Medieval Sword - William Wallace Sword from Braveheart Replica with Stainless-Steel Double-Edged Blade, Metal Hilt, and Leather Sheath by Whetstone

The quality of it is really great for the price. It looks amazing and the detail on it is nearly perfect. The weight of it is very balanced as well. There are a few minor blemishes and such but it is to be expected for a low price. The only thing i thought could be better is the leather sheath, as it is quite rough.

We bought this for our Grandson and he loves it. He collects knives and was proud to add this to his collection. It is very nice quality and the price was great. We looked at swords like these in shops in Europe, on a recent trip there, and they were hundreds of dollars plus you have a heck of a time getting them on the plane. LOL. So we bought this one for him which looks just like the ones we saw in Europe for much more money and he will never know that it didn't one from Europe.

First off, I don't own many wall hanger swords or SLOs (Sword like objects). Amongst my sword collection is the C.A.S. HanweiTM Basket-Hilt Broadsword, the Generation 2 (They changed their name since then) Black Prince, and Cold Steel's Hand and a Half sword. My only wall hanger is a United Cutlery-HIGHLANDER KATANA-Sword Of Connor MacLeod - Forged Blade - Faux Ivory Handle - UC2593 - Movie Prop Replica. I go to this sword buyer's guide website for the best sword beaters in the $300 range. Collecting Western swords is my thing, but I like them to be battle ready.Switching gears, my wife wants to have a photo studio set up, and people dress in our Renaissance costumes holding my battle ready swords. I can't see myself giving a complete stranger a razor sharp carbon steel sword that isn't stainless steel and won't break if hit hard enough. Stainless steel wall hanger swords are not safe to use in actual combat because of the amount of chrome in the steel combined with length. It causes the sword to break. Plus most, if not all, of the stainless steel swords have a rat tail tang, or even (in the case of my first ever Made in Pakistan sword at the age of 13), a 1 inch tang bolted to the inside of the handle.My first Made in Pakistan sword my dad bought me at a flea market. It had a 1 inch tang, I found out, after he let me hit logs with it at my young age. My dad's reasoning was, "If those Pakistanis are killing each other all the time over there, they must have good swords!" Not long after, the handle started to twist, and the sword broke at the tang. It wasn't a stainless steel blade, but a carbon blade painted black, and I kept it for many years in its broken condition. When I became 18 years old, I converted that Pakistan made sword into a dagger, which like other Pakistan swords, doesn't hold a great edge. So there's a little background history on my avoidance of any sword that is stamped, "Pakistan".Now present day. I wanted a cheap sword prop for photo taking only. My wife and I had gone to a pawn shop which was selling Pakistan swords displayed in a clothes hamper. They had metal hilts, and some were sharpened. All were too heavy to hold for a long period of time, but all had the stainless steel blade I was looking for. So, I went online and took my chance at Amazon. I wanted a 55" Claymore for the photo shoots, but quickly realized that with 8 foot tall ceilings, this wasn't going to work.So I saw that Amazon had this 40.75" William Wallace sword and found it would be the perfect length. It wouldn't be actual size as a real one, but it would work as a prop. Most of my battle ready long swords have a 36" blade and easily go over the length of this sword when the handle is included. The bare blade itself of this particular William Wallace sword is 22 and a 1/2 inches, the leather wrapped ricasso is 6 and 3/4th inches, the guard is a half inch thick, and from the guard to the pommel, the hilt is 10 and a half inches.Well I got the sword yesterday. The leather scabbard of course was crappy compared to my leather over wood scabbards, and the spacer between the cheap leather slabs was foam core painted brown. I could press my fingernail into the side of the leather scabbard where the foam core was at, and leave an indention. The belt loop seemed secure for light use, but looks can be deceiving. However, for the sword, it is actually pretty nice for a change. All the Pakistan swords that I handled in the pawn shop rattled like a bell. I had bought my brother a Pakistan Katana with a dragon head pommel and a wing and claw tsuba years ago, both fittings made out of aluminum. That thing had a 1/4th of an inch bolt running through the plastic handle with no filling in between. Just 1/4th inch tang, hollow space, and plastic handle spacers. That Pakistan sword was also not well fitted.I say this William Wallace sword is pretty nice compared to the Pakistan swords mentioned above because it wasn't heavy (my wife could wield it), and there were no rattling parts on the hilt. Granted, where the leather wrapped ricasso met the overly big guard hole that the blade went through (A Pakistan sword staple), the blade hit against the guard, but the hilt area was pretty sturdy. The leather handle was indeed the best leather on the sword compared to the leather on the ricasso, which had a rip in it, and the leather scabbard. The leather on the handle and the ricasso actually seemed to have been stitched together, instead of the usual gluing of the leather together on the hilt.The "silver polished" brass pommel and guard was very shiny and polished nicely with a microfiber cloth used for computer screens. The brass seems shoddy, however, seemingly like one of those cheap and poisonous if melted brass components. It had many pot marks from the casting process. However, the silver leafing was like a mirror. The stainless steel blade was also polished to a mirror like shine. The edges were dull, which saved me time from hand filing the edges down to 90° angles, but the point was sharp, and so I had to hand file that down, which considering the softness of the blade, surprisingly took no time at all to file down. I tried to unscrew the pommel by hand to see what type of tang this sword has, but no luck. If it is so tight on there I cannot unscrew it, I'd just leave it alone since I don't want it to rattle due to a loose guard.The blade was stamped, "Pakistan", but after handling Pakistan made swords at flea markets, pawn shops, and owning my own, this is actually one of the nicer, better built wall hangers that Pakistan has exported. Just don't expect to go out and win a battle with it in hand, it is meant to be put on the wall for display and stay there. For me, it will be a relatively safe sword prop for photos.

