
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://swordscomic.com/comic/DLXXXV/
Look:
Just take out those nails and tape on the blade. They are not doing anything. Then sell the sword for $0.25 to some random adventurer.
Boom! Now you have selled your first sword and have gotten some money out of it as well.
That sword will last the adventurer a lifetime*!
*That lifetime being from then until the adventurer meets his next monster.