Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
No such thing as a "blood groove", that's a fiction.

You might be referring to the fuller, which is designed to build some flexibility into the blade, and tends to be more necessary with longer blades.
My bad. Would they have the fuller then? Cos I'm making it and it looks damned good, but if it's not historically accurate then I'll just use it as a show piece, or something.