A Practice Pollaxe / Polehammer

We (or more precisely I) have been ordering synthetic sparring weapons from The Knight Shop, and we now have a decent array of them. However, nobody makes a synthetic polehammer, so I made one from wood, and why not go for the looks once I chose to do it?

I really like the pattern on the metallic bits, which was achieved with a drybrush and then a dark metallic wash.

Bring me my broadsword.

I've always had a liking for cold steel weapons, and with some cheap source it's easy to make one of wood (or more, eh?). Only a few steps.

You're going to need:

• soft wooden slats (pine does well for me, if you want to put your sword to more use make sure to choose a harder type, but it takes more work to shape the actual weapon)
• saw - any type to cut the slats' length to measure
• rasp and sandpaper - to shape the sword
• cardboard - for the hilt (or whatever it's called :D) - it is as well possible to make it of wood if you've got proper equipment, but it spares a lot of time if it's made of cardboard actually;
• scissors - to cut the cardboard paper
• stapler and duct tape - to fix the hilt (stapler can penetrate pine, but any other tool would make)
• (wooden) varnish and metal paint - these are optional to make the look good and the blade's lifetime longer