Tornado Duo

The Tornado Duo matched pair offers both a Tornado Shinken, and a 100% matching Iaito! This pair allows you to have a perfectly matched pair of swords, one blunt for practice, and the other fully sharpened Shinken!

Another great entry to our Standard Shinken product line, is the Tornado. This is a shinken, polished with our razor sharp 12 stage hand polishing process, and designed around a simple Blue "wind" inspired theme. We have upgraded to premium 100% coton wraps for better function, and making it easier on the hands than synthetic wrap. This sword is designed around simple cyclone themed Koshirae. Definately one of the best swords you are going to find in this price range.

This is a Shinken, or Live Blade. The sword is fully sharpened using a 12 stage hand polishing/sharpening process. This process is designed to create an edge that is extremely sharp, and a finish that brings out the character of the sword. The 12 stage process is superior to the 10 stage finish on our budget swords.

Featuring our high carbon steel blade, designed for optimal balance, and handling, this sword offers a more traditional alternative to the many zinc aluminum alloy blades available. Our steel blades have been designed from the ground up, to offer perfect balance for regular Iaido use, reducing the risk of repetitive motion injury from the more common heavy (or poorly balanced) low cost steel swords available.

The fittings on this sword are all made of 100% Iron. These fittings are more traditional, and will offer a superior balance due to the higher weight (pulling the balance closer to the tsuka). In addition Iron fittings are much more durable, and while not reccomended, could even sustain a direct strike (for example if you dropped the sword by accident) with minimal damage. The quality of our Iron fittings is far superior to that of our Alloy line, but they come at a higher cost, which is why we keep the alloy fittings to our Budget series of swords.