At 07:42 PM 1/2/2008, you wrote:
>My wife asked what I would do with the blade if I could afford it. I
>told her I'd wear it and make everyone else beg to be able to touch
>it.
>
>Charles
No, you blunt the edges, put a tip on it and use it for Cut & Thrust. <G>
-Tivar Moondragon
Ansteorra
(Who actually *does* use his 17th century pikeman's pot-helm when marshalling.)