Shielded, just because I want it to be.
Got nothing to do with the fact that there is no blade...

Who wants a blade anyway? That's how accidents happen!

Ok, a pink katana. Should be in everyones purse, imo.
Bladeless there too, obviously... ;)

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Of course, if there DID happen to a blade, it could be only partly 
sheathed...

Just a thought :)

"RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote in message 
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> Shielded, just because I want it to be.
> Got nothing to do with the fact that there is no blade...
>
> Who wants a blade anyway? That's how accidents happen!
>
> Ok, a pink katana. Should be in everyones purse, imo.
> Bladeless there too, obviously... ;)
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Simon nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/08/21 09:08:
> Of course, if there DID happen to a blade, it could be only partly 
> sheathed...
> 
> Just a thought :)
> 
> "RusHHouR" <gee### [at] mailnu> wrote in message 
> news:web.46c89ffe6dcec39447d3ae5e0@news.povray.org...
>> Shielded, just because I want it to be.
>> Got nothing to do with the fact that there is no blade...
>>
>> Who wants a blade anyway? That's how accidents happen!
>>
>> Ok, a pink katana. Should be in everyones purse, imo.
>> Bladeless there too, obviously... ;)
>>
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A katana is ALWAYS stored sheated, and the same hold true when on a display. You 
NEVER completely unsheat a katana unless you intend to USE it. If one is given 
to you, you unsheat only a few inches to apreciate the quality of the blade and 
put it completely back in.
As a side note: in ALL katana stands that I ever saw, the curve was down, not 
up. For both genuine and replicas, full size and miniatures.

-- 
Alain
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Creationism: God made all shit.

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> Shielded, just because I want it to be.
> Got nothing to do with the fact that there is no blade...
> 
> Who wants a blade anyway? That's how accidents happen!
> 
> Ok, a pink katana. Should be in everyones purse, imo.
> Bladeless there too, obviously... ;)
> 
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Possibly you could work a bit on the handle shape. It is often not of 
uniform width or thickness on real katanas, but have a slightly waisted 
shape. See example photos here for instance:
http://www.summerchild.com/MyWork.html

It's a very slight effect, but very noticeable when you are used to 
looking at the real thing.

Lots of nice blade photos there as well if you decide to make one, of 
course :-)

-- 
Vincent

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