1095 Carbon Steel Blue Purple Black Wood Chinese Sword Full Tang Blade Battle Ready

Of course not. I find it pretty funny when I read comments from people who are disgruntled because they bought a knife/sword in this price range, but become enraged when they realize the piece they just bought, won’t cut the world in half. You want an actual sword? Buy Albion or Lockwood. I’m still waiting for mine, and in 12 days, it will be one year since I purchased the ACTUAL sword made by an ACTUAL smith. This thing is heavy, well made for the intended purpose, and looks very good. Stop being so childish about cutlery. You demand something that will serve as a live blade? Spend the money. A lot of money. You want something that looks good, and might be ok to whack something semi-hard? Spend 1/10th of what you would pay for a smitty’s product? Yeah. This will do fine.

Nice looking piece. Not sharp and not actually 1095 steel. Dulled on one hit to a training dummy. Will be kepping as a display piece.

It's a beautiful sword. Well crafted and the weight of is pretty good, it's on the heavy side.the sword is more purple than blue, I was hoping it would be more blue, but it still looks amazing and definitely worth the price. You will not be disappointed.

This is my first sword I've ever bought myself, and I knew it had to be a jian blade. Upon receiving it (SHIPPED IN 3 DAYS!!! I've ordered pepper flakes that took longer to deliver!), it was in exemplary condition! a few little imperfections in the treatment of the blade for its blackening, and a few tiny scratches. The blade also gets a tiny bit stuck near the hilt when sheathing it, but a little sanding smoothed it out.The guard, the pommel piece, the metal parts on the scabbard, all have fairly simple but nice dragon patterns (or they would all be dragons, but upon closer inspection the one on the pommel has the head of a European griffon from standard coat of arms. Doesn't detract from it though, nobody else will see it ^-^)Overall, 9.3/10!!! I'm so pleasantly surprised at what I feared was going to be a crappy mess of junk metal! If I ever get another sword, I know exactly where I'm going to order it from~

The product did come in a discrete package that was well insulated from shaking damage. When I opened up my package I was stunned at the look and design of the blade, however when I unsheathed my new weapon I was shocked at what I noticed. The hilt of the blade slides and rattles as you hold the blade out of its sheath, the actual blade was drenched in acid to give it its coloration but this blade had very obvious acid spots on the blade. The blade is not made out of a strong metal, when I attempted to cut a piece of paper the blade got dented..... from a slice of paper. This is a terrible choice of weapon and there are way better uses for your money if you want a display sword. This was one of the worst purchases I have made on Amazon and the 2 month wait for the blade was not worth it. If you want a battle ready sword go to cult of athena, if you want a display sword pick something else, this is not at all worth the price. DONT DO IT.

Sword was as described, good quality, makes a great display piece

Amazing sword and very sharp. Pictures do not do the copper pieces justice. Looks way better in person!