I got to handle an AK and a Ruck at K.C. and in the past I have owned a Japanese WWII Officers Katana....basically a proper Samurai Sword....made in 1908....the sword felt a little better but the AK was very close in feel....the Ruck is a large Tanto in comparison....here in the UK I picked up the Katana for £1000 and sold it a few years later for £1200. That is about $2000 give or take......the edge and hamon were superb...the maker was a governor of a japanese prison who had trained with the last of the great makers and went on to train prisoners how to make them in the 1930's when Japan was arming itself for WWII. I was lucky on the price I paid and it was a superbly crafted piece but you would not want to use it....not like you can an AK or Ruck...sadly I sold it and I regret it now....my Chiropractor was or is an Iado (sp?) master and I showed it to him and he went "crazy" over it...at least my back is now "pain free"....which is a cool trade if you have ever suffered from this type of thing.