Battle Orders \"Roman Sparta\" sword

[jvrjenivs]

Well, I think that his last few paragraphs can be very short:

The off-the-shelf swords from India (Al-hammd, Deepeeka) are display items and will break on first impact. As we're talking about a cavalry spatha here, the blade will be under great strenght when used (be it in the countryside, agains another blade or agains a talget). It will therefore be very dangerous. They are for display only

(and if displaying a spatha is your goal, DPK has a 'more or less okay looking' 3rd century spatha, which may fit your purpose.)

IMHO modifiing a crap blade still give you a crap blade, although one doesn't see it at first sight anymore. I encourage people to modify Indian swords, just to get away from the 'standad' look, but better get away from Indian swords all together, as you can have a much better blade for just a little more money.