Skystrider Katana

If you're going for appearance, here is a list of daggers and swords with that Japanese look and their respective handle colors:

Daggers:
Stealthblade Black handle: Very low random drop from Sunken Temple mobs
Assassin's Blade Blue handle, random drop primarily in regular Shadowfang Keep; also drops from pick-pocketed boxes from level 20-ish mobs
Permafrost Dagger Blue handle, random Outland world drop
[item=5756] Brownish handle: Very low random drop from Scarlet Monastery mobs
Dreadblade Brown handle, random world drop from level 40-50 quest zones/dungeons
[item=57492] Brown handle; Horde quest reward from The Queen and Her Court in Stonetalon Mountains
[item=53300] Blue handle; Alliance quest reward from Bael'dun Rescue in Southern Barrens

Swords (one handed):
Felsteel Longblade from Plans: Felsteel Longblade -- sits on your back instead of hip
Doomforged Straightedge Black handle: Very low random drop from Blackrock Depths or [npc=9026] who guards the entrance
Hanzo Sword Black handle: Very low random world drop from mobs in level 50-60 quest zones and dungeons in Azeroth
Rune Sword Silver with black patterns; random drop from level 48-53 mobs
Wicked Mithril Blade Black handle, from a blacksmithing pattern: [item=8029]
Assassination Blade Green handle: low random world drop from mobs in level 50-60 quest zones and dungeons in Azeroth
Reforged Blade of Heroes Green handle; Very difficult to get; involves rare drops and such; it's too complicated to summarize quickly.
Ginn-Su Sword Green handle; Low random drop from mobs in Uldaman -- sits on your back instead of hip
Skystrider Katana Brown handle, random drop from Outlands.
[item=13953] Brown handle, drop from [npc=1853] in scholomance EDIT: No longer drops in game. EDIT 2: There is a way to get this now thanks to Hegs' comment. See here: Link to Old Scholomance attunement article
Joonho's Mercy Blue handle, 0.02% drop from a rare mob in Azshara, [npc=6650]
[item=53256] Blue handle, Horde quest reward from The Butcher of Taurajo in Southern Barrens
[item=67214] Red handle, quest reward from Ice Delivery in Winterspring
[item=60702] Red handle, Alliance quest reward from Saving Foreman Oslow in Redridge Mountains
[item=53280] Wood sword, Alliance quest reward from Feegly the Exiled in Southern Barrens

Swords (two handed):
[item=2205] Black handle; very rare world drop from Shadowfang Keep; debate as to whether this still drops
Blade of Hanna Brownish handle; Very low drop rate from vanilla raid mobs
Archaic Defender Brown handle; random drop mostly from level 32-38 mobs
[item=6909] Brown and green; 30% drop from [npc=4829] in Blackfathom Deeps
[item=2822] Wood sword, the mob that drops it is no longer in the game, so it is a rare one to have.
Ta'Kierthan Songblade Purple/gold; dropped by rare mob Lord Darkscythe in Eastern Plaguelands EDIT: No longer drops in game.
[item=5813] Reddish/pink handle; Alliance quest reward from Insane Druids
Headstriker Sword Green/blue-black; world drop; mainly off 39-45 level mobs, (some level deviation for instances).
Frost Tiger Blade Silver/gold handle; taught by Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, dropped primarily by level 35-45 mobs.
Boneslasher Gold handle; rare drop from Razorfen Downs
Shin Blade Blue handle; random drop mainly from the old vanilla raids
[item=25987] Blue handle; quest reward from Testing the Antidote in Hellfire Peninsula

That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Stormhammer" bs that's going on in the world of warcraft right now. Skystrider Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.

I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine Skystrider Katana of Power in Gadgetzan for 2,400,000 Copper (that's about 240 Gold) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut bars of solid arcanite with my Skystrider Katana.

Orcish smiths spend years working on a single Skystrider Katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to orckind.

Skystrider Katanas are thrice as sharp as Human swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a Longsword can cut through, a Skystrider Katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a Skystrider Katana could easily bisect a Paladin wearing full Lawbinger with a simple Heroic Strike.

Ever wonder why the Alliance never bothered conquering Draenor? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Blademasters and their Skystrider Katanas of destruction. Even in the Second War, Alliance soldiers targeted the men with the Skystrider Katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Skystrider Katanas are simply the best sword that the world of warcraft has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the next patch. Here is the stat block I propose for Skystrider Katanas:

(One-Handed Epic Weapon) 91.3 DPS Speed 2.50 +20 hit rating +42 attack power Unique

Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Skystrider Katanas in Azeroth, don't you think?

tl;dr = Skystrider Katanas need to do more damage in wow, see my new stat block.

Does this sheath on the back or the hips?