......The blade is too long in proportion to the figure to be a katana, and the handle is too short since (as Cheng already pointed out) the handle should be nearly half the length of the sword if it were a proper katana......
then WoT, you would agree to a 2cm handle and 4cm blade

I dont think the handle can be any shorter or 2 fat klicky hands would be a tight fit and we can't make this blade shorter than Geobra's right?
(I do shorten my PM katana blade.....it makes the handle look longer too)
Arnaud, I do like your other helmets, they are definitely more challenging than the Japanese iron helmet.....just not my theme anymore

and sorry if I seem to be swaying your thread towards just samurai parts. please PFs, just interject with whatever subject you like, I'm sure I'll be very keen to learn about Athenian(?) helmets etc