Ok folks
I had that one; http://casiberia.com/cas/product_details.asp?id=SH2250 but with the normal finish
Yesterday we've decided to make some corrections on the sword because its point of balent is at around 11 inches of the crossguard. That means thant the sword is really bad balanced....as I said in anothe thread last month...

Now, lets take a look at what it looks like when dismantled....the pictures talk by themselves...

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The pommel is hollow! What a crap! Now we'll have to replace that one with another, a full steel one. The sword will be a little bit heavier, but the balance will be better.
After that we've noticed that all the handle was fixed with a lot og glue, probably epoxy mix. The wooden pommel was glued on the tang, the leather was glued to the pommel, the quillon was also glued....glue everywhere! Crap!
Now wu'll have to shorten the blade of 1/2'' on the ricaso to have enough steel at the end of the tang to fix another pommel

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there is also a litthe hole drilled in the tang. What is that??!! We need to repare that before installing its new handle and pommel because it should be a break point when the blade we will use the blade when fighting....
As soon as I get the new "version" of that sword I'll post new pictures.

If the pictures don't appears you should go there
http://fr.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prospero2099.../my_photos

hollow pommel for my hanwei practical knight.

I'm saving money to buy a better one.

I will not spend much time improving mine, though, since I want to specialize in helmet making.

that one is not supposed to be of the practical line...and the blade seems of really good steel

The hole in the tang was probably used to suspend the blade in their heat treating apparatus; Albion does that with their swords.