Heaven forbid they see my edged collection. They'd wet their twisted up panties. I wonder if they were the real deal, or the "hollow" ones they sell overseas.

Mind you, the one Wakizaki in my collection has been certified to have been manufactured in the 15th century.

I would like to find a ww2 era NCO or officer sword for my display. I do weapon/equipment displays at reenactments, and the Pacific theater is usually not represented very well at the ones I normally attend. Nothing fancy, as my buddy and I do hands-on demonstrations with the public. A lot of folk hear about some of these weapons, maybe have seen one or two, but have never held one. The kids get a kick out of it, as a lot of them know them from games.

I asked about the swords being hollow, as when I was in Okinawa, you could have the hollow swords, but not a solid one. If you were to sharpen a hollow one, it falls apart (supposedly).

Yes, the hollow blades were dull, and were designed that if you tried to put an edge on one, the blade would fail. That way, you could have a sword display set up, and still be "legal". Like a non-firing replica machine gun for a display.

Hmm, did a search, didn't find any quick answers to the hollow blade swords. Probably a Japan-only deal, (cheap, legal display swords to sell to Americans), but a lot of places had them back in the day (80's, 90's).