My son is making a surprise gift display plaque for a friend from his college fraternity that will display his sword and scabbard and have room for a Marine seal and a small brass name plate. The problem is he was told by friend's wife that the sword is 40" long.
Looking on-line, we've found several sources for plaques and for swords - but the longest sword I've found is 36" - is that the blade only? I'm wondering is there a "standard" issue sword length. My son is having to build the plaque and ship it out of state - so we've got to design this thing correctly - and we're not sure what distance to mount the brackets.
Any of you Marines have info that might help? Thanks in advance.
Example plaque being made:
