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I've been trying to find a copy of Poser 5 for $50 bucks or so but unsuccessfully.  

Try eBay. I've seen v. 6 for under $30 before.

Also, there's a fairly recent Blender image in the gallery with a DAZ model. If you look for it, it should be fairly easy to find.

The UV face select probably isn't necessary for a simple sword. UV mapping  maps the textures on the mesh in the correct fashion. All you need to do is set some metallic settings in the Materials rollout. 

I forgot to mention that I have been trying to find on for PC.  I don't have a Mac, and that seems to be what most of them on eBay are for.

Thanks to all of you for the advice.  This is going much better than it did at the DAZ forums.