Randy,
Only swords that have traditionally interested me have been Viking and Templar (perhaps Medieval).

The various "Asian inspired" offerings by Busse have not really appealed to me. I did get one in a $500 grab bag (SR Rucki), but I quickly sold it. If the Busse team would offer a SR101 Viking sword ... I'd buy it. Like you ... I don't want anything that I can't use (however unlikely I am to actually use it ... no wall hanger for me).

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JYD #123 The great one formerly known as Architect.

I am now a fictional British television police officer (currently a Detective Sgt) at Thames Valley Station. My governor is Detective Inspector Fred Thursday and it’s 1969.