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On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:43:18 +0200, Gail wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
> news:49395eff$1@news.povray.org...
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>> Cool, very cool. I have wanted to get one myself, just never had the
>> spare cash - I don't want one that's cut out of steel, I want one made
>> the traditional way, and as you know, those are quite pricey....
>>
>>
> That they are.
>
> Mine's a cheap replica. There's no way I could afford a really good one.
> My criteria were that it was correctly balanced and that it looks pretty
> good.
We've actually got a replica here - I had forgotten about it because my
stepson keeps it in his room. Thing is, the balance isn't good on it; my
wife's got a WW-II era Japanese NCO saber that her grandfather picked up
during the war. We tried to identify the owner (there's a character
etched on the tip of the scabbard, but it was submerged in water when Pap
found it and it's badly pitted). It's a mass-produced weapon as well,
but there's no question as to how sharp the blade is, either (unlike the
replica katana, which isn't terribly sharp - I wouldn't want to get hit
with it, but it's not like a razor).
Jim
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