Well I don't know if people have seen this or not, but there's a cool Snake Eyes Movie Sword on Ebay. It's not official, but it's cool. I decided to order one several days ago. It's such a low price (though now they're charging more for it) that I couldn't resist.

I got it in today. It looks exactly like the pictures. That's pretty much why there are no pics with this post. There's no real reason to post more I figure. It is full tang with the 5 cut out areas on the handle. It's cut fully through the grip and metal. It's has a nice weight to it as well. It's not a "cheap" looking or feeling sword.

The differeances as best as I can tell from the movie images are that the blade clasp above the hand gaurd isn't shapped exactly the same. The clan logo isn't in the same area and doesn't appear to be as big. The handle is squared off and it looks like the movie sword has a slight angle. That's about it that I can see.

Over all it's a nice item. It's well worth picking up and a far sight lower priced than what's sure to come out later as an official item. I can't say I wouldn't get an official one too, but this would leave me feeling satisfied owning if I could never afford an official one. A very cool item!

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I thought the movie SE sword was a straight blade, not a katana. But then I haven't looked at movie pics in a while so I could be remembering it wrong.

Still, that's a nice replica. If I was inclined (read: could afford it) I'd consider snagging one of those for the wall.

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Yeah it has a slight curve to the blade. Here's one of the movie shots:



If it's a red x here's the link:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/242 ... 2ef3fa.jpg

It's nice, but you can tell it was rushed to be put out. The hand gaurd has a very slight angle to one side (not put on quite straight) and the wood (or resin) on the handle isn't 100% sqaured up resting against the metal. Plus the other things I mentioned about the logo and such. It's still nice and not really that big of a thing with the minor flaws.

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yeah yeah, get to the good parts: can it cut a dude in half?

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hehe, nope it comes unsharpen. It is 440 stainless steel though so you could put a decent edge on it. The tip is sharp though so you could stab the heck out of someone. The handle has a nice chunk of metal at the end too so you could bust somebody upside the hed pretty good too.

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That would be awesome,darn, if it was only sharp.

Unsharp, it's just a metal stick.

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*Puts on geek hat*

*Apologizes in advance*

Please, for the saftey of of yourself and you loved one's, do not use a 440 stainless sword to hit anything.

Stainless steel, for all of it's wonderful utilitarian uses, is damn near abhorrent for sword material. The chromium makes it too brittle. Even if used against a "soft" target, you run a disturbing risk of blade failure, especially given the likely heat treat (or lack there of) given the blade.

In sword construction, a craftsman is working with steel and trying to bring together two elements that, in general, are diamertrically opposed: toughness and hardness. Toughness allowes the sword some give, and allows for edge retention. Hardness is necessary to put an edge on it in the first place and to keep it from constant deformation.

Long and short, man cultures worked many years on this, all with fascinating results.

Stainless steel is great for knife blades, but it's not precisely a good material for sword making, beyond decorative purposes.

Perhaps the most infamous example thereof:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-7e77oX ... p_at_home/

*removes geek hat andreturns to lurking*