Behold! The thing that started it all! Granted, my first miniature metal swords were made from nails, but I got lazy and started cutting my blades from pre-flattened materials. However, the unfinished katana on the far right was hand forged from bailing wire. o.o And hand polished in the traditional fashion. I really need to finish some of these unfinished doo-hickeys! (And yes, that thing on my head is my hair. x.x)