Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
It does make sense, and you can attribute her previous words to the blacksmith as a roundabout way of refusing him without saying "no, your swords are crap".
As soon as they said they only molded swords these days, the audience were all expected to know they were total crap, just as she did. As incompetent as she is, she certainly seems knowledgeable in the theory of blacksmithing at least to know quality. She went on about her old sword, and seemed set on reforging it, rather than getting a new one until she remembered Luke.

It doesn't excuse her indecisive attitude about whether she wants her old sword or not.

Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
She has zero skills to be proud of so she's only being proud of external factors like her prestigious family line and her gear. She probably thought a rare weapon like the katana would make her stand out even more. She's thinking like a naive kid would.
I'd give her a little more credit than that. She was amazed that he cut cleanly through a sword. Although she is too naive to realize that that particular property probably has more to do with his technique than crafting, I think the only thing running through her mind was how amazing a sword that can do that must be.

She wasn't concerned so much about the style of the sword, but what his swords can do considering that was what she focused on when she asked him to make her own before being rebuked.