Thanks Rick ...
This item reminds me of a thread we had way back in, oh let me see, '98 or so -- before my "brother" Rick (RSWORD) started collecting, and my "other brother" Rick (the original and true one) was even then moderating away -- when we talked about "sword-like objects." Seems like we had some good examples of first-rate junk back in them days too, traditional fakes not this plastic crap ya see today. Can't quite recollect what that thread was called -- the memory fades, ya know, after all them years and years and years and ... of collecting.