I've been working with poser 7 for a little while, though I'd still rate myself as a beginner, I have a decent grasp of posing and using IK. I find myself presently with the need to create animations for a two handed sword.

While I could guess the sword's position in each animation, it seems like it would work a lot better if I had an approximation of it in poser to work with. I can't figure out how to do this though.

So, i have 3 questions:

1. How do I generally use props. I can't see any obvious way to create them with a cursory glance over the sea of menus.
2. How can I use inverse kinematics to lock the figure's hand(s) to a prop, so that they move properly with it
3. Where can I find a two handed sword to use here. Looks are completely irrelevant, all I need is the basic shape. Alternatively, how to make my own ?