I'm currently in the midst of the summer busyness, so it has been a bit of time, but I finally got to work on the replacement. This time, I took a slightly different approach by forging a new sword from a bit of paperclip. That's right! Using a hammer, I flattened my paperclip stock to a near-scale blade width. It bent a little, like it wanted to be a sabre, but it wasn't too much and I moved on to filing.
First, filed out the bow, then a point. With a few more strokes, I more or less defined a central ridge on both sides. Next, I filed down the non-pointy side for a handle.
Filing done, the word was affixed to it's new user's hand. Once the glue dried enough for me to work on it, I built up a pommel and cross-guard with green stuff.
So here we are, ready again to prime!
