Museum replicas Xiphos

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Bronze guard is plain wrong. In fact,due to the fact that the tang goes through the handle doesn't leave you many chances for a really accurate construction. You can make it of a bit better shape though.
I'd suggest reshaping the existing guard.
I also wouldn't make the grip any bigger. Real swords had fairly short grips. You can make it of a more comfortable shape instead.
All in all,you can simply take the "sword of Philip" and copy it,replacing all the gold parts with iron,and the iron parts with wood.
http://www.awesomestories.com/images/use...9c4820.jpg
Part of the scabbard has survived,as you can see,chape and throat were ivory,but you can use bone,or wood,or wood covered with iron.
http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/iro...-philip-ii
Khaire
Giannis