This is a 1,000 poly model I created for one of my final pieces in college. I am making a "sword in the stone" diorama, in which this sword is lodged into a stone, which is itself lodged into a tree stump. I created the high-poly and low-poly mesh, the texturing, and the renders all in one day based on concepts I created beforehand.

As a note: the edges of the sword look rough not because of the normal map (which is 4K), but because of the edge-wear that I applied to the texture to create a worn and used look as if the sword had been used in battles before.