Ha... So I have heard. I once got to see some toy guns which were made for a festival stall game, and even that was rather new to me... Although I had someone who very generously and kindly showed me how they worked, even when taking them apart.

[The lesson is a little bit rusty now in his mind, but... Dimitri supposes he could stumble through it again if it ever came up?]

You know, I do woodcarving to some degree, and that includes learning to make practice weapons from them. They tend to break when used rather seriously, far quicker than they would have otherwise... but they do well enough for practice, and to help keep one in form.