your videos more inviting and people will get more out of them..just trying to help, im a cinematographer by trade
Thanks for the helpful hints. This is a fun hobby of mine ... and I have a lot of fun doing the way I do it ... but ... good advice is good advice. As to the music ... hehe ... yeah sometimes a bit too dramatic ... but for me that's part of the fun too. Sometimes it matches. Thank you.
Also ... yeah ... This was an early video ... the later ones sound better ... look better. I'm using different backgrounds and different ways of the recording the backlog.
@@mr.excalibur1455 no seriously I love your reviews it helps confusion like mine as to what sword or company I should invest in...really much appreciated...but the detailed close ups on another real shown while you discuss the sword would really draw your viewers in more...But if I had to choose one overall company for reliable quality swords katana and Medival what would should it be as you have alot of experience with many manufacturers...thank you kind sir and keep up the reviews
@@josephl.cinematographerpho4976 I have alot more videos coming out over the next year or so. But based upon my experience ... as far as katanas go ... I would have to say Hanwei is really the standard of the industry. That is not to say I am a Hanwei fanboy ... I'm actually not. Quite the contrary in fact. However, when looking at reliably well made swords right out the of the box Hanwei is better then most and in certainly more categories and price points better and more available then almost anybody. That does come with an interesting caveat though ... many of these mass production katanas are going out of stock very quickly due to the current geopolitical issues ... meaning the tariffs and Covid-19. Hanwei is no exception to that phenomenon. As a result even the mighty Hanwei is falling victim to interrupted supply issues, scarcity, and resulting rises in prices.
European swords are quite another beast. The market for European swords is not nearly as diverse as that for katanas. There have been put forth a number of legitimate reasons for that. On the more affordable end you have makes like Darksword Armory and Ronin Katana's Euro line. The argument against either of these two makes addressed issues like quality control and sharpness right out of the box. I actually prefer DSA (Darksword) from a design point of view. Professional cutters with European swords, however, accept nothing less then products from companies like Albion or Arms and Armour which will literally cost you twice and some cases 3Xs as much as the other two I mentioned and those prices don't include a scabbard ... AND ... you're probably going to wait as much as a year for those products ... and that applies to most of the models they "carry".
@@josephl.cinematographerpho4976 Also ... thank you very much for the compliments. I do appreciate them. This is just me having with fun with something I've loved and enjoyed since I was a kid. I'm glad you enjoy them.
get the 8
Yeah? Why? The 14 has that longer blade which I love ... and the thing just cut so nicely. Hard to beat this one ... though I'm sure the other RK Dojo Pros are all just as good.
Hey bud. Not being a snob, its your Katana do with it what you want, but you should not put Katana in scabbard blade side down.
Hi just read this comment and I am wondering why???
This is not necessarily true. Many depictions of period warriors indicate that the sword can be worn sharp down if the sword is worn below the waist, as is traditionally done when wearing armor. It's less about edge retention and more about martial applicability.
@@infernoleviathan8868 Traditional responses would say that it is because placing the katana sharp-side-down rests the sword's weight against the edge, causing friction between the saya and dulling the blade. This is, somewhat, myth. It's true that samurai carried their katana edge-up, but if you examine the culture a little more closely then the real reasons become apparent. On a daily basis a samurai wore a kimono, hakama (pants), and an uwa-obi (wrapped belt) that served as their sword belt. Hakama are very high-waisted garments, ending near or even above the belly-button, or your true waist. Naturally, then, when one's sword is secured in the belt it sits rather high on the body. Now, imagine trying to draw a katana from this position edge-down. It becomes rather difficult, given the length of the blade, to do, and doesn't lend itself well to fast action given that you would have to immediately reposte and bring your blade back down to deliver a first strike. Now, when the blade is worn blade up in a high-waisted position however, it becomes much more practical as drawing the blade fully immediately places the samurai in what is essentially "ready to strike" position (held high, blade angled for a downward attack).
Now, we can see that this logic holds when samurai wear their swords below the waist as well, as is done when armor is worn. When wearing armor a samurai can almost always be seen employing a type of corded sword hangar and their sword is worn-surprise-edge-down. This is because, again when considering the draw from a martial standpoint, drawing from a lowered stance places the blade in optimum positioning for an upward attack. This shows us that the samurai were really more concerned with being able to employ their blades as quickly and effectively as possible, and less overly concerned with maintaining the edge of their weapons. This isn't to say that they didn't care about treating their weapons well. In fact samurai believed, as many Japanese still do, that a truly crafted katana possesses a soul of its own, and they treated them with great respect.
Finally, you may be asking yourself, "why, then, are katanas displayed edge-up?". The reason is quite simple: samurai believed that the katana should be displayed in the same manner it is worn, and, given that they were not wearing armor 99% of the time, this usually meant that a sword was displayed the same way it was oriented during daily wear: edge-up. The practice persisted, and katana are, usually, still displayed this way.
I hope that was a satisfactory answer for you. 🙂
@@Prophet7592In all honesty I had a Kenjutsu/iaido teacher tell me it dulled the blade and was disrespectful. I never questioned it 🤣🤣 Everything you said makes so much sense ty for the information!
@@XMetalChefX You're welcome!
What’s with the music...is that really necessary? Makes an otherwise excellent video very difficult to watch.
Well ... its part of the package I guess you could say. I've received compliments and complaints about it. I am making an effort to mix it a little better. I hope you were at least well informed when it came to the rest of the video. I'm kinda a film music geek ... well there it 'tis.
@@mr.excalibur1455 I liked the music man. Just do your thing and ignore the noise 👌🏼
@@flyally632 Fully intend to ... thank you.
music is too loud and distracting
LOL ... yeup ... heard that a few times with this video. I was still learning ... still AM learning. Sorry. Hope the content was informative though.
@@mr.excalibur1455 yes it was, thanks for the video!
Swords upside down
Ok. Thanks for pointing that out.