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The thing though is that besides being cool and rust resistant, are there any other pluses to the high chromium steel? looking at its composition, its still too high in chromium for my taste. :) But it is about %1 - 4% lower than 440C.

Well, yeah. However in short sword form. The longer a sword gets, the harder it is to keep stainless steel at a good quality. It has nothing to do with the steel, but with the smiths that make the sword. A custom smith who knows how to work in stainless steel, can make an ok sword, but after...

Yep, all those ledgendary properties arent really there. Well made pattern welded steel is the same strength and cuts the same, and sharpens the same, as well made mono steel. Just to point out, although im sure you were talking about knives, stainless isnt great for swords. I believe...

Well not to a razor sharp edge, as thats not needed. but very sharp. :) Partly for looks. a well polished blade looks amazing. Also as someone else mentioned, it keeps the correct blade geometry, as a katana doesnt have a secondary bevel.

The expense is for a traditional polish, which takes a lot of time and skill to do right. On a high quality katana there are many things going on in the blade. The point of the high quality polisher is to bring them out and allow them to be seen.

Yep, first we need to knwo what its made out of. If its of high enough quality to sharpen, if it has a more traditional edge, where there isnt a secondary bevel, sometimes you can touch up a dull edge with a diamond stone, without messing up the edge much.

One thing to watch out for is that even if cane swords are legal in your state. They might be considered a concealed weapon. If your state has concealed weapon laws, it might fall under that.

Well it depends on what new stuff you are talking about. As there are many quality new swords.

Well I dont see how KCs claymore is over triple the correct weight, since KC lists their claymore as 5.5 - 5.7 pounds which is only slightly heavier than the weight that you listed. Most of their large euro swords are around 3 pounds, which is still reasonable. Most of cold steels chinese...