Ronin Katana Dojo Pro Unboxing 

OMG! “I can’t put words together because there are shiny swords in front of me.” What an awesome statement.

Gotta love the dojo pro. Super solid basic sword that you can probably depend on.

Ohhh! Nice! Look forward to the reviews!

Great video! Nice bonus sword too!!

What a nice break from the work day, a box o swords. I’ll look forward to your newest review of a Dojo Pro.

Brilliant Idea to revisit the dojo pro, your Ronin reviews of yesterday were some of my favorites, the dojo pro is still a Dotanuki correct? I will very much look foward to see how it holds up to the new Crochet stick of doom thingy, That was awesome of Ronin, but hey I'm sure you sold them many swords through the years...great vid, nice to see these swords coming

Looking forward to the reviews. Interesting "seax" they sent you. Even if it doesn't bear much resemblance to an actual seax, it looks like it's a fun short sword/long knife.

Ole sword friend Scabber here!! On to the show!!

Love that Seax!

Hope to see your review of the dojo pro's.. I just got a #10 Ko Katana for fun. Love it.

After watching a ton of your videos I ordered a dojo pro and an RK myself from their scratch and dent sale. Just got both today and man they are AWESOME! Only complaint is the tsuka wrap is a little loose, as you've mentioned before. Other than that, they are fantastic. Thanks for your videos and insights!

Got my dojo pro today as well 🙌🏽 😎 😌

Would love to see some pics and/or video with the RK and dojo pro side by side to see the difference. I bought a RK scratch and dent and I keep thinking about a dojo pro too but can't find anything with both of them compared.

💥NOICE BLADES!😎👍

My son just walked in the door, (screams) He seems happy

That's a nice looking seax!

I would really like to see some more traditional targets. Here are some various types and combinations I can think of: Wara Tatami (as you do sometimes) Hardened Bamboo (harvested after the leaves near the root have withered and fallen off) Wara wrapped in a tatami Bamboo wrapped in tatami These are probably the main types of targets that matter. It's nice that the sword can handle abuse, but none of that matter if it doesn't do well on these targets.

I had such a headache getting a serviceable Dojo Pro this past year or so. Maybe it's a Covid thing, but I ordered 4 Dojo Pros and only 1 came 'as advertised.' 2 had loose kashira that could be easily wiggled right off the tsuka, and for one of those, the ito came untied at the kashira just by probing the diamonds for tightness. The one that was loose but didn't get untied also had a koiguchi that seemed almost filed down, causing a super loose fit with the hibaki (generally, Dojo Pros seem to have the best saya of this price point). The one that showed up as I hoped (#13) looks good. The kashira is mercifully snug, and the ito, while not exactly tight, is fine. My only real gripe is that the tsuka shape is a little dainty for how much steel and iron (the tsuba on this model is a very thick disk of hammered iron) you have in front of you. Something more like a Hanwei tsuka might actually feel better in this case. My only real gripe is that the saya seems to have a wax coating inside it that gets on the blade every time it's sheathed/unsheathed (all had this). The blade on 3 out of the 4 looked great (the other one had a gouge near the hibaki). All in all, not really worth the headache for me trying to get one that didn't come DOA. Two were ordered from SBG and 2 from Kult. The good one was from SBG. Maybe in a post covid world, this doesn't happen, who knows. If they came as expected every time you ordered one, then I'd say they are worth it. But with the shoddy QC, I'd probably stay away.

Just bought 2 ronin dojo pros. Really solid.

Hey Matthew is there a specific site or person that would be able to install new fitting and a new saya? (Like making a brand new saya and attach some koiguchi/koijiri and whatever that I would provide)

Omg. outstanding vlog~ 🤝

What katana would you suggest for tameshegiri that includes bamboo and tatami? Priced 500 or less.

Was disappointed with their Dojo Pro (#18 or #19, one with moon tsuba) blade was nice but tsuka was terrible. Their euro model 2 I love though. Cool they threw in the extras for ya

I have an off topic question that I hope you see and have the time to give some advice. I bought a Mushashi. Katana that’s supposed to be clay tempered all that goes along with that type of blade tempering process. I took it out to the backyard to do a cutting test with a gallon jug of water. I cut through the jug as if it were made of butter. It was so easy and I was excited. When I checked my blade the edge had rolled in a few places and the thing that surprised me the most was the blade actually bent. I don’t understand how this could have happened when all the blade came into contact with was the thin plastic in the middle of the jug of water. The company that I bought it from wouldn’t do anything for me since I had waited over 30 days before testing the blade.

Thanks for the great videos. Just curious to how tall you are, and how you feel with the 28" blade on the Dojo Pro #30 vs maybe a 29" or longer blade. I'm 5'10" and wondering if a 29" would be right for me.

Great.

A bit late, but I'd love to see the dojo pro used at your toyama dojo for iai and if possible some tatami tameshigiri. Can't wait.

Hi, I found a supposedly a katana but it looks like it's pretty old. How can I know it's really. Thank you. Can I send you pictures of the sward if its ok just to be sure. Thank you!

More sword destruction yay! The seax looks nice,wonder what the pommel and guard are made of? Some of those Samurai sword people use stainless fittings for the European swords. Yer boy sounds like a pissed off bird and I can hear him fine,sounds healthy he does.

i love Ronin katanas

I Reilly like the dojo pro, it's slick.

What's the difference between your katana and say Ronin Dojo Pro Katana #1/#2/ #3?

Hello, David from Spain. If you have a maximum budget of 600 dollars... What is the katana with the best cutting capacity/resistance ratio that you have tried? Which one would you stay with? Thanks!

That viking blade was very anti-climactic 😂😂 drawing it from the sheath, I thought it was going to be a lot longer than it was 😂😂

I know the dojo was around 300$, how much was the rk 17? 150$?

Did Ronin say how much they plan the sæx was going to sell for?

Have you owned a nihonto?

What a sexy sword man

Alientude's comment says it's from 4 days ago but Matt's video says it was uploaded 35 minutes ago 😳 Ummm Hey Alientude, how is the future treating you? 😂

Do a give away for the RK15!

Should of gotten the #31.

Very “seaxy”sword😁

You look a lot like my friend Kirk, you 2 could pass as brothers