I made another sword
Douglas fir blade and walnut handle finished with a clear semi gloss lacquer. This is the second longsword I've made and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Some things I did differently on this is adding a ⅜in taper on the whole blade and making the guard thinner and tapering it at the ends. This makes it look a lot more sleek, realistic and practical. A few things that I think could have been improved on would be making the handle about an 1 - 1.5 inch shorter and making the guard about ½ - ¾ wider on each side. I have difficultymaking sure everything is to scale and often results in some trial and error. It's difficult to make sure everything looks proportional until it's all assembled. If I used some kind of rendering software I could probably make it better.