Well I was working on a wooden sword for a while now. I whittled down then wooden pole and painted it with 2 coats of gray, and topped with a coat of silver.

I then tool a section of pva foam, painted it brown to try and simulate leather. I then used small screws driven through the foam into the plastic bones for the cross piece, the smaller bones are attached with hot glue. I wrapped the handle with white duct tape and attached a small skull with a little length of key chain