How many Samurai swords did/do you have?

[Tony Starks]

On site today and they had a very retro Samurai sword on a stand. I remember these being very popular in the late 90s/ early 00s.

So, how many powerfully built directors had them on their walls?

[Oldandslow]

Still do.

[generationx]

You could really dominate the staircase with one of those.

[HTP99]

Myself I never had one, however I do remember them and some of my friends having them, when you think about it, it is pretty random having a Samurai sword on the lounge wall in an English house.

[castroses]

generationx said:

You could really dominate the staircase with one of those.

Word!

[can't remember]

Don't most of then have a really weak bit just inside the handle so that if you hit something with it hard they just snap in two? Not ideal in a stair dominating situation.

[anonymous-user]

very council, i would only buy a proper Japanese one if i did, but i won't.

[williamp]

I often thought theer's the scene in oulp fiction they want to recreate..well, that and the few minutes befoerhand...

[Tony Starks]

HTP99 said:

Myself I never had one, however I do remember them and some of my friends having them, when you think about it, it is pretty random having a Samurai sword on the lounge wall in an English house.

And they were rather pricey too, I remember after the Matrix I think it was that ones with the white mock ivory handles were popular.

[Tony Starks]

can't remember said:

Don't most of then have a really weak bit just inside the handle so that if you hit something with it hard they just snap in two? Not ideal in a stair dominating situation.

They were really cheap metal, so wouldn't have withstood anything.

I reckon most people hid theirs once that fat ninja guy put the video up chopping up water bottles.

[longshot]

I've always quite liked the idea of having one (a real one that is), not to hang on the wall or pretend I'm in Highlander, but simply because of the extraordinary workmanship and skill it takes to make on.

The blades look quite beautiful

Come to think of it, just a blade would do.

I'm quite concerned what this say about me now.

[S10GTA]

So council

[Sheets Tabuer]

Bonus points if you carry it around your house while wearing an inexplicably short satin bathrobe with dragon on the back and wearing hai karate aftershave.

[Hoofy]

can't remember said:

Don't most of then have a really weak bit just inside the handle so that if you hit something with it hard they just snap in two? Not ideal in a stair dominating situation.

Yes, rat tail tang.



vs full tang.

[Bullett]

Proper ones looked like this



My dad had quite a few real ones and no fakes. The oldest was 400+ years old and the youngest was a WW2 offices sword.
Amazing bits of history made council.

I actually did a talk on them in my o'level english class and they let me take the old one into school. A 16 year old with a sword in school! times have changed...

[Oakey]

http://www.blades-uk.com/view_items.php?cat_id=73

[Sheets Tabuer]

Oakey said:

http://www.blades-uk.com/view_items.php?cat_id=73

Do you still own yours?

[Vitorio]

Bullett said:

My dad had quite a few real ones and no fakes. The oldest was 400+ years old and the youngest was a WW2 offices sword.
Amazing bits of history made council.

The WWII officer swords are cheap mass produced crap in most cases though, ceremonial trinkets rather then proper weapons.

[Oakey]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Do you still own yours?

Nah, that went about 10 years ago. I don't even know why I bought it, it was back when online shopping was still quite novel (very early 2000s)

[Alex_225]

For some reason I immediately thought of this...

"Do you wanna do Karate in the garage?"