So, I have a friend in my realm that is looking to make a 4'6" glaive. He's doing it not for the red purposes, but because he wants a one handed spear (used with shield) that has a bit of a blade to it. He wanted to do it with a 6" of blade on bandshoppe, but I'm fairly certain that would hit like a **** of bricks.
After some discussion with Mint, my advice to him was that if he wanted this (and he wants to do it cheaper) what he should do is build it on a 1/2" fiberglass pole, a one-foot blade, and find some way to counterweight it.
I'm coming to you guys for two purposes - I'm not looking to talk him out of it, or to hear its a bad idea.
-Is the basis of my build idea solid? Should he use a different core?
-Could anyone suggest a good way to counterweight/add weight to get it up to red mins?
Any other advice is of course appreciated.
As always,
Thanks.