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1. チャノさん (japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 14:30:29 JST チャノさん

   Tokyo to sudsidize up to 20,000 yen per household to support the cost of purchasing security equipment

   https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC16AA20W5A110C2000000

   ...I feel like this is a bad sign

   • 御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 14:44:20 JST 御園はくい

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     @japananon 20k is peanuts, a proper sword costs 5-20x that
     LS likes this.
   • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader: (nerthos@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:55:46 JST Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:

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     • vitalis
     @vitalis @japananon @hakui Extremely funny too as far as practicality goes, because I could absolutely one-hit-kill a dude with one of those crossguards or pommels.
   • vitalis (vitalis@dirtyknight.life)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:55:47 JST vitalis

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     • 御園はくい
     • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:
     it is a shame that the HEMA clubs in Japan are forced to practice with synthetic blades. you really cannot simulate the bind with anything other than metal
   • vitalis (vitalis@dirtyknight.life)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:55:48 JST vitalis

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     • 御園はくい
     • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:
     a friend from one of the fencing schools I go to came back from a trip to Japan last year and he told me the clubs there were not allowed to train with steel feders.
     
     one of the Japanese HEMA club members told him that technically there is a way to import a metal sword, whether real sharp or blunted feder, but you have to write a letter explaining the justification for owning one in Japan. if they deny your application letter, they break your imported steel blade in half and return it to you in two broken pieces.
   • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader: (nerthos@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:55:48 JST Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:

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     • vitalis
     @vitalis @japananon @hakui Their laws regarding swords are frankly insane, even during the tokugawa period the laws were more reasonable.
     
     There are only two ways to legally own one: to get a special license as part of a recognized dojo, or to register one as a piece of art to be held decoratively in your house. The latter requires it be a historical blade or manufactured through traditional means by a licensed smith. The former is slightly more lax but not by much.
   • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader: (nerthos@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:55:49 JST Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:

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     @hakui @japananon If it's a big order I could definitely make functional swords for that much and make a profit, only hurdle are Japan's stupid sword laws.
   • チャノさん (japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:56:16 JST チャノさん

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     • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:
     • vitalis

     @nerthos @hakui @vitalis Fortunately or otherwise, practicality almost never factors into Japanese law.