Hello Cantalope... meet my pointy friend.
Mmmmm... melons... hehe Read the rest of the entry...
I posted this in the sword forum I frequent, and I'm reposting it here :)
Hello all,
A few weeks ago I came across this thread, which mentioned a new, untried cheap katana source:
As I was looking for a project blade I decided to snap one up. Sukotto Swordworks. They sell katanas on ebay , starting at a penny each (although now they seem to have upped their price), and they also have ones on their website for $150. I managed to grab mine for $68.98 shipped.
The seller shipped through UPS and was very helpful throughout the entire process. I e-mailed a few times with questions before the sale and once after the sale about the fittings. I always received next-day answers.
Since I am a newbie to sword collecting (and a poor graduate student) I can not afford nice swords quite yet. As a result of this, the only thing I have to compare my Sukotto with is my Masahiro. I also have an iaito, which was imported from Japan, however comparing an iaito to a katana is not fair. The iaito did wind up in a few of the later pictures. Basically I found that even compared to other cheaper ... Read the rest of the entry...
Yet anther wierd thing... I was passing by the health center on campus yesterday. It was after all the eateries on campus closed, soI went in to try to find a drinking fountian. I wound up with a new perscription instead:
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