So we get crafting in the next update.
When the hell are they going to reveal my new weapons? ;_;
I suspect they already have, in the secret page. The secret page mentions items associated with the monkey that died horribly on the launch pad. The items in the comic that were going to be delivered to the Administrator were the items left over from the failed monkey-launch.
Consider. GIANT SWORD. The Demoman is a Scotsman, and what would a Scotsman be without his Claymore? The picture could be a Claymore. And Claymore originally meant "GIANT SWORD" in Gaelic. So, uh...case closed, in my book. Then again I never thought Jarate would make it into the game.
The pickaxe...well, the soldier already gets a shovel, which is also a digging tool. Meh, it's not the strongest proof in the world.
The bugle: Lets you "launch another monkey into space". Well, currently there's no way to rocketjump/grenadejump your allies. I can imagine that being able to push your teammates around would be a griefer's paradise. But it would also be a pretty awesome tool, to be able to blast a friendly sniper up to a secluded ledge. Or launch a friendly engineer to a place that even creative teleporting can't get him. I could imagine either character, maybe more likely the soldier, getting a new primary weapon nicknamed "the bugle".
Okay, so only the GIANT SWORD really makes sense. But at this point I would be surprised if the Demoman didn't get the GIANT SWORD. Would it replace the bottle, giving him a slow but immensely powerful weapon? Would it replace the sticky launcher, giving him power at the expense of versatility? Or could it grant him speed instead of extra melee power, because if there's one thing you imagine when you think of Scotsmen, it's kilt-clad men charging downhill at you?