The idea behind this build is a straightforward one: a dagger made by hand, with a steel blade and a wooden handle, and the maker hopes their girlfriend will like it when it is done. That hope alone makes me root for the project.
The blade is already at a stage most makers would envy. It is thick polished steel with faceted bevels, a triangular cross-section, and a clean taper to the point. The crossguard is steel as well, carrying twisted decorative finials on both ends. The tang passes through the handle and protrudes slightly at the base, and to my eye that through-tang looks like a sturdy way to anchor the whole thing together.
The handle is carved from unfinished light-toned wood and is still very much raw. The maker had only just started it, and the blade first fit into the handle right at that stage. Around the stump workbench sit an axe with a wrapped handle, a metal hand file, small wooden wedges, a red drill bit case, and a handsaw with wood shavings resting on a log nearby.
The open part of the project is the handle itself. The maker says it looks rough because a lot of shaping work remains, and how that shaping will be done has not been described. A photo is planned once the piece is finished, and the maker has said that if the dagger really looks like the Lego dagger, they will be satisfied with the result. Given the guard alone, I would bet on it.