You're welcome! Yes, I wanted to boil down the talk and point to some more digestible webpages.
A Voice wants me to point out that
Tod's big knives are around 70 GBP and Armae in France carries Matthew Amt's classical Greek xiphos (
SW 156) and kopis (
SW 157) for around 115 Euros (although Deepeka in India may have started making theirs too heavy again, the two-edged sword should not weigh over 700 grams
pounds plus the scabbard and I saw someone whose weighs more than 900!)
One reason my focus right now is on getting some kind of full-time work is that with an apartment over 15 square metres/150
500 sf and disposable income my life would be a lot more healthy and fun. There are limits to the crafts and sports I can do right now.
Spritelady, I would be happy to try! These days I mostly train in parks with sticks (and carve up villainous chickens which looked at me funny after emerging from the oven).