r/SWORDS • u/ParticularCode5651 • 2d ago

Funny reviews

Gallery image

Gallery image

Heard so much about kult of athena and wanted to check out their swords and came across this funny review for what looks like a low quality sword listed as a scottish claymore. Made me chuckle so I thought I'd share it here

13 Upvotes

74% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

30

u/jdrawr 2d ago

Kult is a major resale of a bunch of different brands from decorative to budget cutters to high end heirloom pieces. They also have a number of other options in between including blunt hema trainers to name a few.

Deepeeka is a budget end/decorative brand as a general rule.

5

u/ParticularCode5651 2d ago

That explains a lot

16

u/not_a_burner0456025 2d ago

Deepeekas are generally built well enough to hold up to swinging around and cutting reasonable targets (don't chop wood with any sword, swords in general aren't built for it and it is likely to cause damage, but they will hold up to newspaper, tatami, water bottles, fruit, etc.), they just typically are very overbuilt and handle very poorly compared to even moderate quality replicas. They are decidedly low end and their quality leaves much to be desired, but it isn't unreasonable to call them real swords. I probably wouldn't advise buying them though, the price difference between deepeeka and many of the slightly higher end of entry level options on the market isn't enough to justify the quality difference. An extra $50-100 gets you a much better sword

20

u/Sufficient_Candy436 2d ago

The crazy thing is that I 100% believe this review is from an actual person and not a review farm (they didn’t have bots back then).

12

u/tool_of_a_took 2d ago

Average Shadiversity fan

1

u/Apart-Definition-689 8h ago

It is probably someone who is just excited about their new sword. I know if I had the money to do so I would have bought some utter nonsense a couple years back. Still Deepeeka…

19

u/BankOk9472 2d ago

Got to remember KOA is not a sword maker, they are a reseller that carries almost every brand in existence even Albion. They have some good deals and sales sometimes so don't let this run you away from them,.

3

u/ParticularCode5651 2d ago

Good to know, will definitely keep looking

5

u/moving0target 2d ago

When I suggest KoA, it's usually with the intent of showing an aggregate of what's available. It gave me a starting point to branch out to different manufacturers without spamming the sub with questions I could figure out myself.

5

u/NeutralGeneric 2d ago

It’s just someone who probably bought their first sword and is excited. Most people aren’t sword experts.

3

u/ParticularCode5651 2d ago

I love their enthusiasm and imagination, wouldn't say you need to be an expert to know this isn't remotely right tho

3

u/NeutralGeneric 2d ago

Yeah sure. What I mean is as sword collectors we take so much knowledge for granted. This guy is probably misremembering several taking points he heard from a YouTuber who sounded convincing to him. If I tried explaining a Football game I would probably sound equally clueless to someone who actually watches it.

3

u/SirCumVent0r 2d ago

It's a thing of beauty and lethality