The brand name does not mean anything, but Matthias makes a note of it all the same. He peers at it, wanting to go closer to look, and also wanting to keep a respectful distance. He personally hates to be crowded, and expects that most others also appreciate when that doesn't happen. By what Banshee says, he may have done the improvements to these himself, and they do look extremely impressive, to someone used to nothing like them.

Enough to be counted.

Enough that the loss of one would be terrible, because they were useful.

He wants to ask what Awoken are. Instead, 'And that is all you do? What do you fight with these weapons?'