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					Originally Posted by milandro  Dave Atkinson finds them worthy of being in his collection and so do, apparently, SOME others.  , if tit is good for him, it is good for me too    | 
	
 To each his own! 
 
I have owned some real antique ones and handled a few tourist ones, a great difference.
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					Originally Posted by milandro  this is a YouTube video (there is no way for me to load this video on the forum, I think) 
It shows how they make these " tourist" blades. I don't see what's wrong with them. This is a curved Atayal, the Tjakit would also be equally made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQnLfPJ1h4g | 
	
 I doubt that the blades in this video are for the tourist swords, sorry.
