Katana - The Samurai "Slicer"

[AoshiShinomori]

Well it's not the cost... customs won't let me bring it back to my country and I don't want to risk trying it by putting it in my checked luggage on the flight. Next thing I know my ass will be in Jail... though that might be much preferrable to this sordid life at work...^^

[AKIRA]

Sweet ass thread you got here!!!! I'll definitely need to find time to read it all!

[dragonrazor]

Originally Posted by AoshiShinomori

Well it's not the cost... customs won't let me bring it back to my country and I don't want to risk trying it by putting it in my checked luggage on the flight. Next thing I know my ass will be in Jail... though that might be much preferrable to this sordid life at work...^^

poor you...um, move?

[kokunin]

or you could mail it....lol I mailed my dad's 20 gauge up north, all you gotta do is asay its a firarm, show it and show your id and its ont he way...

[dragonrazor]

with swords you can't do that. for instance, in several states it's illegal to own a sword or any other kind of bladed weapon (including a knife, apparently). California's one, i think....NY is another.

moving right along, i just traded the Sapphire one to my mother's boyfriend for his green Korean blade (similar to a straight samurai katana, but of different origins) which is REAL. hand crafted sword AND sheath. i also got a compound bow from him. i'll have to build up some upper body strength to use it, as it's a heavy pull compared to my 34 pound pull recurve, but it'll be useful for hunting (i'd have to camo my recurve)

[dragonrazor]

for those interested, i finally reinstalled my webcam's drivers. i'll be able to use it when i move in with my mother and Rick next week. I may, however, wait until i can buy a real Digital Camera to take pictures

[seiki]

are you talking strictly about katanas or can we talk about other tradtional swords like tanto and wakizashi

[AoshiShinomori]

Tanto and wakizashi are just fine Seiki! The more info the merrier. In fact the only bottom line is that it be japanese

@DR - Yay! Now we can get to see your swords *drools and plots evil plans to steal them all ^_^*

[seiki]

well the tanto was a sword more like a dagger that was most notabley used by samurai to commit sepuku or an honorable suicide by plunging the blade into their stomaches

[AoshiShinomori]

Correct! In fact a katana and a wakizashi/tanto are sometimes carried together by the warrior class and this outfit was called a Daisho.