Honshu Historic Single-Hand Sword And Scabbard - 1065 High Carbon Steel Blade, Leather-Wrapped Wooden Handle - Length 40”

5 pound 1 hand sword with no distal taper, it's a heavy blade. It needs to be slimmed down, you will wear yourself out in 30 seconds swinging it around. I have 2 handed ling swords that weigh half the weight and 1075 high carbon. The Oakeshott type XV Italian longsword may be a better alternative if you aren't a beefy dude. Seriously Honshu, slim this sword down and it will be a better buy.

This is hands down a fantastic sword for the money. It has a few flaws (like weight and grip thickness) but it’s still awesome. I’ve been collecting edged weapons for 20+ years and this is the best value sword I’ve ever seen. Handling this sword is a real pleasure. If all of the other Honshu products are THIS good, Honshu’s competitors are screwed.

thing is a BEAST. however, the tang...or the pommel rather, is only held on by a piece of threaded rod thats been tack welded at the end of the tang. i hit a target and the rod snapped off. also the glue they used for the gaurd and the pommel to sandwich the hilt is very brittle and will chip and make it rattle slightly. also the nut on the pommel likes to wiggle loose. not bad at all if you fix that issue. i welded mine back on and it snapped in a new place. so the threaded rod is of very substandard quality. wich for something i payed 200 dollars for was very disappointing. so im gonna use my machines to get some grade 8 rod in there.