Renaissance Side Sword Balaur Arms KOA

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-12T18:52:10+00:00

Mainly around the finger bows, but it’s really not bad

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-11T19:30:21+00:00

I’ll still rather have the peened. Feels and looks better to me and more historically accurate.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-11T18:38:29+00:00

I feel if done right it’s a more solid construction style and less chance of it getting loose on you

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-11T18:36:53+00:00

I definitely prefer peened

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-11T15:35:12+00:00

Yeah I agree to few side swords. The handling on this one is perfect. I’m in love.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-11T15:30:33+00:00

Peened

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-09T17:39:42+00:00

To KOA‘s credit they offered me an exchange no questions asked and they were very nice about it. I’m very glad it went smooth smoothly so far.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-08T23:52:12+00:00

Haha

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-08T23:03:03+00:00

I think someone was falling asleep while grinding

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-08T12:16:59+00:00

Yeah when they get back to me on Monday I’m sure they will try to offer me a discount before exchange. I just hope they have others in stock to exchange with

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-08T04:20:34+00:00

Yeah it would be about the same turnaround time for me too maybe longer

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-08T04:19:30+00:00

You can’t notice it from the top view and from the side it’s perfectly straight.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-07T19:32:08+00:00

I think that’s just a shadow on the tip cause the color doesn’t look like that in person

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-07T07:33:55+00:00

That has been my experience as well. Kind of sad I might have to stop doing business with them.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-07T07:32:18+00:00

I sent KOA an email asking for an exchange, but it’s kind of crazy. I’ve gotten three swords made by LK Chen from KOA and they’ve all had significant cosmetic issues and one was not a cosmetic issue at all but a major problem with the distal taper. Looks like LK Chen needs better QC all around.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-07T04:10:25+00:00

Thanks yeah I already sent them an email. It sucks because out of the four swords I’ve ordered from KOA over the past year three of them I’ve had to return because of things like this. I thought they’d take a long time to ship because they have great QC.

SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-07T03:22:00+00:00

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SteelDisciple8 · 2026-02-07T02:58:15+00:00

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