We offer many Practical Functional Japanese Swords produced by Hanwei under direction of Paul Chen. These battle ready functional Katana's are hand forged like the originals. Paul Chen's katana's feature differentialy tempered blades and appeal to the martial artist and collectors alike. These blades available today would have been worthy swords for the Feudal Japanese Samurai. Today, Hanwei’s three hundred plus highly trained artisans and skilled blade smiths which produce over six hundred items in the sword, katana, knife and historical weaponry fields and are continuously developing new products involving more complex techniques and advanced metallurgy. Hanwei has set the benchmark for all modern blade smiths to achieve in terms of quality and consistency for prices that are affordable to the aspiring collector and practitioner of martial arts