Synthetic Sidesword

Synthetic Sidesword

The sidesword is solid, weighted nicely, and has good flex to it. It did not arrive perfect: the blade has a very slight warp to it, but not out of the realm of what is normal for synthetics, and the tip of the pommel was damaged, likely in transit... but a little work with a file smoothed out the jagged edge. The last thing: the guard does not touch the pommel, but comes very close - so close that when you hit your sword against another blade, it makes a "ting" noise from the guard flexing and bumping into the pommel (the guard isn't loose at all, the metal just flexes when hit). Was slightly jarring at first, but after I figured out it wasn't a problem, it's fine.
Still, the slight issues don't even remove a star from this blade for me - it's a lot of fun, and very sturdy!