"Extremely light. The samurai knew what they were about. Easy to draw one-handed, and if you were a little more uncouth, you used the sword in one hand and the sheath in the other. But you're still meant to use it in two hands primarily. Obviously I don't have to worry about a sheath dangling off me about it." He spins the handle on one finger before putting it down again. "Custom made. Obviously. Designing it to be seamless was the hard part." He could get into the details. Maybe one day he will. But he figures it won't be all that interesting.

"Might see best at a distance, but you know as well as anyone I'm just as good up close and personal."