If you want to be a real samurai, you have to be able to wield a katana! Many myths have enshrined the traditional Japanese sword, and the film industry has shaped our understanding of them with exciting sword fights.

Of course, some people simply hang their katana on the wall, safe in the knowledge it's there when they want it...

And some people use their katana for sticking through their books... Wait up! What?!

Yes, really... well, sort of!

Now you can draw attention to your favourite works by placing them inside these exceptionally cool Katana Bookends. Slide the real bookend inside the book, place on the end of the book row and then attach the blade (at one end) and the hilt (at the other end of your book row) and no one will get that the real bookends are inside and the katana ends are held in place by mystical magic... well, magnetism actually!

Now you have a really convincing optical illusion! And depending on how many books you want to place between the book ends, your katana will look sleek and long or fiercely short.

Tell them it's blessed and only works in your hands, and hopefully no one will ever want to try to pull out your katana!