Have yall watched the Final Fantasy movie Advent Chilren? Take a look at this cloud's buster sword, they actually made the separate peices that fits together...
http://www.trueswords.com/advent-children-bus...-2904.html

I agree, it's fine to create replica versions of fantasy swords (no matter how silly), but the problem here is one of misinformation and marketing talk. The site is filled with phrases such as "carbon steel," "fully sharpened," "battle-ready," and "high quality" - all suggesting something very far from the truth, which is that these swords are wholly unsuitable for any kind of contact, and possibly even for simple swinging in the air.

How do you intend to stop advertisers lying? Especially on ebay. At the end of the day there's one born every minute, better information will not stop people being dumb.

:lol: :lol: :lol:. Lift one of them and you'll figure out REAL quick that you can't fight with them.



Cloud Strife's Final Fantasy Buster sword has come to life exactly as he would want it. After thousands of requests and 6 months of production, the first fully functional Buster Sword is here! Full tang, Battle Ready, Accurate, and MASSIVE - There is no other Buster sword like this in the world. Featuring extremely high quality construction, 51 1/4 inches overall length, 7 inch wide blade, and 16 LBs. This sword is ready to turn heads at conventions and become the center piece of your Final Fantasy sword collection.

Sheesh. I don't think I could swing something that big for very long, let alone one handed. I've also seen these on BUDK, but I try to stay away from fantasy stuff. Just not worth it.

As opposed to THIS!!

http://www.trueswords.com/soul-calibur-tiras-...-2559.html

I don't have the faintest idea on how to use a ring weapon. Let alone one with spikes coming off it.

Ok, "Albion" (singular) -- I just bought my ritter, which I posted a mini review here on the forums. No I'm certainly not rich as I had to save up the money for almost a year as well as having to actually pay $1400 instead of $700 because I have a deal with my parents that just about anything I buy, I have to put an equal amount into my college fund. I own 6 swords now, with the seventh on the way from my winning of the first Generation 2 sword design contest. All except the Ritter are in the $100-300 range though.

I'm also a highschool kid, but for all practical purposes I should be out in the world making money to BUY a sword, but I digress..

Being privvy to the level of intelligence and maturity of the current anime-following age group, I can guarantee that this is exactly the kind of thing that gets people hurt. You can't blame the folks producing this type of material, as it is obviously a valuable market. One can only how that some parents have common sense, and know what their children are mature enough to handle.

Thankfully everybody in my town is dirt-poor. And those that aren't spend their money on other on clothes.. Wonderful lot of children these days.

In regards to the actual SWORD, though... Heck, I'd love to have it purely for the workout.