:lol, I didn't think the licensed one would gave been that bad. Granted I haven't even laid eyes or hands on one in over 15 years so my memory is more than likely cloudy on the sword.
My intention was always to remove the blade, dye it black and, and replace the blade with one that looks more correct to the movie. I even have the sword blade that I would use for the project. One of the nice things about some of the blades being pounded out in China now is that they are affordable and some of them are even decent quality. I tend to stay away from the blade smiths that show pictures of their work area forge loaded with re-bar though. Now if I can just find were it is pined. I am afraid they may have epoxied the blade in the hilt and I'll do more damage to the hilt than I can fix if I bust it out. Kind of why it has been on the back burner for so long. Always wished I could find just a hilt somewhere that I could put whatever blade I wanted in.
Avolow.