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**Kubasarika** · 11-17-2005, 03:56 AM

I was thinking about buying a paul chen pratical plus sword from swordsdirect recently. Yeah I know it's an imitation but its pretty much for display. Just had a few questions.
Is the tsuka made of wood?
I think the hamon is acid tempered?

Tsuka is wood, hamon is real (it's clay tempered). If you want a decent cutter, get at least a Shinto, which has roughly the same blade length, or the Golden Oriole. I sold my old Golden Oriole to another Sword Forum member, who is using it as a cutter. He's happy with it. Also, it look a LOT nicer than the PPK.

11-17-2005, 03:56 AM	#5
Kubasarika Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	I was thinking about buying a paul chen pratical plus sword from swordsdirect recently. Yeah I know it's an imitation but its pretty much for display. Just had a few questions. Is the tsuka made of wood? I think the hamon is acid tempered? Tsuka is wood, hamon is real (it's clay tempered). If you want a decent cutter, get at least a Shinto, which has roughly the same blade length, or the Golden Oriole. I sold my old Golden Oriole to another Sword Forum member, who is using it as a cutter. He's happy with it. Also, it look a LOT nicer than the PPK.
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