Hiyas guys!
I've been looking for a sword to replicate the pictures shown below for some time now, but sadly, all I can find are the garbage mystery steel 3 piece welded tang bombs that are sold to pre teens....
They seem to call this a Pu Dao but in my experience and research all I can find as a Pu Dao has a closer to 5.5/6foot pole and a shorter head that's more broad leaf shaped...I've never seen anyone offer a version of this sword that was worth owning and have come with my hat in m hand and my tail between my legs seeking help....
1. What officially is this weapon called?
2. Has anyone seen one for sale by a decent quality company?
I've gone so far as to have bought a Zombie tools Mack Daddy-O in thoughts that if no other options exist, I can cut the ring pommel off it, drill out the handle slab pins, and rehandle it with the longer handle.... though that poses problems as well.... the handle shape is less than ideal for the project though it has the length to truly make a full tang version...
Any thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?


Internet photo of the Mack Daddy-O for reference to what I was talking about above... the handle has a bit of wave to it which is not easily seen in this picture which IMHO makes it less than ideal for the conversion, and it's also narrower than I think I'd like so that once the wood slabs were attached it would have gaps between the slabs about 1/4 inch thick....unless you just sanded it down even, but then, if going that route, I guess I'd just leave the applied handles, you wouldn't gain enough to make it worth fooling with....

I've been looking for a sword to replicate the pictures shown below for some time now, but sadly, all I can find are the garbage mystery steel 3 piece welded tang bombs that are sold to pre teens....
They seem to call this a Pu Dao but in my experience and research all I can find as a Pu Dao has a closer to 5.5/6foot pole and a shorter head that's more broad leaf shaped...I've never seen anyone offer a version of this sword that was worth owning and have come with my hat in m hand and my tail between my legs seeking help....
1. What officially is this weapon called?
2. Has anyone seen one for sale by a decent quality company?
I've gone so far as to have bought a Zombie tools Mack Daddy-O in thoughts that if no other options exist, I can cut the ring pommel off it, drill out the handle slab pins, and rehandle it with the longer handle.... though that poses problems as well.... the handle shape is less than ideal for the project though it has the length to truly make a full tang version...
Any thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?


Internet photo of the Mack Daddy-O for reference to what I was talking about above... the handle has a bit of wave to it which is not easily seen in this picture which IMHO makes it less than ideal for the conversion, and it's also narrower than I think I'd like so that once the wood slabs were attached it would have gaps between the slabs about 1/4 inch thick....unless you just sanded it down even, but then, if going that route, I guess I'd just leave the applied handles, you wouldn't gain enough to make it worth fooling with....
