DutchmanDick
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I have been wanting a real, useable, if not terribly fancy, sword for years. I currently have a "qama" from Atlanta cutlery, which was made in India and has a 17-1/2" blade. I suppose that qualifies as a short-sword in some circles, but I'm looking for something a bit longer. Trouble is, I'm on a tight budget, and my wife would kill me if I gave in to impulse and spent several hundred bucks on something from Museum Replicas Ltd./Windlass (made in India) or Del Tin Brothers (from Italy), or the Paul Chen swords from China. I saw something in the latest Atlanta Cutlery catalog called an "Asian sword" that is supposedly based on the Burmese dha, but it costs about $20 and has a stainless blade and while I've seen (and owned) stainless knives that would take and hold a good edge (like my Victorinox Swiss Army "Tinker"), I'm a bit leery of a $20 stainless sword. I don't buy decorator-only guns, or decorator-only weapons of any kind. Any ideas???