WarKirby

To question 1... the default Poser 7 library includes a few primitives (in the Props 'Primitives' folder). You could use the cane or a cylinder (adjusted to size) until you find or make the sword you want.

Load a prop into the scene, position it in relation to a hand (for example), then with the prop still selected choose from the top menu Object --> Change parent, and select the hand from the hierarchy list. The prop will then move with the hand.

You are not able to parent both hands to a prop, or a prop to both hands. You will need to manually pose the second hand according to the position of the first hand and its child prop.

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)