ClayDatsusara

Not OP, but historical entertainer here. We use real chainmail, even for simulated fights. It may be heavy if you pick it up with your hand, but when on, the weight gets distributed all over your body. About the sword sparkles, any steel sword will create that. One of my favourite acts is making my sword sparkle in a rocky pavement just by hitting it sideways and dragging it a bit.

Thank you sherlock. I am obviously asking about the quality (there are several degrees of resistance and weight, depending on the alloys and ultimately the purpose) and the smith that makes them.

Titanium? What kind of swords do you use?

In Europe almost any town with a castle or only a remote medieval history connection has one of these events once a year. I work as a freelancer with a partner and we travel Portugal most weekends from April to September. It is my job, I could say, and it's pretty fun!

I do medieval re-enactment. Started off as a comedy act but evolved to actual fighting. Here's an event I participated in recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tXTNvXWagM&t=9s