AS A GOD MOTHER I DO TRY TO PICK UNIQUE GIFTS THINGS HIS PASRENTS WON'T BUY OR WON'T LET HIM HAVE. MY GOD SON IS INVOLVED IN MARTIAL ARTS HE LOVED THESE SWORDS I ALSO BOUGHT THEM FOR HIS NEW APARTMENT, HE IS GOING AWAY TO COLLAGE THEY CAN BE DISPLAYED AS ART PLUS FUCTIONAL IN HIS MARTIAL ARTS THING HE DOES THEY ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE, WELL MADE THEY WILL BE VERY ATTRACTIVE DISPLAYED AS ART THEY ARE DANGEROUS THEY ARE NOT TOYS