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A quick question about Shureido Sai
Hello everyone,
I've been a lurker here for a while, and suddenly find myself in need of a little advice.
I've been using a pair of cheap sai for a while, and recently ordered some Shureido sai. They arrived today, and feel dreat...but....I ordered 'natural steel', and was surprised (dismayed!) to see that they have a black coating on them. The site I bought them from insists that 'natural steel' sai ARE black. That seems really counter-intuitive to me, but then I saw "Available in natural (black) or chrome" on the shureido USA site (http://shureidousa.com/kobudo/sai.html ).
A part of the coating is already flaking on the butt of the handle ( Attachment 10858 here you can see the REAL natural steel underneath the coating).
I don't really want to kick up a fuss about this if the sai are the 'natural steel' I ordered. Since I know sai do lose flakes (not necessarily on the side of the butt though :nono: ).
Can anyone tell me if shureido natural steel sai SHOULD have this coating?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Shako