you don't understand, that saber was/is a work of art, your amongst a bunch of people who REALLY admire it, you broke it by mishandling it, you're going to get flack for that, you've earned it.
It's as if you had a sketch done by Picasso, but you wanted to see it out of the frame, and in taking it out you ripped it in half, and then decided to show up at the Louvre to take offense when someone bemoans damage to the priceless one of a kind piece.
My advice is to stop talking before sabersmiths start blackballing you, because they have plenty of customers, I talk to them all the time, and none of them wants to work for someone that will abuse their products, consequently they'll watch for things like this and put the offenders on a no-sale list.
If you end up on enough of those your only recourse will be to make your own, which can be a fulfilling endeavor, but if you can't figure out how to unscrew a pommel cap without breaking the soundboard, you may find yourself getting frustrated.
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