How about accessories
-Pikes
-Flag Poles
-Defensive Works
-Half Pikes and Halberts for Officers and Sgts
etc,
As my wife says about fashion, its all about the accessories.
Looking at the picture of the French assualt during the Walcourt re-fight game there are two types of pikes: tall thick ones in most of the battalions but one battalion has shorter slimmer pikes. I think the shorter slimmer ones look better and more historical.
I know that if I was a gentleman of the pike when the Sgt wasn't looking I would be cutting a couple of feet off that bad boy to maker it easier to carry. Besides they got that new bayonet thing being passed out to the musketeers
cheers
Edward