# Don't do this with your Katana Sword - not for weak stomachs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048 "2006-10-19T03:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/1 "2006-10-19T03:15:48Z")
[Don’t do this with your Katana Sword](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHtf4IIYNY&mode=related&search=) ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/2 "2006-10-19T03:38:55Z")
Wow, guess \*those \* weren’t very well-made, now, were they? And on a home shopping channel; who’da thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/3 "2006-10-19T03:46:03Z")
LMAO That was hilarious! I think it might have got him in the liver. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/4 "2006-10-19T03:56:26Z")
Coulda been worse. Coulda been a Revolver Gun. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/5 "2006-10-19T04:05:16Z")
The comment “habra que comprarlo” is beautiful just because I understand it. Thanks, Dr. Perez! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/6 "2006-10-19T04:13:13Z")
> [@](#): > > We, uh, may need emergency surgery…in the studio. Best. QVC. Line. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/7 "2006-10-19T04:32:32Z")
Oh my God, that truly had me rolling. I haven’t seen something so funny in… hang on, I’m going to watch it again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lizard\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Lizard\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lizard_Queen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/8 "2006-10-19T04:52:06Z")
ROFL!!! I have a good friend who is a master sword smith…I’ve got to get him to watch this and then I’m going to record the tirade about “cheap steel” that comes rolling out of his mouth!!! ---
**Author:** ![Defective\_Detective](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Defective\_Detective](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defective_Detective)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/9 "2006-10-19T04:56:55Z")
Clearly, on this channel they only sell the best… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/10 "2006-10-19T12:27:05Z")
So tell the 75% of the population with a dial up, what happens. It breaks, slices off something. or scewers someone. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/11 "2006-10-19T12:57:09Z")
Pretty much. He’s hitting the sword onto the table) when it breaks in half and the point hits him in the chest/stomach. Anyone else reminded of the Simpsons? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/12 "2006-10-19T15:16:29Z")
I’m I the only one here who’s seen their show? They’ll offer these massive “collections” filled with oddball assortments of knives (folding pocket knives, survival knives, Klingon-looking knives, and other such things), swords, and other sharp impliments, it’ll be close to a hundred items and they’ll be offering the whole she-bang for around $150. I know what you’re thinking, “What the _hell_ would someone want with so many “quality” items?” They keep hawking the idea that you buy the whole collection and then sell the ones you don’t want on eBay or at flea markets. It’s worth catching their pitch at least once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/13 "2006-10-19T15:54:51Z")
I’ve seen them before. The packages are designed for people who hawk this cheap crap at flea markets and gun shows. The steel is so crappy it rusts if you breathe on it. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/14 "2006-10-19T16:06:33Z")
Good God that’s funny- I love the “We may need emergency surgery in the studio!” Oh yeah, sign me up for 10 of those quality pieces at $45 each. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/15 "2006-10-19T16:20:22Z")
Cheap katana blade Breaks on Home Shopping Network Call an ambulance ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/16 "2006-10-19T16:57:27Z")
I love those shopping channel blunders. It’s all live all the time so there’s bound to be some funny stuff happen. To whit: [Horse? Butterfly? Horsefly!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N83KVeluPoY) [Telescoping ladder, collapsing idiot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a60xBojjEV8) [Widescreen Willy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jT0GLVvoU) (\*\* Not work-safe! \*\*) [Dell is for Porn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqCK5AqXD9k) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/17 "2006-10-19T17:12:47Z")
Jeebus, Krushchev’s shoe was made of better quality. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/18 "2006-10-19T20:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] Jeebus, Krushchev’s shoe was made of better quality. [/QUOTE] 😃 I like that he says “The nice thing about these practice katanas…owww!” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/19 "2006-10-19T21:03:59Z")
Practice katana sword: +10 vs lying QVC salesmen (If it could have glowed blue it would have) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048/20 "2006-10-19T23:43:12Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] Coulda been worse. Coulda been a Revolver Gun. [/QUOTE] Ok, I’ll give you the virtual high five for that one, as everyone else seems to have ignored it completely 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-do-this-with-your-katana-sword-not-for-weak-stomachs/377048.md?page=2)