Christian Darrall said:urm you could have got it genuinly,
"genuinly", what does that mean?
I'd have to fly to China, find the forge, and ask for one. I've actually got a video of one basic katana being made, pretty cool process. Without internet, they'd be filling local orders, and the few sparse mail orders from people who live farther away that heard of it word of mouth. Internet makes the process os much easier, they can display their products and the word gets out quicker.