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History: The katana: a magical, mystical, mysterious piece of eastern cultural history. One of the most baddest weapons ever imagined by humans. Just holding it in your hands makes you feel like a samurai. Even this replica, barely sharp enough to cut through cardboard much less a human torso, radiates an aura that fires something deep and primal in your subconscious. I wish I could say I acquired this piece deep in caverns below Mount Fuji after fighting off a horde of ninjas but, like so many other pieces in the Strange Ink Pictures Prop Department… I bought it at a Flea Market. No, no, not a ninja Flea Market… just the regular kind, the kind with toothless hillbillies and $2.00 fried dough.
Application: I believe this is the first prop covered here that is pan-genre in its application. I can’t think of a single genre that this wouldn’t be perfect for. Sci-fi? Uh, yeah. Romantic comedy? Duh! Horror? C’mon, you’re not even trying. Courtroom drama? Hmm… yeah, I’ll find a way to work it in. It’s a KATANA! Every movie needs katana (and a chef shirt).
Value: Ehh… I think I paid $25 for it which, to me, was a bargain-and-a-half (which I suppose would make the price I WOULD have paid somewhere around $58.00. I don’t know, you do the math). It’s not real sword metal (Steel? Iron? Dragon scales?) so I don’t think there is any actual melt-it-down value. I figure if I put it up for sale at a flea market I would probably get about what I paid. But, like the chef shirt, there are certain things in this prop department, nay, this WORLD that I cannot live without and a katana ANY katana is one of those things. I would say that if you do not already own a katana, it’s high time you went out and got yourself one.
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