Hanwei Tinker Pearce vs an actual sword 

Thanks, Shad! Get a Regenyei, I've heard there's a fresh batch somewhere in Australia. :)

ive used my tinker for hema for about a year and its held up perfectly. maybe its hit or miss?

I think Skall did a review on the sword, and found it well.

It's hanweis QC that's hit or miss... I have a Greatsword of War from them that i've spent hours on to get into a shape i consider "safe for use"... The shoulders of the tang where it meets the blade where far to square, the same goes where the tang transitions into the threads. Even after spending hours on sanding and polishing, fixing problems that a sword make should know about, like the squared parts, i still feel like it's going to break any minute. The hardening on it is questionable, since it's far too floppy and soft for a sword of it's size. Now onto my friends Hanwei Tinker longsword... He got the one with the diamond cross section, not that it has any impact on what i have to say about it. He bought his sword about a year after i got my Greatsword. It has the exact same problems, same ultra rough finish and the tip is so soft that it bends when you poke it through shipping cardboard... Comparing it to my Albion Talhoffer, which is overkill i know, you start to see how bad Hanweis Tinker line is. Threaded tangs, poor build and a general lack of quality control. Every single Hanwei sword, knife or axe i've looked at, left me wondering if the people at Hanwei have any clue as to what they're doing. I know Hanweis are cheap, and certainly not on Albions level of craftsmanship. But where I live, they're sold at such a high price in my opinion, that you'd be better off to save up and import an Albion from the US, or cantact one of europes many great swordsmiths. All in all, if you want a wall hanger and plan on doing a tiny amount of backyard cutting (slaying an army of milk cartons), then Hanweis are okay. Not good, not bad, but somewhere in between. If you're looking for a serious investment, look for another company... And for the love of the gods, dont buy sharp swords with threaded tangs/ screw-on pommels! It's one thing to have a blunt sword fail. Imagine a sharp and pointy blade flying through the air because it broke... That's the risk you run with threaded tangs.

I've been doing heavy sparring with mine for over 5 years. Still going strong.

Visuals are pretty, but not very informative. He could have made slideshow with sword forms and title them, instead of having one graphic morph into another and talk over it.

Well said!

I can understand him just fine he’s already in the high echelon

+Mihajlo Knezevic Thank you for this comment. This makes a lot of sense.

Would love some assistance with the audio, I'll definitely be contacting you. :)

@@TheSwordsPathChannel It happens, they heat treat their tangs also. This makes Hanwei tangs hard and brittle, easily shattered after a couple hard hits. Not a good idea. Good sword companies only heat treat the blade, at least 2 to 4 inches away from the handle.

They changed way of making those. Tang isnt hard anymore so no breaking also blade and tang corner is more finished so wont make weakspot there.

Ihaz Noame Broken Straight Sword now

Repair powder Will not fix My broken heart after hearing that sword snap

All on my own, yeah. Glad you appreciate it. :) P.S. To jest mroczny kanał, chłopakom już szkoda strzępić ryja na jakieś szczegóły ubioru. :D

Kamil Szadkowski deha już zaciera rączki :P

Spostowałbym, ale ten film nie ma w sumie nic wspólnego z reko, w reko nikt by nie kupił Hanweia :D

Tylko tak się śmieję , poza tym to nie wczesne więc nie ma po co wrzucać :) Tak poza tym to do czego te scenki są kręcone ?

Do nowego filmu Rafała o Fiore dei Liberim. :)

So if I purchased a new production Hanwei Tinker Bastard Sword now in 2023, I should be okay? Also just in case, I think I will still take your advice and heat the area to a blue color in order to soften the area up so that the sword will bend instead of breaking at that junction point. My question is how many times can you temper the steel in the area? Will doing it too many times cause any issues with the sword? I don't know too much about blacksmithing and just realized that you are Tinker Pearce. So of course you know what you are talking about. Also, I just looked at a picture of Hanwei's replacement blades and it seems that they've added a radius to the join of the shoulder and blade so it seems like they've addressed the problem of a poorly constructed blade to tang section.

Oh damn. Once you see it...

Vanja! :)

This is the saddest comment I've read all year. :'(

@@Ranstone It's just a ponytail?

There are mass-made Regenyeis in the Hanwei price range which are much more reliable, I can recommend them over a TP Longsword. :) And yes, the contact was really light. We were all surprised it managed to break the blade. :(

yeah ive seen and fought with, and against, the Regenyeis blades. the lack of contact tells far more than anything i think...it honestly looks like a duff temper. ive shattered and had shattered many swords over the years and for that to fail in the manner it did means that crack was there long before your attack. be interesting to know thew history of the swords usage. my pet hate with the Tinker is the mild steel threading...its a classic way to focus pressure waves back up the hilt into the focal areas of the quillion and the tang shoulder. as with many things its down to experience and what you are used to using as well as personal experience.

yeah ive seen and fought with, and against, the Regenyeis blades. the lack of contact tells far more than anything i think...it honestly looks like a duff temper. ive shattered and had shattered many swords over the years and for that to fail in the manner it did means that crack was there long before your attack. be interesting to know thew history of the swords usage. my pet hate with the Tinker is the mild steel threading...its a classic way to focus pressure waves back up the hilt into the focal areas of the quillion and the tang shoulder. as with many things its down to experience and what you are used to using as well as personal experience.

