Set up a meager, but functional, forge about two months ago and have been fiddling with it, and, besides a few less-than-brilliant pairs of tongs made from rebar, this is my first real project I've hammered out (pun blatantly intended.)
All stock tinkers I've seen have fittings that just don't seem all that appealing to me. There's been lots of talk on SBG about how much folks don't like the blade on the Valiant Armoury Malatesta with the fittings it has...most of the opinions are that the fittings are too late-period for the blade type. So in short, liking where that discussion was going, I decided I'd try my hand at similarly replicating the aforementioned malatesta fittings for my bare Tinker blade, and see what happens.
These first two were taken before shaping was finished, so the kinks on the ends have been remedied to some degree, and the tapers out to the ends are a bit more well-formed, etc.
Still some polishing to do, and then, of course, drilling/shaping the slot for the blade, but it's well on its way. The pommel's being ground out of a 1" diameter by 2" long piece of steel rod. Grinding and sanding out the blemishes has helped clean it up quite a bit, but it's certainly less-than-perfect.
I'm eagerly anticipating seeing how the Tinker handles with this setup. I'm hoping the pommel doesn't end up being too heavy, robbing the blade of weight and presence in the cut. Worst case scenario, I can always grind off more.
That looks like it smarted. 
They've gotten really good!
) seriously, good job.