I'm stoked to find a sword forum. I have a Katana that I designed (or copied from others). I had Howard Clark forge it to my specs. He is a master I must say. I finally finished the polish and had a guy make the hardware for it. I used a ww2 Tusba and made the other fittings with patina to match. The saya and every thing came out great. I'll try to post up a picture or two later. For now I will just keep reading the forum.