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I love seeing this, the whole process of making a sword. From idea conception to development to completion. Thanks for sharing!

Looks interesting, I like the cover photo

This is pretty interesting, many of these I've never heard of before so it's cool to learn about it. Thanks

That's a great place to find yourself. Aw there are so many places I could suggest. My top three would be head over to see Mt. Fuji, there's a town called Yamanashi that's a great quaint little town....

Anyone else see the article on the sword forged from a meteorite? (link). Doubt it's very sturdy for actual use but it's an awesome idea!

It's rare that I ever find any good blades at the gun shows near me. A lot of great guns however they seem to be lacking a bit in the historic swords department.

Did you personally custom make these?

Any ideas on custom sword making companies. I had someone email me inquiring about where they could have a custom katana made but I wasn't sure beyond Swords of Northshire.

Thanks

It is interesting looking however I'm on board with the other comments, I'm leaning toward the not highly valuable side of things beyond it's basic utility.

This is great. I posted a blog a while back on my favorite movie katanas however the ones I listed weren't used as actual props just replicas of their movie counterparts.

My favorite would be the...

I personally would buy new, never know what stress could have been placed on used ones that the user might not disclose. Either way the Budei is a pretty good looking blade, good luck in your search!

Hey Z,
For that price you can get a range of decent quality swords. Here is a place to start to see some katana reviews.

I think you're on track with the Hanwei Musashi. I personally have this...

Shoot, I meant to write ~$900! Ha yea $400 would be a steal. My apologies :-)

I'm a huge fan of the Tori Elite by Hanwei. Very durable and will run you ~$400