Armory Replicas™ Fantasy & Medieval Dagger Collection – Elven, Templar, Ranger, Sword Breaker, and More

Lets get this out of the way, if you reading this you see all these conflicting reviews. This is not a knife made to go slashing around with. It's a replica prop. IF you properly sharpen and care for it you could indeed go cut things up with it. At the time of this review, as someone that lives in the midwest US, this cost me 19.98$ for first time buyers and those of you buying presents this is extremely cheap in the world of bladed weapon replicas. Something like this made by hand would cost upwards of 100$. That said, here the sheath is made of plastic, with metal caps on each end. Mine came in the mail feeling fragile, and clearly wasn't holding together very well. The end cap of the sheath popped right off. But this isn't a dealbreaker. All I did was take a old sock, and some heavy duty bonding superglue and pressed it all back together. It even has plastic pegs on the inside to keep it aligned. And then generously used weldbond to attach the end piece back on, and wiped away anything that leaked out. This was extreme overkill, and while it is still a light plastic sheath it now feels perfectly sturdy, and you can't even tell I intentionally tore it apart and reglued it. Which might I add was very easy. You don't have to be a tinkerer to get it done. Now to the blade itself, some people mentioned they got a blade that wiggles, in that case you could also glue it in, or just return it and order another, with two day shipping that's a breeze these days. The handle is solid plastic, with metal cap decorations like the hilt. It isn't hollow or anything, and feels perfectly sturdy. Like any affordable kitchen knife handle these days. Overall, for 20$ and ten minutes of my time this turned out to be a wonderful purchase, and I would hastily recommend that for such a good price that you should get one too. I'll likely get another for a gift myself.

I buy various new and used edged weapons for donor blades. I purchased a couple of these mainly to see exactly what they were, their size, how they were put together. The specs shown in the product description are accurate and correct, as far as they go. For the benefit of anyone considering purchasing one -- read on. From a few feet away, in its sheath, the knife looks pretty good. The sheath is ABS (plastic), and, by virtue of being very plain in design, looks even better, to me. The downside is, no belt loop or rings to facilitate carry. As for the hilt -- the haft is also plastic, and the pommel attaches by being stuck on a plastic pin or extension of the haft that is about 3/8" long, 5/16" in diameter. Not only can the pommel be simply pulled off, but the pin itself is slightly flexible. How the haft mates to the blade, I don't know. I haven't torn the thing apart and I'm not going to, since at some point I'll re-sell or gift both knives. I would tend to trust another review I read, which said the blade tang is short and basically stuck into the haft. A plus is that, being made of probably zinc (pot metal), and having a nice, not too ornamental design, the guard and pommel could be re-used in the construction of a better-quality knife. The seller (and all the sellers of the same basic knife, as far as I've seen), give the blade length as 9 1/2". That's correct. On a knife that will possibly be used, other pertinent specs are as follows. The blade is 15/16" in width, at the hilt. Though the photos show most of the blade as having distinctive bevels from centerline to edges -- not so. The flat ricasso and centerline are 3/32" thick; the edges of the knife are 1/16" squared-off; that adds up to 1/64" bevels on each side of the blade, which can hardly be felt and can really only be seen in the right light. Being very thin in cross-section to start with, I suspect an attempt to sharpen it would either ruin the blade immediately or leave it so flimsy that it would fold up in even light use. Sales tax and all included, this is a $16 knife. It looks good. For use as-is, or recycling the blade into a better hilt, looking good is still all it will be good for. As stated, I bought two of these just to see what they are, and that's what I'm passing along to other potential buyers. As a prop or a costume accessory, I'd call it a good buy. For the function and feel of a real using blade, though, figure on paying more, because this probably isn't what you're looking for.

It’s not a perfect copy of the original prop, but I didn’t want a perfect copy. The tang is fairly wide, and seems to go most of the way through the hilt, judging by the point of balance. The edge is sharp, but I would have preferred an unsharpened version The sheath is nicely fitted, and makes the knife slide home with a satisfying clunk. The blade slides free easily when pulled, but only a little steel shows when held upside down and shaken repeatedly. A very fine prop for the price. I’m buying another. Okay, I have to update this review. I just used this knife to chip ice off a gravel driveway, surprisingly, I nether damaged the edge nor loosened the hilt. I was surprised but pleased to find this knife able to stand up to a little daily use.

Just like every other review, the sheath is extremely bad. Pair that with it being fairly hard to put in the sheath due to it being curved, it feels like its going to break apart sending the blade into your hand. I wrapped the entire sheath with black electrical tape, which sufficed. The blade quality is decent and feels pretty good in my hand but the handle is also cheap plastic and feels like it could come apart at any moment. A lot of reviews say they paid $20 for this, which would be a good price. However, I paid $34 and its definitely NOT worth that. You could get way better quality at your local flea market for $34. I'm lazy tho and it does look really good despite its less than ideal sheath and handle. So I give it a solid 3 stars.

Yes, the sheath is plastic. However this dagger looks amazing and is high quality steel. The only downside is it’s slightly difficult to open and close due to its odd size. But a great movie prop to hang on a bedroom or office wall.