[Namron] General costuming/weapons question

[mikea]

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 05:02:40AM -0500, Jim L Couch wrote:
> I noticed at Beltane that quite of few people were wearing swords at their 
> sides. I would assume for decorative purposes. But what if your chosen 
> persona would normally prefer a spear or some other type of weapon that 
> cannot be sheathed? Are these allowed? What if the weapon is also functional 
> as a throwing spear, knife, axe, etc? The answer is probably obvious but I 
> wasn't sure of the rules regarding this or the mundane legalities of it. 

Spears can be sheathed, as can axes and halberds. One merely makes a 
cover to go over the spearblade, very much like a knife sheath, of 
over the working parts of the axe or halberd blade. 

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