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Carlo,
All of us are armchair specialists, yourself included (no offence).
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Yes, the problem is that I wantn't to seem anything more than this.
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Some of us still want to feel a small fraction of the thrill of sword wielding and cut empty Coke bottles, styrofoam noodles or green bamboo stalks in what they think is a "keeping of tradition". My kids, when they were little, fought dandelions in the backyard with plastic swords ( I did the same when I was their age  ), and I see very little difference in the motivation and the enthusiasm of a 5 year-old with a sword from Toy-R-US in a backyard and a 40 year-old with a custom-made katana in a Dojo. Neither should be embarrassed in the least.
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Correct. "The difference between a man and a child is the price of the toys..."
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I would view practical tests that you suggest using an Assadollah's Shamshir or Masamune's Katana as acts of vandalism,
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For sure. I'm still in pain thinking at that Muramasa Tanto in my previous pics.
But it was militarism and trianny that leadd to suc a moronish usage not
the nedd for knowledge.
Artzi will never give you an Assadollah for such a test, for sure, no matter how much you're friends...
I prefer sakč rather then grappa. Chill and preferably by Ozeki factory (it's dry...)
