Valliant Armory Two handed Irish Leaf Blade.
Dec 20, 2023 19:31:42 GMT
Post by blackjack on Dec 20, 2023 19:31:42 GMT
Don't let the fantasy blade fool you, this is a weapon.
This sword is balanced, responsive and has prefect blade harmonics. The upper point of percussion is exactly at the swell of the blade just where you want it to be the lower POC is right at your hand near the cross guard. The Irish lass holds point beautifully. I really want to thrust her.. as much as I want to cut with her. Just the right balance of authority in the cut vs responsiveness of the blade IMO.
The fit and finish. Zach's leather work on the grip and scabbard is first rate. Really there should be an entire review done on his scabbard work. The fittings are perfect, very little gap in the cross guard to the blade. The grip is perfectly matched to the pommel and the guard. The blade itself is well formed, the fullers match, the excellent execution of the rather complex profile shape of a leaf bladed sword is a testament to Sonny's expert grinding. And the blade comes Very sharp, paper cutting sharp, shaving the hair of my forearm sharp.
The pommel takes getting used to. It's sharp around the corners of the peen block and the inner circle of the ring. I took less than an hour with 800 -2000 grit papers to sort it.
Getting perfect balance and blade harmonics means the pommel has to be of a certain weight and with a ring pommel being hollow it means in this case that it has to be rather large. Therefore even after softening the edges I find the pommel not great for handling both because of its size and the nature of the peen block used. But the Irish pommel with elevated peen block looks so darn good it's hard to fault it. Luckily the grip is very long so there is tons of room to hold the sword without needing to grip the pommel.
4.5/out of 5 for the sharp corners on the peen block and inner ring of the pommel. 5 out 5 for literally everything else.
Specs from the web site, I was unable to double check them but in the hand they seem about right.
Over all Length 50 1/2 inches
Blade Length: 36 inch
Handle Length: 10 3/4 inch
Blade Material: Hand made 6150 High Carbon Spring Steel
Blade Width at Guard: 2 inch
Weight 3 lb. 1 oz.
COB 3 1/4 inch from guard
Links to images of my sword.
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This sword is balanced, responsive and has prefect blade harmonics. The upper point of percussion is exactly at the swell of the blade just where you want it to be the lower POC is right at your hand near the cross guard. The Irish lass holds point beautifully. I really want to thrust her.. as much as I want to cut with her. Just the right balance of authority in the cut vs responsiveness of the blade IMO.
The fit and finish. Zach's leather work on the grip and scabbard is first rate. Really there should be an entire review done on his scabbard work. The fittings are perfect, very little gap in the cross guard to the blade. The grip is perfectly matched to the pommel and the guard. The blade itself is well formed, the fullers match, the excellent execution of the rather complex profile shape of a leaf bladed sword is a testament to Sonny's expert grinding. And the blade comes Very sharp, paper cutting sharp, shaving the hair of my forearm sharp.
The pommel takes getting used to. It's sharp around the corners of the peen block and the inner circle of the ring. I took less than an hour with 800 -2000 grit papers to sort it.
Getting perfect balance and blade harmonics means the pommel has to be of a certain weight and with a ring pommel being hollow it means in this case that it has to be rather large. Therefore even after softening the edges I find the pommel not great for handling both because of its size and the nature of the peen block used. But the Irish pommel with elevated peen block looks so darn good it's hard to fault it. Luckily the grip is very long so there is tons of room to hold the sword without needing to grip the pommel.
4.5/out of 5 for the sharp corners on the peen block and inner ring of the pommel. 5 out 5 for literally everything else.
Specs from the web site, I was unable to double check them but in the hand they seem about right.
Over all Length 50 1/2 inches
Blade Length: 36 inch
Handle Length: 10 3/4 inch
Blade Material: Hand made 6150 High Carbon Spring Steel
Blade Width at Guard: 2 inch
Weight 3 lb. 1 oz.
COB 3 1/4 inch from guard
Links to images of my sword.
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