it's godzilla, my 20" overall stag gripped beasty. fits my had like it was made for me. which in a way it was. hanshee blade is 743 grams (26.2 oz.) & 14.25 in. long, (1.84 oz./in.) single broad fuller both sides. 3/8 in. spine. i decided he needs to be my avatar.
a friend of mine is a martial artist and a thai swordsmanship practitioner of repute. he had the blade, grip-less he'd picked up from a yard sale or some such,and offered it to me at a very good price, he offered to put a grip on it and make a scabbard, he got a bit carried away. under the buckskin suede cover is a surplus to requirements old indian khuk cover that came from a deceased touristy lion head khuk that happened to fit with a bit of work. he also makes museum grade swords using only traditional materials & tools. he's also a buddhist monk, lives in a cave at the top of a mountain in thailand and is very hard to communicate to as he doesn't have a mobile phone. he comes down once a year to pick up the cabbage and bag of red onions he survives on for the rest of the year, and picks up his mail, to which he replies during next year's food run. he's 5ft. 3 in., weighs 85 lb. and bruce lee took one look at him and ran away shaking and screaming he was sorry he'd insulted him and didn't want to fight him. ever. he looks like an innocuous run of the mill average person, except for the muscles. even his muscles have muscles. his ears have muscles. you do not want to see him when he gets angry. the incredible hulk avoids him when he is angry. yet he will rescue a butterfly with a hurt wing, bandage it and nurse it back to health before releasing it from whence it came. those in the know, know of whom i speak, but his name shall remain unspoken - as he is a humble man. he did say he cut and angled the grip to fit HIS hand, which i gather is exactly the same as mine by happy circumstance and exquisite skill.
the sword he forged & made me from scratch also fits me perfectly. the design comes from a 400 year old ayuttahyan sword in a thai museum. it is a deliberate munitions grade 'grunt' model for hard use rather than a prissy officer's parade junk.
the blades's roman nose and the slight angle to the grip are deliberate. it is really a one handed sword, the extra length balances the blade just ahead of the bolster and can shield the forearm from opponents strikes.tho both hands could be used when necessary - which ain't often. it's field sharp - you could shave a buffalo with it in a field. fittings are rust blued steel, grip is malacca rattan, sections in between the steel fittings are covered in pattern knotted string with a few dozen coats of real laquer. the substantial tang extends back to just under the central steel ring section, and like a khuk, held in by the thai version of laha. he has a few hives of trained bees that harvest the tree sap required, and seperately supply him with honey for his onion & cabbage stews as well. he protects the bees in return from the giant japanese bee eating wasps, which he captures, converts to buddhism, and releases back into the wild, forever after vegetarians.