That's understandable. My group only specializes in realistic, period weapons and attire. Higher level swordsmen actually learn how to forge their weapons as well as fight with them, using old methods too. They seriously frown upon fake weapons; everything has to be certified steel, well balanced and set for sharpening. We train blunt until a certain level, then they sharpen to a certain degree for higher levels that fight live steel in full armor.
But it makes since, cause most of SCA is associated with national and international renaissance reenactment groups. They train thespians for that sort of work. I know two guys from our Dallas area who hung with us in the Fort Hood area; they worked for Medieval Times while in college, using their certification from SCA to fight life steel and jousting. Thought that was awesome. I'm just in it to become a certified artisan in song and craft (seamstress and tapestry), but my martial arts friends got me into the fighting training when they started teaching long sword. I so suck at it, but I'm having a blast. I'm better at dueling with bo staff and short swords: single with melee, or double.