LARP swords and steel swords

Couple of days ago someone here mentioned that general public from some distance may easily mistake larp swords for steel ones.
I’ve been looking at pictures fromSword&Shield’s End of year feast and there were two pictures that were taken almost one after another. I was surprised to see how similar they look in terms of weapon. Especially if you are not familiar with amazingly real-looking Paddywhack products:

And here is the clinking stuff: