A few modern sword pics.
This first one has an awesome carry system. I usually don't like american tantos but this is an exception.


From our recent bayonet thread this sawback is deadly ,practical and still an awesome deal but getting more expensive daily. So much steel so little cash.


Worlds biggest chute knife?


This is one of my favourites, possibly the most deadly dueling weapon they are still cheap enough for the average person to own a couple nice examples. A jap sword of similar craftsmaship and historical importance would cost 10 to 100 times the price of a similar euro. Blame Kill Bill and the Japanese trying to buy back all the swords they lost in WW2 and the Meiji restoration. Euro swords are the better weapon as well and at least as well made.


I prefer a real fighters weapon but their are some amazing works of art.


I know some of the people here like the older euro stuff.
Here is a 1000 year old Saxon seax with a replica to show what it might have looked like. The Dogfather feels like I would imagine this one would be like.
The europeans had pattern welding 500 years before the japanese so viking swords were actually very very good.