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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 6331614" data-attributes="member: 158">Do you know if it was a katana made by an actual swordsmith, or was it a stainless steel replica? The stainless steel jobs are both inexpensive and heavy, and not representative in any way of what would be an actual combat model -- they just look pretty. Not trying to be a "katana apologist" here, but the cheap replicas of even the european style swords are not representative, either. That said, knowing nothing professionally, but having seen several demos of kendo, "graceful" is not really the best descriptor to me; simple and powerful strokes, yes, but they aren't meant to be light blades, either. I don't know of very many two handed grip weapons that are meant to be dexterous.</blockquote>