I bought another sword for my Halloween Viking warrior costume and unfortunately that one came battle ready so harp as a razor blade. I had to return that one and I bought this one and this one is actually cheaper but so much better. It’s heavy and sturdy and safe which was the most important thing for me as I go with my 3 children and I will keep it at home afterwards. The blade is safe and dull, the tip is not sharpened as well but of course because it’s pointy it can hurt someone if not being careful. I love this rustic look with brown leather which was going for. I will upload picture in the costume after Halloween

Ok for price

For under $33 I wasn't sure what I was going to get, as well as reading all the bad reviews.So.. here's the bad:- couple of tiny abrasion (nicks?) on the leather handle. I will fix with the dot of a brown magic marker or a tiny (TINY) dot of brown shoe polish.(really, they're tiny and i'm being picky)- The inside of the sheath wears off the coloring of the leather handle right at the bottom where it is enlarged. Since this is what keeps it snug in the scabbard (it takes some effort to sheath and unsheathe - probably due to newness, etc.).. i understand why. Again, i'll see what a bit of shoe polish will do.Otherwise this looks exactly like the picture. I didn't have any of the blade issues I read in previous reviews. No "grind marks", "no etching" (except for the small makers mark "Pakistan Steel". Everything was even and shiny down the length of the blade.The blade itself has an excellent weight to it, exactly 2 lbs, 15 oz (or just under 3 lbs).The blade is also unsharpened, as expected. although the tip is quite sharp. So you could stab someone, but it would barely cut the cheese much less flesh.I was thinking of giving this away as a prize for a GoT party, but may just keep it insteadDefinitely an easy CosPlay addition.Final note: The scabbard really is "rough" leather. Think of leather turned inside out. although somewhat smoothed there's no way to "shine" or "buff" it any more than you would rough leather boots. The leather is also a bit stiff, perfect for sliding in/out without worrying about punching a hole through it.- Definitely recommend - IF you understand what you're getting.

I did not receive the Leather sheath as was advertised to come with the sword.