Costumes: the great knife

how to build the great knife as seen in silent hill 2 and be able to swing it
things you will need
a blade (x-acto knife works best)
a wooden dowel about 1in across and about 4ft long
sliver and black spray paint
brown paint (not spray)
a glue gun (and a ton of glue)
something to mark with (i find chalk works well
a metric fuck-ton of Corrugated cardboard (this is the kind with the little ridges on the inside)
a lot of patience
some burn salve

cut the cardboard into the shape of the blade it should be about 4ft long and about 6-8in wide
put it on top of the remaining cardboard and trace around it to get the other side of the blade
shift the two pieces you have so far so that the ridge in them and the ridge on the cardboard under it go different ways and make a cross or X
cut it out and glue the two together(only the ones that make the Xs together and make sure they are on opposite sides)
put your dowel in between them where you want it and glue it in place it will make a triangle shape like so <1
place the knife on the cardboard dowel side down and trace it again cut that strip out and glue it so that the two blade sides meet with the strip you just cut in the middle /\
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now do the other side and tilt the blade as you trace so you get the size for where the blade widens above the point
flatten this part before you glue it on so it will curve with the blade
spray paint the blade sliver then get the edge with the point with the black spray paint
grab a brush and paint the dowel if you get any sliver or black on it
and it should look like this:

have fun with your new weapon
~kage