Oliver is a terrific blacksmith and he created a really interesting project. He took a cheap sub-standard sword and totally retooled it, turning into a Heroid Fantasy Falchion. His brother says it looks like something from a planetary adventure and I agree. It is something right out of an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel.

This project is testament to what can be done with steel, even old steel can be remade and reworked into something amazing.

It has great lines, a great look and a terrific pommel/handle.

My thanks go to Oliver for sharing this project with us and he tells us a little bit about the project.

Oliver tells us about this project:

"Here is a falchion style sword that I put together. I initially wanted a machete for backyard maintenance, but decided to have fun instead.
I had an old sword blade from a cheap substandard sword from many years back I never really liked, the blade portion was good so I cut it down and customised it into something loosely inspired from late medieval European falchions.

I  put on some fittings from my draw of collected and forged projects, a new handle with a layer of maple stain, assembly was held together by peening over the tang, and finally sharpened it on my waterstones.
The balance point is just under 3 inches away from the guard. It has some distal taper to avoid it being too 'point heavy' when I wield the sword. 
The blade section is about 24 inches in length, handle, not including the pommel is 4.5 inches, made nifty for single hand use, but you can easily grip the lower end and pommel using your second hand for additional leverage at times. 

Total weight 1060 grams ( 2.3369 pounds ). 
My brother thinks it has a planetary adventure feel to it. It was actually inspired by both history and fantasy."