[Ervntewc]

Perfect. Thanks everyone. This should be goo.d Thanks again!

[CIAFreeAgent]

I think i'll use this as an example.
http://www.karatedepot.com/wp-sw-09.html
Stainless steel+rat tail tang....hmm...thats bad, right? I mean...ignoring the fact its only $21.95...

[Galinastva]

I'm writing a report on how information on the internet can be misleading or innaccurate. One of the supporting paragraphs goes over using misleading information to sell a product. "Wallhangers" was one of the first things that came to mind, seeing as they appeal to people who have interests, but no real knowledge with swords. Problem with these sites is they're like little kids.
They pop up whenever you don't want them to, and generally make a nuisince of themselves. But when you acutally need them for something and you sit down to look for them, you can never find them . Anyone know of any such sites? Ones that throw words around like "Battle ready" or "Just like it X movie" would be great....but not nessacary.

[GaryBulguihb]

www.ebay.com

Jim

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

ha ha...yeah, I guess I could throw in something like "you know your obsessed with kendo when you make references to kendo in your essays" or something like that....or "when you cite something about kendo in your essay, you notice that it goes on for about four pages longer than you intended it to". Sigh. Now I have to revise my essay...again.

[Pjayjukr]

http://www.karatedepot.com/wp-sw-09.html Hey, I just noticed something. Isn't this the same model as the sword from the infamous HSN incident? It looks almost exactly the same.
http://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/humor/video/katanaslip.mpg

[Tndfpcin]

Also try karatedepot.com

[duncanalisstmp]

yeah...I tried both e-bay and a yahoo search for "katanas". Not a whole lot of luck. I'm no sword expert, and only a few of the swords on e-bay are fully disassembaled...i've tried to look for signs of forgery..but again, i'm no expert. I guess the kind of sites i'm looking for are ones that sell swords that they try to pass of as genuine or "battle ready", but are really..well...wallhangers. Either that, or i'm looking for images with obvious defects...kinda like the swords under the wall hanger thread in the iaido section..but I need to find a site that sells them...grrr...so much like little kids....

[MattJargin]

www.armsofvalour.com This site has a lot of wallhangers, $20 swords, etc, and they are of course all 'battle-ready'...

[23tommy]

bud-k or something like that. Did you try a google search for movie replicas?

[vasyasvc]

well, http://www.gungfu.com has some battle readys lol, also try e baums world and look for one with a home shopping network katana...

[sitescools]

http://budk.com/Default.asp?

try this one. WIth a $30 3 samurai set, I imagine its what you want.

[gariharrr]

I've got a few that you might be interested in.

http://www.a2armory.com/

http://www.mwart.com/

http://store.southwestblades.com/index.html

http://www.centuryfitness.com/
(Look for the aluminum sword section)

The first three should have plenty of examples, especially the second. Most have just regular Western swords but the third has a lot of katana wallhangers. Hope this helps.

[forexsoft]

If you're going to go with the "as seen on tv" idea, also check out the skymall catalog. You know, that magazine that they force you to read when you're on a plane. Tons of expensive stuff you'll only use once.

[gvataler]

I'm writing a report on how information on the internet can be misleading or innaccurate. One of the supporting paragraphs goes over using misleading information to sell a product. "Wallhangers" was one of the first things that came to mind, seeing as they appeal to people who have interests, but no real knowledge with swords.

Shouldn't this be in the "Top ten reasons you're obsessed with kendo" thread?

Sorry, just giving you a hard time.

[hotelhyatt]

I'm writing a report on how information on the internet can be misleading or innaccurate. One of the supporting paragraphs goes over using misleading information to sell a product. "Wallhangers" was one of the first things that came to mind, seeing as they appeal to people who have interests, but no real knowledge with swords. Problem with these sites is they're like little kids.
They pop up whenever you don't want them to, and generally make a nuisince of themselves. But when you acutally need them for something and you sit down to look for them, you can never find them . Anyone know of any such sites? Ones that throw words around like "Battle ready" or "Just like it X movie" would be great....but not nessacary.

Don't go with the wallhangers example. It's kind of weak. Aren't wallhangers just decorations? Maybe display katanas would be more along the direction you want to take.

Or maybe something more mainstream like the Thigh-master which is a piece of exercise equipment crap or nutritional/diet supplements. Also, look up the products on www.asseenontv.com, plenty of crap there.