The funny thing was that ancient Japan could never manufacture a lot of well-fashioned blades because not only would a high quality katana be a very cost-ineffective weapon(much like a golden AK-47), Japan also didn't have the means to obtain materials required for making these katanas(e.g iron ore, coal) before international free trade happened. The original Japanese katana was what many smiths improvised over the years to make up for the shortcomings of not enough raw material.
There is historic and artistic value in antique katanas but to use them in real life for practical purposes is as ridiculous as using an ancient cannon in a museum. The modern world of weaponry has evolved over time, and there are tons of knives better than a katana you can purchase. I just love to see how all these katana spergs brag about how a katana has to be produced by hand and not mass produced, the processes it has to go through to qualify as a real katana when I can buy a mass-produced kitchen knife in Wal-Mart and it will serve just as well as your katana in cutting vegetables and meat, because face it, the only things you're gonna cut with your katana are probably inanimate objects for target practice, and how common it is that you actually need a katana for self defense when you have something called a gun?
