Invigorating, isn’t it?

As you may or may not have noticed (my two avid readers) I am a lover of all things Fantasy and some things Science Fiction. Recently, in my pursuit of riches and glory I stumbled across Payperpost.com, a website dedicated to helping the currency disinclined of the world make some money by sitting and typing away. In surfing through the various companies looking to advertise through my blog, I found Heavenly Sword. While not necessarily fulfilling the Science Fiction of my day to day life, it has never the less pleased the Fantasy that I so crave.

However! Nothing is worth doing unless you have something to compare it against (Enter Museum Replicas). SO PREPARE YOURSELF ! The duel will commence thusly!

Round 1.

Expense

Its Sharp, but will I need it to fight back my creditors?

In comparing two items of like fantastical and/or historical reference. My choices were the Crusader Sword as sold by Museum Replicas and the Sword of Richard the Lionheart. NOW! You there! Stop what you are doing! I don’t want any emails or posts telling me just how different these are. I know how different they are. There is just no good comparison between the two websites. The Crusader Sword is 41” overall and the other is 43 and 1/4”, so it will have to do. The cheapest price between the two is obvious to belong to Heavenlyswords.com for their Richard the Lionheart blade, which tallied in at $85.48. The Crusader Sword as shown by Museumreplicas.com totaled in at $185.00, a significant price jump.

Round one to Heavenly Swords. Next up!

Round 2.

Credentials

(He jerks a thumb over his shoulder) “No ticket.“

I will make this part short and sweet. No credentials? No buy. At least thats my philosophy. And in this part, I think that Museum Replicas takes the cake. They offer the manufacturers name right there on the page with the sword! You can’t go wrong there! They even send you a Certificate. I like Certificates, they make things official, this way I know what I am buying is made by someone who has some idea what sword making is all about (unlike myself, I just like sharp things).

As for Heavenly Swords, they don’t seem to want to show you who made the sword much less give you a Certificate of Authenticity! I mean.. jeez. I want a bit more than a reciept, this is a purchase I may pass down to my children some day! (Unless they have depth perception problems, in which case foam will have to do).

That leaves only one thing to do! Tally up one for Museum Replicas.

The score? 1 and 1!

Round 3. Website speed and ease of use.

Click CLICK BO…. woah. Man.. this could take a while.

Okay so I will have to judge preemptively and say that both sites seem a bit dodgy in this arena. Museum Replicas lets you hold your cursor over certain subjects and they cascade down, for ease of navigation. However the cascading parts are transparent and because of this are barely legible.

Heavenly Swords seems to have slow server issues, however it could be just a bad day for them. Both sites lack good search feature, both being slow and hardly ever taking you where you need to go (even if you know a crusader sword is there typing in crusader sword is liable to help much unless you have the secret hand shake.)

Final score? You be the judge. If you are looking for a good wall mounted piece for over the fire place at a great price, check out Heavenly Swords. If, on the other hand, you are a hardcore SCA‘er, you might be more obliged to check out Museum Replicas for their standard of quality; A word to the wise though! It comes with a price tag.

NEXT UP!

VISTA versus LEOPARD

The legendary battle of the Titans rages on and frankly, I doubt any really gives a damn. They both suck! How’d you like them apples (and pcs)?