Windlass Heron Mark

Unfortunately, I have to agree that the sword should probably not be used for anything other than casual handling and display. I don't know much about the sword, personally, but I just did a little searching ocver at SFI and a respected and trustworthy member over there remarked that he'd heard of 5 or 6 of them breaking during use.

The best I can say is that if you are a huge Jordan/Wheel of Time fan, then that will be a satisfying piece to have hanging in a prominent location, to be taken down and lovingly handled, when the mood strikes.

In the thread I referred to, the guy only said he'd heard that they broke "in use". That's as specific a comment as I've found so far.

In the thread I read, the guy decided to cut apart an old armchair using his "beloved " Heron Mark sword.

Few swords can stand this type of abuse.

The sword is made by Windlass... this means it's somewhat decent, maybe a tad whippy...and if one broke due to regular stresses, it was likely that particular sword that was flawed , not the model...after all there is no machine stamping these out.

Thanks justin,

Some might say not long enough

You'll catch no flak from me, though it's not exactly how I envisioned Rand's sword, I have still considered ordering it...

I'd also llike Mat's spear and Perrin's axe.

razor: If the one i get is like the one you are talking about then i will be very happy indeed.

Marc: i know what you mean, i am really enjoying the series and would like matt's spear, lan's sword and faile's knives.

Marc: i actually found an interesting interpretation of perrins axe can't remember who made it, will see if i can dig it up. I more pictured the heron mark as something more akin to a knight's sword, i can't remember if it talks about the shape of the blade or not in the books. Would love to learn the kata from the book although i don't think they are realistic, jordan doesn't write fight scenes so much as talks about the different kata used and we have to use our imaginations. Still waiting on matt's spear. I wish gen2 could do their intepretation of the heron mark i think it would sell like hot cakes considering how good quality their swords are.

I think that everyone was a little suprised at the official look of it.... I envisioned a knight's sword as well, until it was mentioned as curved, and then all the routines/kata made more sense as japanese style fighting (not to mention the poetic naming style )

I also wasn't impressed with Perrin's axe, mostly because he sounds so big in the books, but even the pictures on the covers were disappointing in that regard.

Haven't seen a pic of matt's spear though, just his fox head medallion - also not what I pictured The power of interpretation is maybe best left to yhe imagination

Arms of Valor has it in stock, both sharp and non-sharp. With the SBG-15 discount you would get 15% off.

My personal thoughts on the sword. It handles fairly well, though it does not have as solid a feel as you would expect for the money. The construction is very much like a katana but with more weight in the blade and less in the handle. It has a screw on pommel, so you can disassemble the sword.