So I made a lot of progress. in like, its finished. Or at least my part is. I was only going to make the shape and then the client was going to to the painting, leather work etc. So I had to scratch my head a bit and do some collaborative head scratching but I got my cam worked out.

Since the sword was centered in the stock i only needed to make the toolpaths for one side. That way i could just flip the stock and register it with a pin to mill the other side.
As you can see in this blurry picture I used a a sacrificial mdf plate to mill a pocket in so that I could know 100% where the beech stock would be. I then started the milling process
aaaand:
first side roughing done, now I used a 6mm ball endmill to make all the surfaces smooth.
Then it was just flipping it and doing the other side.
All done just tabs holding it in place.
Milling done! This has been a good learning process. And i am happy with the result!