[kronckew]

arrived today. specs: unsharpened springy steel blade is 78cm. x 3.2cm. wide at the hilt. approx. 3mm. thick. magnet sticks to it. tip is not as rounded as it appears in the photo & has about a three inch false edge on the spine.

guard is about 13.5 cm. from languet to pommel. the hilt appears to be cast brass, gilded, with thin white plastic scales. there is a steel pin about 3mm. dia. thru the hilt and scales at the lower faux rivet which appears to be a dome headed carpet tack, the dome of the rivet covers the pin and the scales werere not well fitted, glued on (poorly). the blade has some sort of cutlers cement poured into the hilt to secure it, along with the steel pin which i must assume goes thru the end of the tang. aside from the thin white plastic scales, the hilt seems quite sturdy. reminds me of how tulwar hilts are assembled.

weight w/o scabbard is 640 grams, actually feels quite good in the hand, POB 15 cm. in front of the guard. i've superglued the scale back on one side for now, and fitted it a lot better. will likely replace the scales with wood ones a t some point when i have the time and inclination. chain on grip looks kinda flimsy too.

gilding is coming off in a few spots on the scabbard, revealing a dark patinated brass underneath. in the photo the dark patches on the scabbard underneath the throat and between the rings are not shadows or dark reflection. they look like areas where wear might occur from wearing it.

i suspect the sword has a bit of age, not fresh off the assembly line but still late 20th c. might have been used as an ardhah dancing sword.

could have been worse. and the price was a steal.