Lol. Well with gas prices, thats where it becomes most costly to go 30 miles out. And My sword thus far seems to be coming along pretty well. its 44 Inches long with the floor mat box core set in place. 3/4" pvc core, ive been told is sturdy enough for now. Seems a little top heavy. I can swing it no problem and i know that with heavier weapons, you need to practice fluid motions with the swing. With the new players, they only know, swing and swing and swing, no thought to it. So ive got to train them as well in the way of the sword, thats gonna be fun
. looking in hindsight, it would have been a better two handed great sword than a one handed long sword.
Oh well, with experimentation, comes wisdom
As soon as the sword is finished, I'm going to test it against my edhellen weapons. May god have mercy on it's soul.
... and upon later inspection of the weapon as is, the balancing point of the weapon is in the center of the core itself. no counter weight on the handle, so seems i will have to use this one personally, for with no weight near the handle, somebody may throw their wrist out...