Great Sword. Love the design, perfect for practice I use this sword a lot. Is really great. I got it as a gift from my grandmother a year ago (she knows that swords are cool) and, even though it is slightly bent, its still in remarkably good shape for how many times ive hit it against trees and stuff… I think it would work well as a real practice sword, but i wouldnt know, as i dont have a partner who is into getting bruised with a dense peice of plastic. If you want a gladius- esq double handed bastard sword, i recommend this…