The Ashdown Viking Sword - Is It a Letdown?

Taking a look at the historical accuracy, fit & finish, handling, and blade quality of the Ashdown, a "battle-ready" sword inspired by 9th century Viking designs. There are good and bad things about it. It's not exceptionally well made but not what I'd call poor quality either. Sort of middle of the road, which is fairly common on the reproduction market in the sub-$300 range. This however is priced at over $300, so that makes me take a harder look at the flaws... https://www.museumreplicas.com/ashdow... http://therionarms.com/reenact/therio... Support the channel, get bonus content and other rewards:   / skallagrim   https://www.subscribestar.com/skallagrim    / @skallagrim   For one-time donations: https://streamlabs.com/skallagrim1 https://www.paypal.me/SkallagrimYT Books about history and/or martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend: US - https://amzn.to/2jAc0MB Canada - https://amzn.to/2l7GHcr Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc: http://ww4.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=kult... Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords: http://www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799 Get in contact or see a list of my video uploads:   / skallagrimyt     / _skallagrim_   Channel-related shirts and other merch: http://skallagrim.spreadshirt.com/ https://teespring.com/stores/skallagrim My side channel (for rambles, vlogs, opinions, gaming, etc):    / @skallhalla   Knives on Gearbest: https://www.gearbest.com/knives-tools... Intro song: "Illuminate" by Vindsvept https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com/track/... Outro: "Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records http://theslantedroom.weebly.com/ #Viking #Sword #Review