I want to thank everybody for their comments.
So I am thinking about what to do with this. I wonder if it isn't fixable. I think that the goal here should be low status...
Maybe I could, with some careful sanding, increase the area for the hand (it seems like there is room to spare, especially near the pommel end) and reshape it a bit so that the contours are less sharp and the shoulders are more defined (what do you mean exactly, Ian?
I'm still wondering about the way the hilt it is constructed, but I am not sure anything can be done about that aspect.
As for the scabbard...it fits really well but I should get rid of the suspension rings, as Ian said, but that might mean redoing the leather. If that's the case, should a chape be added or did these also not have chapes? I think some had chapes over the leather, and some had chapes that were under the leather. It would be easiest not to have one at all, of course, but I don't know if that would be right.
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