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Some good arguements here..I dont know much about european swordfighting, or armour/weaponscrafting, but a modern or late era Katana CAN cut through steel, given a high quality blade and skilled swordsman. Shit, I've seen a modern katana make a noticeable mark in concrete. Granted, the blade was trashed...
I suppose I'm biased towards a Samurai winning. I see the knight being outmanuvered, and even if the Katana couldnt penetrate the Knight's armour, its likely the Samurai could manuver around back of the knight, and thrust his sword between the joints in the plate armour.
Its really sort of a stupid arguement. Eurpoean Knights were equipped for COMPLETELY different combat than Japanese Samurai. Its sort of like saying apples are better than oranges, or chocolate is better than vanilla. If the two sides were really in a conflict, way back when, they most likely would have adapted in order to defeat their opponents.
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