Originally Posted by
SimonM
Agreed, and I've had a few junk swords in my time. That was the second-worst.
The best, well, it's a toss-up between my Qing dynasty Damascus steel jian (best antique), my copper-inlaid plum flower dragon well sword with blackened steel fittings (most beautiful), and the spring and autumn greatsword (best bone-crushing power, most impressive cutting).
Only one of them is available from the forum sponsor, martialartsmart, but the others aren't available this side of the pacific at all, so the fact that even one is available does our sponsor great credit. :D