My sword

Here's a picture of my sword. I'm not 100% done yet, because I don't trust the handle to support the weight of the blade through movement. So I've cut out braces to help reinforce the joining of the hilt and the handle. I painted them today, so I'll mount them tomorrow. I put the shoe next to it for size-comparison; keep in mind that I wear size 30 shoes. I need to wait for Shaq to discard two pairs of shoes just so the shoemaker can fashion me a single pair from the remnants.