I have a sword I'm quite fond of. It's definitely not an authentic, but the reproduction is pretty old and the materials are fairly decent. The thing that caught my eye is that everything except the blade was handmade. There's a few small but very obvious bronze welding marks on the brass handle caps and other embellishments, and you can see on the wooden scabbard and handle that it was done by hand and modified as the maker went on. It's interesting because everything except the blade needed restoring (which I did), and my estimate is that all of those parts were made in the 20s. The blade, however, strikes me as more modern (unless it was kept in astounding condition, which I doubt), and it features a very light engraving that I'm 99% sure was made using machines only available in the last ~20 years. I think the original blade was either replaced, or restored using modern technology. I was curious how common these things are, because I haven't encountered a handmade reproduction yet.

I know this would be easier with pictures, but I don't have a phone right now.