Some kid on Long Island was just convicted for killing his stepfather with one. The Japanese swords are the finest made. They laminate the steel by hand and some of the swords are dozens of layers thick. They hold an edge like no other sword. My dad says the Japanese with swords cut the heads off of tens of thousands of Chinese in the course of WWII.

On a sidebar, the same technology works for woodworking tools, and the Japanese chisels are without peer. They also cost the most. You get what you pay for.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI