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If you would like to make your own Lady Vivamus and want to use a Navy dress sword as a model for Lady Vivamus, this is the best candidate I've found. It is a Model 1850 Foot Officer's Sword. This sword and the Navy swords of the same period were very similar. The main difference was that the Navy sword would have had a nautical theme in its decoration. The sword has a substantial blade suitable for "bone chopping." The blade is 31 inches long, as specified in Heinlein's letter. The reason I'm suggesting this sword instead of a Navy sword is because the Navy sword replicas have etched blades. That is usually true of Foot Officer swords, too, but Legendary Arms offers a model without markings. It can be ordered (at a very reasonable price) here: https://legendaryarms.com/m1850-foot-officers-sword-without-marking . Unfortunately, the Windlass Steelcrafts sword I used is not available. I asked and they don't care to sell any more unmarked swords.