Weapons of civilians

[Jona Lendering]

Is it such a leap of faith to envision a traveling blacksmith pedeling his wares carry a keepsake spatha?

I really don't know. But if I were that man, traveling with a lot of metal, I would probably never be travelling alone, and always join a patrol of soldiers. They have to march twenty miles every ten day anyhow, carrying weapons, so there's always a patrol waiting for me.