• Everyone who has one and who posts on forums is vehemently Pro LL.
• Tsuba, fuchi, kashira is brass painted black.
• Point of balance closer to tsuba.
• Big nakago/tang. Tang comparison
• Read up on the nakago

This author's conclusions:
Last Legend provides an alternative to the lower end Paul Chen swords. Their unfolded versions seem to offer a decent sword for the money. However, I would stay away from the more expensive, folded versions. In this author's opinion, they are not worth the extra money. Last Legend offers a unique product with several options. If you want an inexpensive katana that you can cut with, Last Legend provides the product.

Some of Last Legend's marketing ploys are misleading. Cryo tempering only works if the initial heat treatment is poorly done. Three pins are not necessarily safer than two. When you weld two steels together, they become more or less homogenous, creating a steel whose carbon content is the average of the two steels used to make the end product. This doesn't make the blade stronger, in fact, if a weld is done improperly, the blade runs a higher risk of failure. 8000 folds is not better, in fact it makes it quite hard for one to see the hada, which is the only reason one should buy a modern folded blade. Another troubling aspect about LL is that they actually cost more than their "equivalent" PC sword.

Information presented on this page is based on information taken from Last Legend's website, www.lastlegend.com, and pictures of Last Legend swords.