Aye, Incarnadine, I'm with you on the anti-toy sword sentiment. My tattoo-artist had a sword built from spring steel, you know, from a compressed leaf of a semi-truck's suspension? Not too pretty, but you could cut a car clean in half with the bastard. To hold it is to hold death, I love it... Yours looks beautiful and terribly functional, as well! If you post it, I'd love to toss it in a render as a tribute, someday...