Coldsteel: Long Handle Warrior Wakizashi and Long Handle Dragonfly Wakizashi. Intro and cutting!!! 

The algorithm brought me to this page... interesting topic. I am jealous of your sword collection.

Nice katanas and Nice vidéos !! I Hope one Day Cold Steel will make serious katana but with kraton handle ! That will be perfect for zombie appocalyps. We no need wrap and wood handle with pin anymore ! Like m'y comment so they can see !!

I love the long handles on Wakazishi length blades

Just got my Cold Steel Warrior Series Wakazashi (Long Handle)! I love this weapon! THIS is a REAL WAR READY WEAPON!

I would agree with Andrew Demco. Watch that Warrior Series video where they cut 250 ropes, 250 mats, smacked the blade on the table, grinded the edge, and bend the blade like a pretzel 🥨. They filmed that on RU-vid like 10 years ago, it was on one of their older videos. It was amazing!

Quality product with a quality Sensei.

Thank you so much for this video. You and I have the same taste and mind set and you have helped me immensely on my decision sir

From an Escrimma perspective double Wakazashis would work awesome

great channel bro. subscribed. more material and content on wakizashi please. I'm fan of wakizashi blades vs katanas

Thanks for the show and tell. The Demko story was cool too. Now let’s see the rotten banana!!! 🍌

I NEED this in my life. I LOVE COLD STEEL KNIVES AND SWORDS!!!!

I agree with you 100%

The Dragonfly wakizashi is f*****g amazing. I have the Dragonfly set but the waki is the best!

The Dragonfly Wakizashi (especially with the longer handle) seems to better fit the idea of kodachi. They were an alternate primary sword to the tachi. They were made for more up-close work and had a thicker, less-tapered blade. Tantos were the companion blade to all forms of tachi, seeming to mirror the concepts in Espada y Daga. Tachis were typically 31" long, kodachis no more than 24", uchigatanas were 25-27" and wakizashis were typically 15". Wrist and forearm strength don't increase linearly with arm length; so while the stated purpose was to scale wakis for taller folks, at least we can be grateful that we have access to a different style of weapon.

they look quality, i really like the long handle wakizashi looks great , i think ninjato swords have straight blades ,that warrior must have great ballance , 21" with a 11" handle awesome

one thing I prefer with a longer handle wakazashi or a ko katana is you still have the push/pull technique at your disposal for those powerful and swift strikes

Very cool video gotta save some coin and get me a Wakizashi and most probably the long handle 👌

Very enjoyable Could zoom in closer to yourself and do some close ups of the Wakazashi?

Great video. I must own one

Man that green too.. I want a dragonfly... don’t need it.. just want it I bet it’s fun to cut with

Nice. This makes sense to me and is almost exactly the numbers I've been considering except I want a full 24" Wakizashi and I was thinking a 10" handle. I'm just learning about all this and also have been practicing with my cane and Kerambit knifes in the forest everyday. I'm not certain the dicipline I wish to develop my skills around. I actually use a machete powerfully with my cane for clearing trails, but lost use of that forest. I'm really certain I can break my machete blade on hard branches, when it gets dull. I can power it and make it sing for long periods. This video validates my thinking on a Wakizashi design, but modified to an even longer 11.25" handle to help balance the 24" blade I desire. My cane 36.2' overall, with 33" beyond my hand. I can open a fight with single hand combos quick and powerful, and or use both hands on and off, which is far more powerful and secure, though one hand is exposed to a Wakizashi length weapon at that range. The kerambit, allows me to fight both cane and knife together, using both hands somewhat sometimes on the cane, which I practice on dead trees a lot. I could use a balanced Wakizashi with my cane perhaps, or develop the techniques to maybe. Eventually, I may study Kali, or another martial art, but it I will be adopting it to use with my cane which I always have with my everywhere, and have developed skill in using for many things, including hooking down a branch to harvest it's fruit, or deep massage manipulation of my fucked up neck and upper back. It works gets me underway again quick. The cane is an awesome powerful EDC defense, and provides as much coverage as I'm willing to carry it. Cane can be fought powerfully and quick from grappling distance to 12' because I can push off with it, pivot around it, cover distance and powerfully strike with accuracy. I'm damaged from head to toes, got vertigo too, but a solid reference point I can feel with a cane or with a paddle when kayaking, generally gets me by better than the average person with no injury. I was a sailor, so I'm used to shit going sideways in the dark whatever. Even if it don't work out so great for my use, Wakazashi are art, are beautifully engineered with a rich history. I was considering the Cutlass, or perhaps a sabre, but they are simple and not as useful, only advantage I know in my limited knowledge, is their handguards and striking pommels, but they are heavy, not as pleasing.

Ah, the true ninja-to

I agree to the reference that these are more in line with ninja style swords. I wonder if the nakago is made longer to fit in better with the handle.

You can use also the warrior Chisa Katana

Kukri is my favorite knife profile

Just wanna get one for display. My cheap "last samurai" 60$ sword rattles just from hanging in the sword rack. 😂

Is there a reason that the blades on these particular swords are never shorter than 21-22 inches? I would love to own a full tang wakizashi 18 inch blade with a long katana handle.

Hi Richard, slim chance you will see this but I currently own the normal dragonfly waki. I love it but it's very forward balanced. Does the long handle version actually have a longer tang for a counter balance, or is it just simply a longer wood handle for more grip? Does it feel that much different?

What do you like better about the Long Handle Dragonfly sword over the long handle Warrior sword? I am considering both of these two? How does their steel hold up to abuse and ease of sharpening?

Mr. Lee which kind of weapon is that sort of spear hangin on the wall, on the right? The brownish one. Thanks :-)

Was that bamboo cutting at the end please Lee?

Hard to decide between Warrior and Dragonfly because of the similarity. Is the Dragonfly blade slightly lighter moving the balance point back? Does anyone know where the actual balance points are? Thanks!

What would you call the cord on the scabbard ?

Dragonfly ko katana. Im saving up for one. I'm sold.

In the market for a sword like this.

If the world is coming to an end give me the Warrior Wakizashi, A Cold steel Tanta that's half the size, a cold steel tiger claw and Espada XL. And a AD-10 for ever day use.

Musashi fought with a Katana in one hand and a Wakizashi in the other, plus a Wakizashi is a single hand sword anyway

I believe the Wazikashi length was preferred by Ninjas for CQB and stealth maneuverability. They also may have used a straight blade for more stab type attacks. The curved blades were endorsed to help blend in society as a noble as a straight blade were cheap swords that were usually possesses by poor commoners and were actually seen as a "ninja" or "criminal" weapon during certain era's of feudal Japan when swords were regulated of ownership to civilians. They would also use a wazikashi length sword hidden in a katana length sheath, also for blending in and also an element of surprise. However the lore of Ninjas itself is mostly vague and misunderstood in itself.

Can you review the Chisa katana?

Nice blade. I am glad for you that you have the right to have such a weapon. We have no right to have weapons.

I prefer smaller swords in UK houses are smaller, I also like Spears.

What the Fuck is up with this zombie apocalypse shit! People still throwing that shit around even after 10 years. Besides that though what a great video presentation of these beautiful weapons.

Zombie apocalypse = any city 1-2 weeks after a food shortage