DSA Flames of the Angel

Thanks, that helps confirm what I figured out jsut reading the specs, I had a feeling she wouldn't be too nimble, but was hoping someone who owned some of their blades might have had some experience with this one to prove otherwise. So what I can gather and you as a swordsmith confirms, it's a tank.
What I'm trying to figure out is how to best spend around $300 on on nice sword that would have that feeling of Ondolindë, Gondolin from the Silmarillion. I see that Gen2 has the High Elven King sword and then there's the SGB project. Both of them are great designs. I like the straight but wish it was six inches longer and didn't have the ring pommel(just my tastes). The leaf blade is just a tad more than I want to spend and again, about six inches shorter than what I was looking for in a fantasy blade. Love a couple of your stuff, but you're way out of my price range( Your Andúril is really nice!).
So there it is, what a sword that has that middle earth feels from the first and second ages, something that is functional, not a slo and priority one is the blade, then a scabbard. Best of both worlds would have them as a package but first is the sword. Wish the Atrim 1592 was still available, I could possibly extend the budget that far, maybe.
Well, I'll keep looking and hopefully some one will take some pity on me a throw out suggestions. Maybe I'll get lucky with something used coming up, never know.

Hey thanks, that helps. So even at over 3 pounds the Black Night is still a capable one hander? When I think of a good cutter, I think of being able to stop and redirect a cut. I do realize this will not be the same as the katana as European swords did rely a bit on brute strength where as other styles have a bit more finesse, but at almost five pounds I just wonder what part of beastly she lean towards.

I find a good european longsword to be as agile or even more than katana. And I handled both.

yeah I was shocked at how well it handles its very easy to redirect
although I dont know how other DSA swords would handle aside from the fact
that i know they will be heavy but still well made

the thing to be most concerned with is that they come dull unless you ask for the sharpening and aparently their sharpening is sub par
but I would talk to eyal about that were I you