Royal Armouries Collection Cutting and Extended Review (Matt Easton/Windlass) Longsword & Falchion

This is the part 2 of my review of the two Royal Armouries Collection swords designed by Matt Easton and made by Windlass, complete with extensive cutting on pumpkins, bottles and cartons. The part 1 of this review can be viewed here:    • Royal Armouries Collection (Matt East...  

I detailed the experience of sharpening these two swords, and showed a lot of cutting footage. But I also made some corrections on some of the errors in my first part of this review, based on my conversation with Matt Easton, and comparing measurements...uhh of the swords. I used the data published by the museum and the product pages on the Royal Armouries giftshop, and both turned out to contain some errors. I apologize for not being able to fact check this prior to releasing the review. However, my speculation was mostly on point that the longsword is a bit off from both the original and the sanctioned prototype, although definitely lighter and likely livelier.

Windlass Steelcraft also responded to me and pledged to continue improving the products on future batches. I appreciate that.

Both swords handle exactly as expected in cutting and fulfills their corresponding role perfectly. You can see the results in my video. The Wakefield Hanger/Falchion is particularly a joy with cut with.

Shout out to sword friend Matthew Cross (Real Swords) for the sharpening tips on these two swords. Check out his channel for his awesome cutting with the Wakefield Hanger:    / @matthewcross2  

Overall, I'd say my impressions of these swords and the Royal Armouries Collection line is incredibly positive. I sincerely hope they can come up with new models in the future, perhaps to explore slightly different time periods now that the late medieval England is well represented.