Fidetisan Z05 Japanese Outdoor Survival Style Zombie Apocalypse Katana Sword 5160 Spring Steel Doomsday Crisis Full Tang Katanas

I was prepared to be thoroughly unimpressed by this sword. I mean, how much can you expect out of a sword selling that day for $66.00? Well, I was thoroughly impressed. Unlike some other reviews, mine came with a good edge - not a razor but it cut paper pretty cleanly. I'll power strop and see what happens. The guard is solid and tight with no rust. The blade is straight with little flex. The handle wrap is well done and tight, over some kind of rubbery, resilient scale that has some real give. The wrap itself appears to be real leather if relatively thin. The sheath is well made, apparently not genuine leather but a species of pleather. The nylon strap meant for back carry is sized for a very small child. I may see about making a kydex sheath. The biggest caveat is the finish. Obviously they went with a very zombie apocalypse aesthetic, which is cool, but the finish leaves a powdery black smutz which comes off easily and profusely. Even after scrubbing it with a white paper towel for several minutes, I still get black stuff coming off albeit in smaller doses. A small price to pay imho for a high quality short sword. Mine also came with a nifty little plastic sword stand. Overall, a killer deal even at the original price.

It broke after 10 strikes on 1/2 inch branches. With the weight and design, I thought this would be solid and tough, but it’s deceiving. I’m lucky the broken blade didn’t fly to my head, it missed me by a foot. It’s ok for costume but don’t try to use it on anything harder than a water melon.

I bought this blade because I was curious. With that said I am impressed. The blade is just as described it comes unsharpened which I personally prefer I like to put my own edge on my blade. The handle is my only issue as for me it was a bit loose a squishy when held. Easily fixed removed the original handle and wrapped it with treated leather cord took about 30 minutes. After I put my edge on I put this blade through its paces. And I am proud to say it earned its place in the top 10 of my collection. Holds a great edge easy. Would recommend this blade to my friends. Well done.

Very satisfied with the sword but just for transparency's sake I got this for under $80 but I'm fairly certain I posted this before. If anyone else notices reviews getting taken down because honesty of the cost, call it out. And I have nothing against sellers adjusting prices, and really doubt the sellers have much to do with these getting taken down. I would have a problem with anyone deliberately removing such reviews in an effort to maintain sales. Seller's should and do have the right to manage their products prices. Buyers deserve to weigh their options when shopping for whatever products they want with whatever info they can get. Sorry this wasn't more relevant to the product, has happened to me more than once..

Caved and gave it a chance for it being a Zombie tool clone, exceeded my expectations. Held up to abuse on small logs and branches, didn't notice and rolling. solid piece, ended up buying a second one

...of various sizes, styles, qualities, etc. etc. For the quality to price ratio this one is going into the middle 4 of my top 10! (Pictured in descending size): Japanese Odachi, Katana, Medieval Arming Sword, Zombie Wakizashi)

The blade is a bit small on the width side and it arrived a bit late, the rust on the hand guard was so bad that it was pealing as you can see in photo

It is a sword that has been made and put in a box. It a good value for the price,I had to sharpen the sword as is was not very shard out of the box.It feels over built but I have not tested it yet as today is the first day.I think it can be good overall as it has good bones but you need to update the wrap ,which i did with some wilson wrap nice and tight. The size is more like a Wakizashi and not a katana.