I didn’t end up doing the part of a sword because I couldn’t find the right wood. I instead made another knife. For this knife I used aspen wood which is pretty soft and easy to carve. I didn’t want to get into handle detailing so I just shaved the bark off the outside and used the shape it already had. The blade was really simple just a flat one sided blade no curves. I ended up painting the blade grey to help seal some of the little imperfections made when carving.