Sports reviews of Sword Video Game Replica

Customer Review: Nice to look at.
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars

Admittedly I only need this as a halloween prop, but I was quite disappointed when it came in the mail today. The blade was bent quite a bit. Luckily the metal is so mild that I was able to bend it back close to straight with just my hands and my knee. It was also bent where the hand gaurd meets the blade. Again, cheap metal, easy to bend beck. The hand gaurd itself looks really nice but it pivots a few degrees in either direction when you put just a little bit of weight against it. The handle rotates around its axis with about five pounds of force, which doesn't really affect the use of the sword for display or for prop, but it's still annoying. There is also about a square inch of dried glue on the top of the handle. Looks like they tried to stop the handle from spinning by dripping super glue in the cracks between the handle and handgaurd. Not very effective.

The display stand was broken when I pulled it out of the box. I don't care much as I wasn't going to use it anyway. Just another downside to the purchase as a whole. I'm sure that if I wanted to go through the hassle of sending it back they would replace it. Just not something I care enough to do.

Lastly, the sheath isn't quite functional. The sword goes in about 85% of the way and requires a good amount of force to get it all the way in from there. After I forced it all the way in, I found it incredibly difficult to get the sword back out without seriously damaging the cheap material. I have since stabbed the sword in all the way and worked it out dozens of times. It's getting a bit better but nowhere near the point where the sword can be pulled out with one hand.

Bottom line, it's heavy, it's big, and it looks really awesome, but the craftsmanship and materials used are absolute garbage. If it wasn't just here to hang on my hip for one night and toss on the wall the next, I probably would have sprung for the expensive battle ready version. You get what you pay for with this one.

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