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The Bending Reed Wakizashi
Wan Bending Reed
The Garden of Steel Flowers, The Dojo, Wung-Chi Lane, Bes Pelargic. Formerly a journeyman under the master swordsmith of House Sung, Wan's sense of honour forced him to find another position following certain indiscreet events. He now works in the Samurai Dojo, crafting weapons of exceptional beauty and balance. He will not work for just anyone though for as Wan is prone to point out: Spring blooms have little need of autumn steel. To order a wakizashi you will need a minimum sword bonus of 300 and a minimum bonus of 200 in agatean culture. Fluency in agatean spoken would also be somewhat handy. Bending Reed wakizashi's are much the same as their companion blade, the katana. They are shorter of course and a tad cheaper. The heavy wakzashi is the same weight as a standard katana. As with the katana the wakizashi comes in both a standard and heavy option. Having met the skill and cultural requirments, you may precede with your order. First you must decide on a good secure grip. The currently available options are jade green leather, deep blue leather, black leather, amber leather, white leather, grey leather, red leather, tiger skin, snakeskin, sharkskin and birchwood. The steel of the blade may be folded in one of many traditional patterns. You can choose from the following: chrysanthemum blossoms, wind and lightning, hibiscus flowers, falling leaves, lotus blossoms, climbing vines, snowflakes, fireworks, raindrops, a ladder, a river, clouds, reeds and none. The last step is chosing whether you desire a standard blade or a heavier one. The heavier blade has been judged as equal to or slightly better than the standard. It is currently theorised, however, that the blades require very high skills to truly master and that your evaluating ability should be equal to those skills for a true reading. Certainly, so far, combat reports place them as similar to if not better than a Tol Edo blade. 'order 'collect Specifics. Price: Standard: Heavy: Short description: Varies according to the type of folding and the grip. The default blade is a bending reed katana. The other options are the shadow rain ( raindrops/black), endless summer (fireworks/amber [only standard weight]), striking thunder (wind and lightning/grey) and ice kiss (snowflakes/white). Inscription: Written in elegant characters in Agatean: It is by the command of <player> that I was made. Appraise: Standard: The bending reed wakizashi is about two feet long and three inches wide. It is made of steel and could be used as a weapon of type sword. It is in excellent condition. Heavy: Weight: Standard: Heavy: 3 3/9 lb. Judge: Heavy: Excellent, slightly worse than custom katana, can iai stab and slash. Long description: Saya. Long desciption: Slim and subtly curved to match the wakizashi, the thin wood of this scabbard has been finished in rose-coloured lacquer. A silvery grey silk shigeo cord wraps around the saya near its throat to atttach it to the wearer's obi. Elusive reflections flit through its depths, as though in the darkest of mirrors encountered in a waking dream. Appraise: Weight: Acknowledgements. Eida. Comments: It feels somewhat faster than the custom katana, is something like 80+% sharp the rest pierce. Limited testing on a pk suggests it does lower base rounds than the katana (10%? 20%? more? hard to say), a slash around 7-10% lower than a katana slice. The stab damage on it is abyssal though, less than half the slash damage, even lower than a rapier/fencing blade slash IIRC. Limited testing on a pk also suggests KS armour is good. -Eida |