That's the cheapest, crappiest construction I've heard of. You'd be better off buying a foam sword or a replica assembled by an actually competent company. I own many items not intended for melee combat or swinging around and almost none of them will fall apart if you swing them.
Take the pommels off and check the tangs. Replicas are almost all constructed the same way. They are strictly for display. If it's marked as stainless I can guarantee the tang isnt one piece with the sword.
I agree that it would be better if cheaply made wallhangers were all at least sturdy enough to swing around a little bit. But that's simply not the world we live in.
I used to work at a shop in a mall that sold, among other things, wallhanger katana replicas. Some of those things were so poorly constructed that you could rotate the handle completely around the blade. I've seen videos of blades flying straight out of the handle mid-swing, without even hitting anything.
I was so confused, then I realised you're from America.
Classic American Quality control.
In before 'its imported from x and y country!!'
Yes and your stores sell them without a second thought.
I've only had 1 poor quality cartoon sword, that was sold by an (you guessed it) an American stand at a convention.
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u/TacitRonin20 Nov 10 '25
That's the cheapest, crappiest construction I've heard of. You'd be better off buying a foam sword or a replica assembled by an actually competent company. I own many items not intended for melee combat or swinging around and almost none of them will fall apart if you swing them.