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Originally Posted by godwine
About swordsmith, i am not 100% sure, but I don't think you are allowed to export anything that is forged by a renowned family...
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There is an export license (and documents) needed for a forged and clay-tempered steel live blade (sharp sword). Non-steel (alloy) training (unsharpened) Iaito can easily be exported.
Cheap junk (non-functional) sharp "wall hangers" out of stainless and other such are everywhere. NEVER swing one!!!! The blade has a nasty habit of seperating unexpectedly from the typically tack-welded-on tang (the part that is in the tsuka ..... the handle)....with the expected disasterous results.
best,
.....................john