Model developers for swords really ought to be familiar with Ewart Oakeshott's typology for European swords, by the bye.

Getting away from swords, it occurs to me how little there is in the game which is inspired by Japanese / Asian historical fashion... everything seems to be based on European historical stuff, or fantasy derived therefrom. It would be nice to see more Asian stuff... it might be old hat to the Japanese players, but it's new and exotic to those of us in the other two thirds of the world.