Man at Arms is a regular series in which an experienced blacksmith takes to his forge to create both realistic and fantastical weapons from various pieces of fiction or historical figures.

Featured above, it seems like enough fan demand came through, as now we’ve gotten a look at what it takes to recreate Squall’s Gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII.

Say what you want about how functional or completely useless the design of the weapon is, you’ve got to admit it looks pretty!