Michael-
Thank you, I'll add that to the list of things the LARPers were wrong about :D

Hi Steven,

Don't take my word for it, I just browsed the laws...but I would be seriously surprised if there was a single place in the US where swords (except cane swords and other "evil" weapons) were illegal.

There is a much simpler solution to carrying them around if you don't want passersby to notice what you are carrying. Go to a fabric store and buy a couple of yards of canvas (perhaps 3 yards per sword). Wrap your babies up in the canvas and tie it off with cloth or leather straps. Then carry them over your shoulder as was done back in the day! No worries about oil on your clothes, people wanting to touch your blade (isn't it amazing how many people want to test your edge with their thumb), or people openly seeing what you have. They only thing you have to worry about really is the point coming through. O course you could always get a heavy piece of scrap leather to put on the point.

Joel

Folks,
It's really far outside the bounds of this forum's purpose to debate legalities. Let's not discuss how we feel about laws currently or formerly in place.

As I'm a leatherworker I would make a nice leather case for it- similar to the St.Maurice of Turin sword case. put some historical designs on it and you're good to go. but with it being a zweihander it would look rather awkward and overley large. still worth a try though.

just my $.02,

Aaron

I found those on Google...they're not hard to find. There are many websites dedicated to hosting them, not to mention the Mass. government websites.

This law is like most laws in the US...you can't carry unless you're doing something lawful that you need it for. Not many know this, but in NYC you can carry any knife you want (except switch blades, ballisongs, etc.) as long as you are goint to or returning from a picnic. Better carry a basket and a printout of the law, though. :)

Out of respect for Chad's wishes, I won't say what I think about these laws, but suffice it to say swords are legal everywhere in the US, with the possible but unlikely exception of some small part of the country that has somehow, and for some bizare reason, snuck them onto some other statute.

I am not a lawyer, nor do I like them, so again, don't take my word for it.

Many rifle cases are of similar dimensions as cases for electric guitars and basses. They won't be as cheap as a rifle case and may be more likely to be stolen, but they may attract less attention. Alternatively, you could get a "Fender" sticker or other music-related stickers and slap them on the case to make it look more like a guitar case and less like a rifle case.