# Ouch! Buyer Beware! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203 "2004-02-09T01:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/1 "2004-02-09T01:09:04Z")
[http://www.nihonto.ca/Knives.mpeg](http://www.nihonto.ca/Knives.mpeg) Ok, kiddies, remeber, don’t buy crap being passed of as swords. Don’t buy the ‘stainless steel’ crapola either. Oh, and yes, don’t abuse your swords, if you don’t know how to use them, leave them hanging on the wall. Man, that must of hurt 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/2 "2004-02-09T01:10:52Z")
linky 404 . ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/3 "2004-02-09T01:16:04Z")
Ahh! What happenned? Link was working a moment ago ☹ I’ll try to dig it up… ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/4 "2004-02-09T01:25:10Z")
If you have it saved, I can host it for you… ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/5 "2004-02-09T01:43:57Z")
I’m combing through my internet cache in case it’s there. The clip was of a home shopping network segment selling Katana’s. The guy is demonstrating how ‘tough’ the swords are, and bangs one of them against the table, which promptly breaks and nails him in the stomach. Argh! I’m never starting threads with clips in them again! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Timban](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Timban](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timban)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/6 "2004-02-09T01:51:20Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > I’m combing through my internet cache in case it’s there. > > The clip was of a home shopping network segment selling Katana’s. The guy is demonstrating how ‘tough’ the swords are, and bangs one of them against the table, which promptly breaks and nails him in the stomach. > > Argh! I’m never starting threads with clips in them again! ☹ Just an FYI, that clip is up on Stupidvideos ([www.stupidvideos.com](http://www.stupidvideos.com)) right now. 🙂 One of the newer videos… ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/7 "2004-02-09T01:59:22Z")
Thanx Timban! Number 4 on that list 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/8 "2004-02-09T16:39:49Z")
Ahem. I actually fight with swords, blunted. Nothing cooler than fighting with well-tuned titanium swords. Beautiful ringing sounds and lord the sparks! Doesn’t really pertain to the OP, tho. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/9 "2004-02-09T17:17:49Z")
Mike Skallas has a [tiny DivX version of the clip](http://www.everythingisnt.com/archives/00001135.htm) posted at his fine blog. (1,094k) ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/10 "2004-02-10T12:33:16Z")
> [@AnimistDragon](#): > > Ahem. I actually fight with swords, blunted. > > Nothing cooler than fighting with well-tuned titanium swords. Beautiful ringing sounds and lord the sparks! > > Doesn’t really pertain to the OP, tho. Hmm. So do I, but I use either wooden wasters, alimunum replicas or blunted steel replicas depending on the technique we’re studying at the moment and the protection available to us. (I use fully functional steel replicas for test cutting). I’ve never heard of anyone using titanium replicas, specially as the metal is VERY poor candidate to make swords with. Can you point me to the dealer of these weapons? I can’t see them being very safe, but I’m curious as to their design. Even as a thick prop for sparring, they would perform only as well as aluminum, but would be much more expensive. Here’s a link discussing why titanium is simply no good for swords: [http://swordforum.com/sfu/primer/thebest.html](http://swordforum.com/sfu/primer/thebest.html) ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-buyer-beware/228203/11 "2004-02-10T13:31:44Z")
What I’d like to know is why people capitalize katana? 😛 All the time on my written exams I see people capitalize tonfa, nunchaku, etc. I never see them capitalize sword, knife, club. Very strange. Hmmm… I think I just thought of a general question.