The Sword was amazingly crafted, but a shipping issue caused a bit of damage to the sword (At least that's what I'm assuming happened.) When I saw the delivery man stop in front of my house I saw that the sword had apparently punctured the box it was being shipped in. I didn't think much of it at first until I saw that the tip of the blade had apparently been smashed a bit from apparent impact on something. It wasn't badly damaged, just enough to take the sharp point off the very tip of the blade. Other than that the item arrived in great condition.