No weapon in your hands

I've been messing around with .pbm files and haven't had any success. Basically what I'm looking for is a way to remove the weapon from your hands, so it looks like the blade when equipped.
I tried editing arms.pbm but after replacing the old one I simply get an error when I attempt to load the game. How would I go about doing this?

If it matters, I'm trying to do it to the Bubbler, as I am playing through as Misery using only it, and I thought it would look nice if I got rid of the gun.

 

Could it be the "(C) Pixel" problem?

 

1. Download a hex editor program.
2. Install it.
3. Use it to open the *.PBM file.
4. Scroll to the very bottom of the gibberish.
5. At the very end, add (without the quotes) "(C)Pixel".
6. Save the file from the hex editor.
7. Play the game.
8. ????
9. Profit.

 

It probably is the "(C)Pixel" problem; read the stickies.

 

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8245/89899888.jpg

This is the error I keep getting. And after suggested, I tried the(C)Pixel thing with a hex editor
(this one to be precise)

But honestly I have no idea what I was doing.

*Got it to work, http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9987/20284410.jpg Thanks for the help. I'm gonna continue to toy with it for a while and see f I can come up with a staff or something that looks decent.

 

That's the (C)Pixel error, if I recall.
http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/1100/
Read that.