Katana

 Mary went to the Brighton Anime and Gaming Con as her birthday treat. We'd given her money to spend- and she came back with all sorts of merchandise, including a katana. "I've wanted a katana all my life" she says.

A real katana? Tempered steel? With material from a court lady's silk dress wound around the scabbard?

No, of course not. That would set you back thousands. 

But a miniature version, the size of a dagger, blunt, but weighing nicely in the hand. You could use it to damage someone. We asked her not to wave it around or scratch her face with it.

So, what did we give our granddaughter for her twelfth birthday?

We gave her a samurai sword......