OT: I now have a I" diameter 48" long and 24 ounce piece of 6/6 molybdenum injected nylon. Took part of a motorcycle grip about a half inch wide and placed it at the 38" mark, cut two inches off the end of the grip and put it on to mark the pommel area, and wrapped the remaining 8" with leather lace.
It's even wavy grey so seeing it while moving is really difficult for the perps. And with 4 full feet, in a two hand sword grip you could slam the point into something real hard and withdraw to an unthreatening posture.
Indeed, placing it next to my Del Tin 2142 bastard sword it even balances ttip heavy.To you, it's a walking stick. To me, it's a waster that can take rattan or wooden wasters ( training swords ) apart.
Seems it might be handy in riot control too - I think India uses 4 foot lathi's for crowd situations. If you did so, replace the black cane tip with grey, and the grip parts and lace with grey or tan.