That's the thing, it was only ever used to film Rafał's Fiore video, never sparred or even practiced with. :| I'm not a fan of threaded pommels overall, while they might work for shorter blades, in a longsword it's just too much of a vulnerability due to the tang's length and pommel's weight.

i agree; but its a case of having the "luxury" of blade swapping i guess. For me the Tinker gave me the base to modify the handle and pommel and suchlike without spending too much cash. it is a good building block sword if you will. easily modified to suit new grip, or heavier pommel or fancy quillion if you fancy flexing your smithing skills or like to tweak things to suit. plus i dont care too much if it gets the crap beaten out of it. its no huge loss. never sparred with or practised with? yep! id be shipping that right back to Hanwei!! LOL TBH chances are he will get a new blade out of them for it. its worth the email/photos etc if nothing else.

This is more likely a competitors video to sell their products

@@Trianglewitch. Really? You should watch my video. Hanwei sucks, honest facts.

You should see how I test my swords. Brutal, but honest.

@@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique Show us some of yours then

This may be a question for Matt Easton, but does anybody know a kind of historical soldier that intentionally fought with a long sword and no shield? Knights in armor on horseback maybe? Anyone on foot? I get the impression it was more of a sidearm.

P Ciprian Longswords are meant to be used with two hands. Did you learn about Medieval combat from playing RPGs and immediately decide it was time to educate people on the internet? I will never understand what compels people to give a lengthy response about something they know nothing about, without first mentioning that they don't actually know.

tbf, A longsword that's short enough to be used one-handed would often be called an epee batarde, a bastard sword

That was certainly a practice, but it wasn’t as common as a single piece tang. The tang is supposed to remain unhardened to prevent this from happening.

also a very sharp 90 degree inside angle where the tang meets the blade. a symptom of industrial manufacturing.

lamxung5000 Good thing you didn't get one! Skallagrim is not even a real swordsman..

Irrelevant jab aside, I haven’t heard anything negative in terms of handling for the price point on these, only that some of them break. Skallagrim’s didn’t, so his experience was positive. A reviewer can only review what they actually have in front of them. It’s a good example of why one shouldn’t base one’s view of a sword on a single positive review though, because no matter how experienced, objective and honest the reviewer is they could always have received an unusually good example.

I never trust nuts/threaded pommels, but apart from that, I've heard only good things about Marco's works. :)

Thanks, I am still buying Regenyei, I need to save up on a sharp greatsword... :) I am perfectly happy about Peter's work.

Skallagrim is a tool. Better take anything he presents with heaps of salt

Quality control is always spotty with Hanwei, no guarantee you’ll get a durable product

@@Juusokakku proof

@@jeremyheath9299 His channel runs with clickbait videos with the help of faithful watchers. There is no need for him to go really in depth with tests and demonstrations, like other channels do. He does a poor demonstration in bad faith and makes a bunch of conclusions from that, and I hate that the big masses take those "findings" at face value.

@@Juusokakku fair enough

Myself. :) store.audentia.eu/product/xva-sword-path/

Display sword, it's great. Or just for test cutting. Plus, I've heard Hanwei improved throughout the years. You should ask some sword professionals/owners, a good place to ask is at "r/swords" on reddit. Have a great day!

+VodaNegru store.audentia.eu or just message me through alpha@audentia.eu :)

This video was kinda creepy to me, since I've bashed the shit out of quite a few Hanwei Tinker Pearce blunt practice longswords in WMA/HEMA sparring over the years! I'm glad none of them broke on me (at least, not so far)! Your stuff looks pretty sweet. What's the quickest way to get to your place from Torun?

+NBlitzkreig Ensifer are the best "standard" feders (the thin bladed tournament swords) you can get, apart from custom pieces. If you want a sparring longsword, you might wanna look into Regenyeis, they're like 340 USD. Probably the cheapest blunts worth mentioning.

+Mozoto I've always preferred blunts, and it's slowly becoming a trend in HEMA, but most tournaments still allow feders only. In general, if you want to learn the sword, use a sword. If you want to learn the feder...

Hehe, good answer :) btw. The greatest and most destructive quality of the tinker is the ability to unscrew the pommel :P its dangerous by design to end opponents Rightly ;) The faster you loose the blade the better.

Same stuff, but the sharps don't need to be nearly as durable as blunts. A good sharp nowadays has to be... well, sharp. It doesn't have to be tough as it will never be put through any serious stress.

Regenyei, Chlebowski

Mine ;) store.audentia.eu If you're looking for something cheaper, you can't go wrong with Pavel Moc!