ARKM
Sr Member
For me a fan of the show being able to get a screen cast handle for 300 yup all day long !
I will never understand why anyone needs a "Battle ready " . Your not a highlander this is not ancient Japan . But I guess to say its "Battle ready " wow ? to each his own but I would rather save 1,500.00 and take the Marto . I personally have owned them and the handle to me does not seem brittle at all in my opinion .
It's the same difference as owning something real and owning something fake. Both can be art and there's nothing wrong with owning either or preferring one over the other but one will always be better made/more expensive than the other. Let me put it this way, if a person is into guns but not into killing, do you really think they're going to be happy with an expensive quality made airsoft version of the favorite gun? For most I'd say no. They're not. Both look cool and both can be fired at targets but they are like apples an oranges. The same holds true for a stainless steel wall hanger sword when compared to a battle ready sword. They're just not the same. I used to own plenty of stainless steel swords and some super cheap non-stainless blades (marketed under the bogus terms of carbon steel or spring steel (all steel has carbon in it... or else it would not be steel). I enjoyed them but like a lot of collectors, I always wanted the real thing, even though I knew I would never carry around a sword or ever use one for self defense. I gave away for free all but two of my many wall hanger-ish swords as I only want the real deal now. It's just personal preference for me.
Also, in some rare cases, the price difference between a stainless steel movie replica sword and it's more well built, combat ready version is not that extreme. It usually is but in the case of Connor and Duncan's katanas, it's not. As far as I know, the Marto and UC versions of both those katanas are no longer being made. That means you are getting them used and usually for more than they originally sold for. In some cases though, you will find them on ebay for the average retail of $300. For $200 more, you can get one of those katanas from Texas Steel Props and Replicas that is of a much higher quality. That's a no brainer right there. If I had the disposable income for it, I'd own an H1 mentor for sure. That's a dream sword of mine. Again though, it's just personal preference and price range. for example, I'm perfectly happy with my $175 Graflex 3 cell replica to make a lightsaber out of and see no need for a $500 real one... but I understand why some do feel that need as I feel the opposite way regarding swords (Yeah, yeah, not the best analogy. I know.).
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