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I disagree. I have seen and hefted both katanas and longswords, and the quality of the former is far superior to the latter. And so far as I recall (it has been awhile) the typical, run-of-the-mill longsword (not damascened or made in Toledo) was NOT folded. That is precisely why the distinction of "damascened" was made. Since longswords were only made for knights and nobility, as katanas were also, your claim that it is comparing a "commoner's" weapon to a lord's doesn't hold water.
Bo versus dirk? Give me the bo every time. Heck, I'll take a bo over a longsword (although I'd rather have a quarterstaff).
-- Mal
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