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[–] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kid nearly lopped an arm off another kid with a samurai sword. Guess he was bullied and he lost his shit one day. Kid with the sword got help, and the kid who got cut didn't lose an arm.

If I lived in a country with lax gun control, this would have been a much different situation.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Where does one casually get a samurai sword? Was he the hero of time?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A friend of mine recounts how in 1988 he flew home from Japan with a high quality katana as carry-on. Wrapped in a beach towel.

Remember there was a time before 2001 when Americans and everyone else flew differently, and there may be a number of katanas laying around from parents who traveled abroad and bought souvenirs and then tossed them in the attic without thinking.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Even in a Japanese setting, I didn't know you could just buy a katana out of nowhere and freely carry it around.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 2 months ago

There were knife and souvenir shops in Spain that sold katanas. Don't think they were sharp but I always wanted to have one when we went there on vacation. But they were too expensive. But we did get some shuriken, nunchakus (I got some padded ones because I was the younger child) and a butterfly knife.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It has to be an authentic samurai sword since they’re kid of a national treasure. If not, there’s specific rules about transporting it to and from your dojo and stuff.

Source: got my shit help up in Japanese customs when I had a very NOT ahthentic katana in my household goods. Went 3 months without my stuff

For some reason my local thrift store had a few katanas and random other weeb tier weaponry at it.

Naturally my friend bought one.

[–] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I'd reckon from his parents, but I never saw the incident myself. You know kids in high school though. Spread a rumour and it catches like wildfire. I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually a machete.