> Here instead is a link for the curious. Look at how the guy is gripping > the sword. Maybe John knows what the story is. What a gorgeous store the guy (?) has ... and what a pretty penny he wants, too. Re. the sword -- have you ever tried to cit through something that simply will not give from the top down, only to find that if you slice upwards with the tension that grabbing it with your other hand, or tension because of its juxtaposition (say, plastic "tape" around a box) affords, it slices like butter? Julie Krueger thinking of the way I cut meat held together only by very tough, sinewy bits