The sword came already with a small flaw (a quirk in the blade) here. I did not care, as a whole it did not bother. BUT: What can not be is the fact that the silver metal part of the knob suddenly drops and not holding the brown knob without the silver part together and splits in the middle. For 200 (!!) Ocken one may expect more than that .... Too bad it only now struck me as I carried it to the Con. Otherwise I would have sent it back at the most .....