| Angie reached for the letter open gingerly her | | | | "What on earth?" She thought as she watched |
| hand almost shaking unable to stop herself and | | | | him silently. He took the almost molten metal to |
| rationalizing it by saying she was only checking to | | | | flat iron surface and begin to hammer it. |
| see if such pretty ornaments could possibly have | | | | She glanced down at her hand remembering the |
| a blade. She had ordered the 2 Piece Japanese | | | | letter opener she held and realized it had grown it |
| Samurai Katana Sword Letter Opener With Stand | | | | was nearly 18 inches long and no longer shiny |
| as a touch of the orient to her office (actually her | | | | steel but a dull grey. Angie dropped it instinctively |
| husband's office). His passion was Samurai swords | | | | and suddenly she was back on her husband's |
| and Angie felt this added just the perfect accent. | | | | office with the tiny letter opener on the floor. |
| Angie had never been fond of swords but | | | | The little letter opener did not seem as |
| indulged her husband's passion for ancient | | | | threatening now despite her vision and she bent |
| Samurais with a touch of amusement and | | | | to pick it up and replace it in its stand - convincing |
| uneasiness. She made it a point to never be in the | | | | herself she had only been daydreaming. As her |
| room when he polished his collection of replica | | | | fingers closed around the hasp she actually felt |
| Samurai Katana swords, they looked to bright and | | | | the katana grow in her hand and once again she |
| evil. How could such a gentle man have such a | | | | was back in the little hut watching the tiny |
| passion for weapons? | | | | Japanese man with the incredibly strong arms and |
| Slowly she pulled the longest katana from its | | | | knotted hands work. |
| wooden sheathe making herself calm her | | | | This time the metal had form and it was long and |
| breathing, after all it was only a letter opener and | | | | straight but with a curved tip, even now she could |
| could hardly cut the mail, much less anything else | | | | see the beauty of the sword and knew it would |
| but her hands tingled and her breathing would not | | | | be for a noble Samurai. Even knowing nothing of |
| slow. The box it had arrived in lay in the corner | | | | ancient Japanese sword making Angie knew it |
| and she cast a glance over at it to check the | | | | was to be a work of art though, as yet |
| return address. After all nothing as innocuous as a | | | | unfinished. |
| 2 Piece Japanese Samurai Katana Sword Letter | | | | Angie knew the one he was working on was to |
| Opener With Standcould possibly be a threat, | | | | be the one she held, and wondered what it would |
| right? | | | | be when finished. Would this Japanese Katana |
| The little Japanese katana slid smoothly from its | | | | embody the soul of the maker,or would it be dull |
| wooden sheathe and she smiled as she saw its | | | | and lifeless? This artist was applying clay carefully |
| dulled edges and hefted it in her hand. "Nothing to | | | | to it. It seemed lumpy to Angie as though there |
| worry about, its only a letter opener, see?" she | | | | were different thicknesses applied. She wondered |
| told herself. But before her eyes the room | | | | how he did not burn himself the metal was still |
| disappeared, and she is was an open hut, it was | | | | hot! |
| night and the moon was bright but the hut was | | | | This time she placed the katana on the ground |
| hot and dark the only bright spot was the glowing | | | | carefully letting go reluctantly, and instantly the |
| forge. The smell of bamboo and sweat strong in | | | | office appeared around her. |
| her nose, mosquitoes buzzed around her annoying | | | | Careful not to touch tiny katana Angie bent over |
| her but not biting. | | | | and placed it carefully back in the wooden |
| Bent over a glowing fire before her was a tiny | | | | sheathe. "Wouldn't her husband be surprised with |
| man his sandaled feet dusty and his bare back | | | | his new 2 Piece Japanese Samurai Katana Sword |
| sweaty. She peered unable to control her curiosity | | | | Letter Opener With Stand?" she thought? |
| despite the odd circumstances, as he reached into | | | | Though she expected he might never open a |
| the fire and pulled out a glowing piece of metal. | | | | letter with it if he saw what she had seen and |
| She realized he was Japanese as he turned | | | | she knew she would be back to find out how her |
| around the hunk of metal actually sending off | | | | katana turned out. |
| heat she could feel where she stood. | | | | |