The Supreme-Cutter™ Classic from Lancelot is the result of his journey to create an optimized fighting sword, a blade that uses his 30 years of swordsmanship experience to full effect to create an ideal sword that balances reach, power, speed and practicality, a sword that is optimized for cleanly and repeatedly slicing tatami, thick rolls of newspaper and other targets. The Ultra edition with its greatsword-like size is specialized for open area combat, where one may have to face multiple opponents, or to quickly overcome an opponent immediately with the help of reach. For the advanced users who can handle the extra weight and measure, this edition brings the ultimate fighting prowess. Each sword gets closely inspected by Lancelot himself to ensure that they meet his approval for a sword deserving of the Supreme Cutter title. You can read more of his design philosophy farther below.
The sword has a rigid and robust blade forged from well tempered GB 60Si2MnA High Carbon Manganese Spring Steel with a final tempered hardness of 50-55 HRc and sharpened to a fine and keen cutting edge and polished to beautiful reflective mirror finish.. The disk guard and pommel are of stainless steel with a sandblasted finish contrasted with a mirror polished rim. The wooden grip is tightly bound in blackened hand-wrapped cord. The sword is paired with a wooden scabbard which is tightly bound in faux black rayskin and is completed with a blackened brass locket and chape fittings. The scabbard is specially designed to ensure that sheathing / unsheathing the sword will not dull the blade edge. A cloth sword bag and sword presentation box are included.
Please Note: The standard factory edge merely means that the sword is not personally sharpened by Lancelot, but it is inspected by him. The edge from the factory bladesmiths is still very sharp and quite capable of efficient cutting.
About Lancelot
With decades of scholarly experience in European and Asian sword martial arts Lancelot is a recognized expert and instructor in the field. His school seeks to teach swordsmanship in a global way, unhindered by style and his students study the various schools of swordsmanship, such as German Lichtenauer and Chinese Tai Chi and then seek to blend together these various historical fighting systems in to a modern, efficient system tailored to each individual student. The focus being the attainments of excellent swordsmanship informed from the best that historical martial arts has to offer. Through rigorous sparring against a variety of opponents, weapons and situations and with focused and decisive practical cutting Lancelot and his students seek to best understand the sword and swordsmanship.
Vance Proctor (verified owner) –
Let’s start by saying this is a large sword we’re talking claymore size at nearly 40 inches. The fit and finish is the same as the classic and compact I purchased earlier. The thing that surprised me was despite it’s size,it’s well balanced and quite nimble and all three have that auto pilot like feature were they are very easy to set in motion and once moving they seek out your target.the one thing though is this sword will take greater strength and skill to use but in the end I think you will be rewarded for your efforts. If I were to get only one it would be the classic,it’s the Swiss army knife of the three and not as specialized as the Ultra and compact. The ultra is for defense against polearms.