[b]Yes, you have been difficult, one of the most difficult people I have known in 300 years. But, from the strongest iron comes the finest steel. Perhaps that is what you are meant to do. Maybe you are meant to take the makutai with the jedi like two metals then fold them over and over in seperate but incorporating layers to make more than either single sect. The Jakudai.[/b]

He takes a look at her suggested blade, very unlike his but deffinately functional. He saves her projection and opens a copied form beside it as he makes some suggestions

[b]Rotate the forks from thee in a row to a triangle with a point in the middle, like this, now you have blades in all directions with the ability to still trap an opponents weapon. I think you are still thinking about a lightsaber when it comes to the grip. Instead of ribbed [url=http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060115213707/starwars/images/8/8e/Lightsaber_anakin_rots.jpg]straight lines[/url] up and down that rest between the joints and creases of the palm to provide a more sure grip when twisting left to right or [url=http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/1/10/Qui-Gon%27s_lightsaber.png/revision/latest?cb=20140304160846]griping ridges[/url] for your fingers to settle in between to prevent slipping on the shaft; go with a twisted spiral thread. It will give you a better grip against both possibilities, less than either one completely but more adaptable. I like the spike on the bottom as it compliments your two weapon familiarity without being obvious, I might recommend a textured cover if you want to keep the tip hidden. As for the internal of the shaft, I do not advise a solid core like mine, but rather a honeycomb of smaller tubes within and filling on the smaller gaps with casted liquid metal. It will have a significant strength against stresses with a surprising lightness. If you want something more substantial than seven straws, I would use the tube to fill it with all manner of equipment in small packages from a screw release on the heel, you could put a medkit, tools, whatever your imagine allows...

But, those are only my suggestions, you can toss it all to the wind if you like.[/b]

He saved the work handed the two projections back to her with what was a bit more brisk measure as he took a step back. He realized his was so far removed from hers, it began to look like something else entirely. It was her weapon, not his, it was a reflection of her life lessons and he should respect it. She was an apprentice now and that afforded a responsibility he needed to give her. 

He never fathered children, or at least no one ever came to him with a hairy child demanding a paternity test. But here he was with what he could call a 'niece' as he called her lost master 'brother'. But, in some ways humans were almost to be looked at like long-lived pets. There was a wookiee tale of a cub who grew up with an adopting human family from child to father to grand father to being buried beside the great-grandfather as they died only a few years apart.