hey guys,

well, it's coming down to it again, I've got an itch for a new sword, something I've been looking into for a while. I'm looking at at Del Tin 2162, a big two handed sword offered by KoA. I'm dicing out and researching some details before i jump into a purchase, and hopefully jump on it before its price goes up and out of my range.

something i wasn't able to find on Del Tin's official site was any kind of warranty - i either didn't look close enough to find one, or it wasn't listed. does anyone know of any warranty that comes with their products?

From deltin.it italian part website

Le nostre imitazioni di spade e daghe antiche sono prodotte per uso decorativo e hanno lame prive di taglio e senza punta (lo spessore nel filo è di circa 1 mm).

E' anche diffuso l’impiego di questi oggetti nell’arte della scherma antica da parte di numerosi gruppi di ricostruzione storica sia in Italia che all’estero. Decliniamo ogni responsabilità per eventuali danni a cose e persone causati dall’utilizzo nella scherma delle nostre spade e daghe. In ogni caso devono essere sempre maneggiate con molta attenzione e in massima sicurezza.

Basically it says that the firm declines every responsibility for historical sparring use of their swords. They are sold only as decorative items and have no sharp edge or acute point in order to comply with italian law.

It must be noted however that this is the italian guarantee. Maybe american resellers have different agreements with Deltin's owners.

Darkwood Armory used to use Del Tin blades for their rapiers before thye started to make their own. And those were usable for sparring as far as I've read. KoA also has some other Renaissance Del Tin blades it claims are battle ready. No clue for their other blades than rapiers, though.

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Bruno Giordan wrote:

anyone else by chance know the trade offs of chrome vanadium vs carbon steels?

If you search this site for 'Del Tin' and/or 'Chrome Vanadium' a few threads like this will turn up: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t...e+vanadium

thanks for the topic J.D. the discussion there helps me out with other questions and concerns i see when browsing around the net about Del Tin. part of the things i see from Del tin's reviews are minor flaws which in my shop can easily be fixed, in fact i don't doubt that one day if i pick up this sword i may cut the stamped fullers into functional ones and if i decide to make a sharp out of it, i have all the necessary tools to do so. although it would be tricky with a sword of this size.

and Glen, thanks for the information, i did a direct search for chrome vanadium over the net after posting this topic. mostly what comes up is tool reviews. i don't see a huge travesty over using it vs 5160, i just wasn't aware of the alloy nor it's properties.