Sword Weapons

Swords are the standard weapon of the game. If in doubt of what kind of weapons to make make a sword about 42" long, thats not the maximum but gives you a little room to be off on your measurements.

Weapon Min Length Max Length Min Blade Length Max Blade Length Min Grip Max Grip Thrusting Tip Additional Rules
Great Sword 48" 70" 34" 58" 10" 1/2 Blade Length 2" 1" PVC should be used instead of 3/4" particularly for the longer weapons.
1 Handed Sword 26" 44" 16" 36" 4" 8" 2"  
Daggers 8" 15" 4" 9" 3" 6" 1" May be all foam
1/2" schedule 40 PVC may be used instead of 3/4" schedule 40.
1/2" wall pipe foam may be used instead of 5/8" wall pipe foam.
Yes I realize that you probably can't get both hands on the grip of a 1 Handed sword. Your no supposed to! It a one handed weapons damn it. If you want a two handed weapons buy a great sword and stop cheating.

I have combined Long sword and Short sword. They do the same damage, there was only a 2" difference in the minimum long sword and the maximum short sword, and since there no game rule making any distinction between the two except the old weapon construction rules I saw no reason for there to be two separate weapons.

For all foam daggers see Foam Weapons

All swords except daggers must have guards. The guard may be a basket hilt type rather than a cross guard.

Swords may be curved to make sabers and scimitars. The curve should not be excessive, and it must be a curve of 1 pipe, not two or more held together by tape and foam. Another possibility is to add open cell foam to give the appearance of a curve, as long as the open cell is less than 3" from the blade.

Sample Swords
Description Fudge Pommell+Tip Guard Grip Extra Tip Length PVC Foam Thrusting Tip Blade Apr Cost
Great Sword Max Length, Max Blade 0 1 1 10 0 70 66.5 56 2 58 $16
Great Sword Max Length, Max Grip 0 1 1 22.5 0 70 66.5 43.5 2 45.5 $13
Great Sword Shortest Length, Max Blade 22 1 1 10 0 48 44.5 34 2 36 $10.50
Great Sword Shortest Length, Max Grip 22 1 1 12 0 48 44.5 32 2 34 $9.50
Long Sword Greatest Length, Max Blade 0 1 1 6 0 44 40.5 34 2 36 $10.00
Long Sword Greatest Length, Max Grip 0 1 1 17 0 44 40.5 23 2 35 $7.50
Short Sword Min Length, Max Blade 6 1 1 4 0 26 22.5 18 2 20 $5.50
Short Sword Min Length, Max Grip 6 1 1 8 0 26 22.5 14 2 16 $4.50

Scale Drawings (PDF format)

1 Handed Swords
Great Swords

Constructing a Sword