Hello Snody,
Thank you for your post. Some are the observations wich gave me doubt.
Few points are still not convincing:
- Bamboo is certainly available everywhere. However, it is growing in abundance in Asia. You need a really specific person person in the West to buy a fitting bamboo in a shop to mount it on a blade. It's way more likely for a person in Asia to look outside and pick a perfectly fitting bamboo.
- Lamination of a blade is a very intense process. The blade is als hardened. A person would not spend many hours of labour and resources to create a sword just to sell for a few bucks to tourists. It makes no sense from an economical point of view. Tourists are not paying much for souvenirs.
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