Kingdom of heaven

by Adam Thurkettle
(Ipswich, Suffolk, UK)

I have to date only purchased one windlass sword the Kingdom of heaven, sword of Ibelin. Having bought movie replica swords before I was expecting a reasonably pretty display sword, however with the sword of ibelin things were very different.

First of all this sword isn't pretty, it's stunning, perfectly proportioned with such a delightfully shaped and designed hilt that it is truly beautiful to behold.

The other thing I noticed is that whilst slightly whippy, but not much this sword is fully functional and having tested it on plastic bottles and other such light targets i have found that it is very capable and despite what other people have said i would say that it behaves very well in the hand for a movie replica.