I know it is designed for the thrust but I wanted to know if anyone here has any experience cutting with it?

I"m looking at the albion talhoffer specifically.

thnx.

There is a review of that sword by Bill Grandy in the Reviews section. I also seem to remember a few other people being pleasantly surprised by the capabilities of the Talhoffer's edge, as well as Albion's other Type XVs. A search of the forums should give you more to go on. :)

I have a Gen2 Lucerne that is an XVa. It is a good cutting sword. Cutting may not be its primary function over thrusting but it still makes for a good cutter. It does require more force and better edge alignment but it isn't bad at cutting at all.

Good cutting swords compared to what? To a dagger? Yeah most likely. To your bare hands? Most definately unless your some godly martial artist. Compared to even a moderately decently made type XIII sword? Umm...no.

It does however gives you rather postive feedback on if anything you did is wrong. Makes you more aware of your mistakes and that can be a very good thing. And yes if you wanna cut, you can cut with the albion XVa swords.

Well I really like the looks, and the purpose of the XVa, but I was wondering if a XVIII would be more appropriate for my needs.

Not only the cutting ability is to be considered, but the hole design of the sword. A sword was not made without the intention of use behind it, so every type has its place.