Happy!

[bouteillebleu]

I have a sword!

To be precise, it's in a big cardboard box propped up against my desk at work. I don't want to take it out because otherwise I won't be able to get it back into the box to go home, and I'd really rather not be carrying a sword on the bus, LARP-safe or not. So it stays in the box.

As the auction link above says, it's a 50" Eldritch katana. I have precisely one Treasure Trap character who can (a) wield it without exploding their mana everywhere messily and (b) do more than superficial damage IC when wielding it. :)

I'm also going to need a back scabbard for it, probably, because my legs are not long enough to keep it off the ground if it's in a drop scabbard off my belt.

(For anyone who was worried, this is indeed a LARP sword - it's made out of carbon-fibre or fibreglass, then foam, then latex. The worst you can get from this sword if someone whacks you with it is a bruise, and that only if they really hit you hard. :)

Comments

[duncanneko.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that is shiny. Damnit, now I want to LARP again, or at least hit people with swords (which may or may not be the same thing).

Incidentally, remember that drawing from a back scabbard is highly impractical for long swords, so it won't be easy to get at.

[bouteillebleu.livejournal.com]

If you want to hit people with swords I will happily have a sparring match in the back garden or the park this week. :)

And yeah, that's the problem with any scabbard I'd use for that swords, though back scabbards more so. I'd much rather have something I could draw it from quickly.