A lady I work with was given this wakizashi as a gift by her former chef back in Japan. She keeps it on her mantle and wants an edge that she can show off. She also wants it SCREAMING sharp.
… Perhaps Kevin Costner can take a trip to Austin to show me how he got his katana to cut Whitney Houston’s silk scarf in The Bodyguard 
~Steven
so about those cut resistant gloves. I did my cold steel navy cutlass when i first got my weps. Let me tell you. wear the gloves.
Ha! I’d venture to say your cutlass is twice the length of her wakizashi.
But, yeah, I definitely plan on getting gloves.
i think i worked it in 5 or 6 sections. It was a pain in the butt hiney rear end or word that ends in ss.
If this is “The Real Deal” then a WEPS should not be used on it. Sword polishing is an art unto itself.
[quote quote=“Mr Wizard” post=21395]If this is “The Real Deal” then a WEPS should not be used on it. Sword polishing is an art unto itself.
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It’s a typical 50/50 edge geometry with rather steep bevels. I think as long as I match the bevels and bring it to a mirror finish everything will go just fine… However, the more I look at this knife, the more I think it’s actually a production… But I don’t think I’ll mention that to her seeing as she thinks it’s handmade and she didn’t ask me to do any research to find out, she asked me just to make it pretty… And pretty sharp.
I would be hesitant to call it the real deal. The hamon is to uniform. On top of that each smith is limite to the number of swords, and knives he can make. Kitchen knives not included IIRC. That leads to even the most basic smith and basic knife costing an insane amount. As i understand it they will not let them be sold to gaijin, Were as costume knives and swords are a different story.