Comments on: The Arming Sword (#1313)

By: Warren Harvey

Warren Harvey — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 03:58:24 +0000

This was the latest DSA sword I’ve acquired, already having the Gothic 2 Handed Sword and my favourite, the Knightly Bastard Sword. My son has their Alexandria, also a lovely blade.
I’m very impressed with the Arming Sword, beautiful blade with a wonderful taper, just looks very nice. I was surprised that the blade is actually a titch longer then the blade of my knightly bastard sword, maybe .5/.75 inch or so and is a little heavy, or at least heavier then I expected. I have a number of rapiers and thought this would be lighter, but not so…

The blade is nimble and easy to control, though for some reason i keep wrapping my finger over the guard a la my rapiers which I don’t do with any of my longswords, maybe because it’s my first medieval 1 handed sword?? The finish is very bright and pleasing to the eye and as someone else mentioned, the quillons are very sharp and could definitely be used offensively! I’ve gotten all of my DSA swords with the simple scabbard and this one is as good as the others, snug and well made… my son did get the interlaced with his Alexandria and perhaps the next sword I’ll get will have the interlaced??
One thing that I have noticed is none of my swords have come super sharp, they cut, but I have had to sharpen them all a little more after receiving them to get them to the sharpness i prefer. My Albions, katanas and rapiers have all been sharper when I received them…

But all in all, i do love this sword and as my first 1 handed medieval sword I’m very happy again with DSA.

By: Philip Cabrera

Philip Cabrera — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:16:01 +0000

Great sword and very beautiful. The only problem I have is with the guard, it’s very pointy and I keep jabbing my self with them. I’m tempted to file them down, not sure what to do.

By: Sir Robin Steal

Sir Robin Steal — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 06:14:27 +0000

This is the first fully functional sword I ever owned and have wanted one since I was quite young. Having said that this review is from a novice perspective although I have been into knife collecting awhile and into throwing knives(toss no spin style).
The pictures of the 1313 just don’t capture it’s aesthetic beauty as it is in real life. I did allot of on line browsing once i decided to finally own a quality battle ready sword.and for a first one all I can say is ‘Score”. Well actually i can say more and all very positive. The first thing I looked at after unwrapping the sword was at the tip. I wanted to see if the raised ridges on the front and rear of the blade match up to the point and angle of the edges. Absolutely spot on perfect. The pictures don’t show how much of a mirror like reflective surface the blade has. There still was some ‘protectant’ I guess it was that needed cleaning off and also the pommel and finger guard. All polished up nicely and as time goes along and it is cared for it will just get even better(with the correct polish and cloth). All the parts are solid on the sword no rattles, creaks, buzzes or grones at all. I ordered it with the blade sharpened and it is paper cutting sharp the whole length of the blade and on both edges even. The handle wrap and all of that is wrapped tightly and Gibraltar solid. I’ve shown it to friends and the ‘Wow Factor” is way up there. Lost of jaw hanging too. One day shipping was well worth the additional cost(I am on the West coast) and DSA had it shipped first thing in the morning(in FedEx’s hands not just a shipping label was created). For a first sword to own the 1313 has it all going on. As a sword to add to a collection ditto that. The dimensions are as mentioned in the video review. Can’t go wrong with this one IMHO.