The Christus Imperat Rapier

Specifications

"Fine blade, pleasure to learn on." - Tim (4/5)

"For anyone interested- Having received, Christus Imperat sword - I am Chuffed with the practical quality of the sword. Its detail of the hilt and sword flexibility. I purchased it for its historical reference, being a copy of the one in the Tower of London armoury and its beauty of a Rapier Sword. The nicest looking Rapier I have seen- Feels and looks great in hand. After a few practicing swashbuckling -swing sessions, it feels a part of you. You too can feel Lord a Muck, or Pirate Debonair. Wonderful workmanship at the Cost! One little negative - the scabbard is not to the swords exaltation - instead being of good quality hand stitched leather, as probably meant to be in origin - it is of contemporary cheap - don't know what?? A wrong move by the manufacturer! This is my true and honest opinion of my referenced feed back. P Novak " - Philip (3/5)

"Very attractive complex hilt, and it's different from many rapier hilts in being completely symmetrical, so it's completely ambidextrous and equally usable for a right handed or left handed person. The blade isn't sharpened and I didn't opt for the optional sharpening service, so that is fine with me. This is more of a display piece, or a piece for solo training because the point is very "Pointy" and wouldn't be safe in paired training without first grinding the point to a very round tip: I don't think that just taping the tip or adding some sort of rubber tip would be enough to make it safe if the point was left in it's original shape. The blade is fairly flexible but not overly whippy: Historically there was some variation in how rigid a rapier blade could be, many where very very stiff. In any case this isn't a criticism of this rapier because it's still stiff enough ! Note but too stiff for safe paired practice unless one is very careful in pulling one's thrusts and wearing good protective gear. I'm very happy with it as a good collectible and for solo practice." - Jean (5/5)