[quote=akje]
yeah, i also indulge, especially in OOC since martin couldn't care less. the folding thing is correct yeah. katana's were pretty crappy compared to western swords on account of them being made of low quallity steel (there wasn't good grade stuff to be found in japan). but the folding made up for it. using the folding techinque with modern grade steel makes some pretty sweet stuff.you know, if you want some really good stuff look up Damascus steel. the really good stuff came out of the middle east.
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I am a samurai nerd, so the mention of katanas makes me happy. The only reason Johnathan didn't have one is because of the Crusader theme, and it would be silly for a crusader to be carrying around an Azian weapon.