the 50$ sword i got from a shady flea market was diagnosed to be a wall-hanger rather than a prop so i spent today making it the prettiest wall-hanger in the land
to the kind commenter who wondered if i meant 'designed', no, i did mean diagnosed--i took it to my hema swords class and the expert sword guys there immediately unscrewed the entire thing into four different bits. the kind of sword you can actually fight people with should not be unscrewable. thus it was declared to be extremely dangerous to so much as swing around as a prop due to it can and will come apart, and it was classified as a decoration only.
but i kind of like the thought that in my darkest hour i could at least bean an enemy with four consecutive pieces of sword.

























