King Arthur's Excalibur Sword

I love this sword and I'm not really into this sort of thing. It's really big and somewhat heavy. It's shiny and looks so nice! It was a gift for the director of a play my children were in. The play was "Excalibur; the Story of Young King Arthur." She loves it and was so excited! All the kids in the play were really impressed and wanted to touch it. The sword is really long and is very impressive!

I received this sword as a gift for meritorious service on a campaign; therefore it has much sentimental value for me. The sword itself is fairly well crafted and the blade even comes with an edge almost sharp enough to cut. The pommel is attractive but does contain imperfections upon close inspection. No one is going to mistake this for a museum antique or an actual sword (it is too heavy and the balance is all wrong, with the base metal of the blade putting the center of balance well forward of the pommel). Nevertheless, it is quite serviceable as a wall mounted decoration. The mounting plaque did not come with instructions and is pretty much hopeless pressboard junk. Plan on getting decorative mounting hardware from another manufacturer.