San's Knife

A quick start-to-almost-finish series of photos of San's knife, based off what I could make out from this watercolour illustration. Now in the care of ~kimiko.

It's still missing a wrapped handle, a coat of white paint, and a couple of red chevron-blobs.

This is San Knife v3. The first one was miles too big (it'll be converted to be used as the head of San's spear, if I have time), and the second one was not only too heavy (the thin metal handle proved to be heavier than I thought), but was also the movie version of the knife... I of course didn't realise this until I'd finished it, taken it inside, and compared it with the watercolour picture. Whoops.

It's currently my only prop deviation as it's pretty much the only one I've ever been satisfied with. That may change once I've finished Ashitaka's sword, depending on how badly the pommel construction goes.