Simon Carson flew into a rage and grabbed the antique weapon - worth thousands of pounds - to confront neighbour Simon Korn.
'Mr Korn complained to the night porter about noise downstairs and this led to Mr Carson coming upstairs armed with a samurai sword,' said prosecutor Tim Clark
'Mr Korn, fearing for his safety, grabbed the sword and received serious lacerations to his hands,' he added.
Carson's wife Freddie Booker-Carson - an award-winning art curator who has displayed collections at the Tate - then slapped Mr Korn's wife and was 'abusive' to police.
The dispute in a block of flats in Mayfair in October emerged only yesterday after Booker-Carson, 57, admitted assault and was given an absolute discharge at Southwark Crown Court.
'I accept that your case is at the very lowest end of this sort of offending and I have regard to the impeccable character which you can proclaim,' judge Gregory Stone told her.
Booker-Carson was accused of assisting an offender after she hid the sword in another of their flats but this was dropped after she said she did so to stop her husband self-harming. Carson, 58, was given a suspended sentence for actual bodily harm at an earlier hearing.
A dispute between the two couples had been simmering for weeks as a result of work being done to the Korns' flat, the court heard earlier.
Estate agent Mr Korn, 58, and his art historian wife, Dr Madeleine Korn, said after the case they were 'disgusted' at the sentences.
Who'd have thought this would go on in Mayfair - Some areas of Buckie maybe...
Just kidding of course - In Buckie they would use giant fish hooks.....
Until the next time.
Mr Jackson.
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