Man At Arms: Reforged, the YouTube series that makes real-life builds of weapons from games, comics, and movies alike, recently took up the task of creating 2B's sword from NieR: Automata.
Forging a weapon like this is undoubtedly an insane amount of work, but the amount of detail that goes into the hilt of this weapon in particular, along with the strange shape of the blade, just shows that these guys and gals are masters of their craft.
via destructoid https://www.destructoid.com/man-at-arms-forges-nier-automata-s-virtuous-treaty-492931.phtml