I have a fairly decent Katana collection, but none of them are authentic - just all display swords. But hey, they work the part, are made of legit material/metal, and have nice weight to them. And I know it was an excuse, but honestly even though this is a gun era I still prefer swords. Guns are far more practical but what makes swords - especially Katanas - far more interesting and worthy of collecting is the fact that not any numskull can pick one up and use it. To properly wield and use a sword is an art form in itself, at least to me.oh didnt know, seemed like a lot to me. i usually dont like to spend money like this so its a lot in my eyes
i dont know how to tell if its a Shinken or not though, the store owner had a few different ones to choose from going up to 1k in price. basically i picked the cheapest one, he had some really nice ones though but i couldnt spend that much on a sword in a gun era, was my excuse