NO MASTER EVER MADE HIS MASTERPIECE CORRECT THE FIRST TIME HE TRIED TO MAKE IT. NO DOUBT THERE WERE MANY FAILURES AND REDOO'S BEFORE HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED PERFECTED. WHEN DESIGNING A NEW WEAPON FORM IT IS LIKELY A MASTER SMITH MADE MORE WEAPONS FOR THE SCRAP HEAP THAN THOSE HE ACTUALLY PERFECTED AND SOLD. IT IS LIKELY THE STUDENTS AND SHOP MADE AND SOLD MANY MORE OF THIS SWORD THAN ITS CREATOR AS THE WORKING AND LIFESPAN WAS MUCH SHORTER THEN.
TO CHOOSE TO MAKE SUCH A MASTERPIECE NEVER HAVING MADE ONE BEFORE IS AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE EXAMPLES TO LEARN FROM AND A GOOD BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEGE IN FORGEING METALS. THE SECOND ONE WILL NO DOUBT BE EASIER AND AS THE PRODUCTION EXPANDS SO DOES THE PERFECTION AND EASE OF THE PROCESS. A JOB WELL DONE CONGRADULATIONS.
