Medieval Warrior The Mercenary Tempered Hand Forged Handmade Fuller Sword

Aesthetically, this sword is beautiful. Sharpened polished steel blade, brass fittings, leather hilt with good stitching. Looks durable, feels very solid. The scabbard is leather wrapped and once again, beautifully symmetrical stitching. This is perfect for costume or decoration. Keep it well oiled and cared for, and this sword will amaze for years. Definitely not a toy, or for the faint of heart. As for actual use, it is as they described. "Hybrid bastard." It doesn't fit in any real category. It's too top heavy to be used as an arming sword, and the hilt is too short to be used as a long sword. I feel that this misses the advantages of the middle ground that most one-and-a-half swords have. Either subtracting a little more weight from the blade or adding some more weight to the pommel to keep the length while balancing it more, or extending the handle to allow a proper two handed grip on the pommel to keep the thickness, would make it more functional. Where it stands, it swings a wee bit more like a mace or axe than my other swords, but still usable. That being said, almost everyone, including me, who buys this sword won't need it for actual combat. I'm extremely happy I bought this sword. For the price, it's a steal, and the craftsmanship built into it's appearance and durability are impressive. I'm proud to show it off on display in my living room or den.

I really like this sword but the packaging is cheep, the sheath isn't good quality like the sword, I'm a bit sad about that. The grip is also loose, for this to be a heavy battle ready sword the grip should be much tighter but it has some wiggle in it. Overall this sword ia great with a lot of potential but the makers need to add that extra love to complete the build. I'd even pay a little more for the fully polished version versus the, what feels like finishing lazy version it is.

So aside from the brass guard and pommel and fittings being slightly off color the sword is well made, fited together tightly and doesn't feel shaky or wobbly, the only real problems i have with this blade is the edge, which feels half hazardly put on the blade, i'm not going to fix it on my sword personally, not right now anyway, lacking the time or tools to do so at the moment, but also the sword sits in the sheath, it does not grip the sword at all, now i'm aware that swords in ancient times didn't grip to their sheaths either, but the guard should have atleast fit down against the throat of the sheath, but the guard bends a little further than the sheath throat bends creating a stopping point, this can be fixed easily enough with a little grinding but should not be a problem in the first place, other than that for the money it's a decent piece

I cannot say how pleased I am with this sword! I have no complaints. Even though many complain about the weight and balance, I have to say that I find it quite reasonable and something that everyone can grow accustomed to. In the past I was used to swinging around a 7 pound sword. 3 and a half to 4 is literally nothing. As far as I can tell, the balance is exactly where it should be for a sword of its kind. I think the main problem is that many people lack sufficient wrist strength to wield it comfortably. So, as the viking in 13th Warrior said, "Grow stronger!" The strength and spring to the blade are very pleasing as well and are as shown. For 107 dollars, it's a steal...where Darksword Armory swords cost $600 to $1000, (not to say this comes close to the quality of DSA, but as comparisons go, this is very affordable for what it is). This sword has a very close resemblance to the sword of Boromir from The Lord of the Rings, which is why it doesn't really fit into any real catagory. It's more of a fantasy weapon and less historical. Yet, this is the very reason I found this piece so attractive...because it is other-worldly and something straight out of the Tolkien universe. I highly recommend it for those with a similar taste and who desire something more than a wall hanger.

This is a great sword for 107$ its a good sword even if it was priced at 180$ Looks great just like in the pictures, came oiled (altho i do recommend clean/reoil) No shipping issues, this is my 34th sword. I only keep battle ready swords in my collection, and altho this one made it into that category it barley made it. I feel it could be used in light combat. But if this sword were to stand against any other of my other battle swords i feel it would be destroyed. That being said it would serve as a stage combat or cutting/striking sword well. Its a sword priced at around 100$ dont expect an excalibur.

I have several good swords, this is not one of them. It looks cool and it's heavy but the blade is not super sharp, and it's untempered spring steel. It's not a bad sword, but a file will bite the blade badly. It will sharpen to razor sharpness after about 2 days of work. But the blade will not hold through use. The tip is also very rounded and not sharp. The sword was sharpened with a belt sander by the maker. It's worth half of it's listed price.

The sword is fairly sturdy. No rattling in the hilt, guard, or pommel. The edge it was shipped with was uneven and spotty in areas but still razor sharp. Good solid weight for a bastard sword.

Definitely not "battle ready" as the listing states. Grip became loose as soon as the blade was handled.