And I'm blown away by it, I'm not yet sure if it's my favorite sword simply because it's my newest sword or if it's my absolute favorite sword, it will take about a month of feeling it out for me to tell I think.

Actually the reason I made this post is because I was surprised by something.

There are two things I have heard numerous times about this sword from various forums.

"It's got almost no blade presence"
"its very flexible"

The sword I got has a wonderful, very attractive blade presence, there is nothing heavy or lacking about it and this blade presence feels like it's begging to cut into a foe. This sword just wants to be taken to battle and it feels more like a man at arms or infantry mans sword than another other sword I have held. This feels like a sword that an army would equip it's knights and men at arms with if they had the resources to make them.

This sword has a flex but it's surprisingly stiffer than I thought. I also own the Albion Vigil "another great sword in it's own right" and the Vigil is more flexible. If you smack the pommel, the Reeve will vibrate less forcefully and for less time. I was surprised by this and pleasantly so, because I actually prefer a bit less flex than what my Vigil has.

This is undoubtedly a sword that is primarily used for cutting but you could thrust with it with confidence.

Albion really hit a home run with me, I adore this sword.

And then he went and smacked some dense soaked newspapper with all his force and realized that its wobbly... (Frank Sinatra- Something stupid)

As long as ur not thrusthing into mail u should be fine, but u will soon find out from your own testing ( avoid water bottles to draw conclusions ) that it does flex a good bit, just make sure ur wrist is in the right position when u try or u might hurt urself.

All jokes and comments aside, i am very happy your loving your new sword, and i am happy to hear not everybody is having problems with Albion atm.

I have read far to much about QC mistakes lately, from broken tips, bad tempering, casting pits, bad finish etc...

I have a few swords on order and i am afraid they will come anything less than perfect, which is not acceptable at that price.

I owned a Reeve for a short time and traded it away...not because I didn't love the sword but the Baron I traded it for was something I also really wanted and already had a number of Albion Single-handed swords in my collection, so a hard choice was made. I may at some point in the future get one again.

I had the same basic thought that you are having. The thing seems to beg to cut something. Not to hack or chop, more like a razor slice and cut.

It was the most *dangerous* feeling sword I owned, if that makes any sense. Congrats.