It will in every way br as durable as a normal sword.
Alternatively, you can make it out of magically strengthened viridium, though that isn't quite as durable.
There is also absolutely nothing wrong with using the stats of a normal enchanted sword (such as a simple +1 longsword) and simply describing it as being made of crystal. The magic within it can be said to make the crystal as hard and durable as steel. This is common practice, even among the game designers, who have published magical obsidian axes and the like.
Doesn't it say that Blood Crystal weapons have half the hit points of normal weapons?
Blood crystal has 10 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 10, same as steel weapons.
Also I thought that Make Whole could be used to fix broken stuff that is magical in nature. Buy a wand and keep it around for a cleric/sorc/wizard in the party to use.
Make whole requires a caster level double that of the magical item being repaired, which means it's not really viable for repairing powerful gear. Either your too low level to afford the costs of a high caster level wand, or you are high level and all the low level stuff you can repair isn't all that important anyways.
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Yeah, make whole is really behind in the fix-it territory.
"Unworked blood crystal has a value of 500 gp per pound. Weapons made with blood crystal have one-half the normal hit points. Armor and shields cannot be made of blood crystal, as they would feed on the wearer's own wounds.
Blood crystal has 10 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 10."
So I gather that weapons are slightly different than other items made from Blood Crystal....
Shoot.