Sword design lacking and arrived loose
Sword arrived packaged well, as always, but several things were a miss with this product, most out of Sideshow's hands. Several pieces along the handle were loose with play and would rattle, including the pommel, one of the spiked rings on the handle, and one of the skulls at the end of the crossguard. If the sword were ever picked up it would be blatantly obvious that the quality just isn't there. The metal in the handle also lacks different materials, textures, and colors. There is no attempt in this sword to accent with brass/gold etc and the abundance of colorless polished metal is boring and looks unfinished. Though the handle has a real leather wrap (which looks too clean in my opinion), they opted for brown painted plastic to attempt look like leather on the crossguard. The weight is also outrageous, barely able to be handled with two hands.