[Nathan Robinson]

Today's update:


Albion Armorers Meyer Sword
A hands-on review by Bill Grandy


Albion Armorers Liechtenauer Sword
A hands-on review by Pamela Muir


Hanwei / CAS Iberia Federschwert Training Sword
A hands-on review by Bill Grandy


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[Jean Thibodeau]

Very good reviews on these training swords and it's nice to be able to compare the weight and flexibility differences that can affect how well one can apply the techniques: The Hanwei does seem a little too flexible to me if it changes the feel of winding.

The Meyer maybe a little more of a sports fencing or equivalent to a lighter civilian sword while the Liechtenauer closer to a fighting ( war ) longsword.

I have a Liechtenauer and have used it for some practice sessions against other Liechtenauers as our group has at least 3 users/owners of a Liechtenauer.

Durability is very good since even against each other they show hardly a visible dimple after use and much less notches shallow or deep that some of our other " cheap " training swords which look more like saws after a bit of hard use.

Some of these cheap training swords are basically Windlass swords used in their unsharpened state or with edges that have been rounded by removing a bit of these swords width.

Anyway, I can confirm that durability of the Albion's is superb.

[Blaz Berlec]

Great reviews, thanks! There isn't much written on these swords on the net, although they have been available for quite some time.

[Nathan Robinson]

Interesting results on the voting poll!