They ar beautiful in appearance but i not so sure about use. I would greatly appreciate you help.
Thanks you.

On the other side you can go for a customized Christian Fletcher / Angus Trim sword. They would certainly be of better quality than any actual official LOTR repro (and most of the time less expensive than the M.C. ones).

See http://www.christianfletcher.com/

I grok about the bad welds. The Christmas that FOTR came out, I got my wife a Witchking sword. Imagine her disappointment when she got it out of the box and the friggin' hilt FELL OFF, because the rat-tail tang had broke, presumably in shipment. I've seen better welds from cheap wall hangers. Over on the UC boards, those guys think the LOTR swords are the bomb, apparently, but complain that they can't understand when their hilts get loose from all of that air slicing :eek:

Ken

I have the Witchking, Sting, and Glamdring UC swords (regular grade). They are blade heavy and unwieldy at best with poor balance. They are great for the purpose intended--decoration. I have no experience with the museum-grade swords.

Here's a Ranger sword offered from Pro Sword. Anyone out there have one?

Ken

Hi Marvin, and welcome (I’m rather new here myself.)

I own the regular version of Sting and Glamdring, as well as the MC Sting. The Sting sword is fine for what it is. Glamdring is very heavy though, and whenever I hold it I put a hand on the blade. It just feels that there is so much stress put on that poor tang. I have heard that the MC line is perhaps as good as MRL, but have also heard that the hilt is probably made from the same cheap cast metal of the original. Descriptions of Peter’s sword from Narnia actually say that the pommel is brass and that the guard is chrome-plated steel. United Cutlery didn’t mention it, so it is likely not steel, but “solid” metal, just like the regular versions. In short, the regular LOTR line is an odd combination of being overweight and delicate. They are not well balanced. If you ever want to swing your swords, you will need to look elsewhere. Of course, they are fine for display. Pretty much all of this has been said before. I still like LOTR swords; probably because their designs are somewhat functional.

I’m sure you will find the right kind of swords for you. Happy collecting (if you can stop that is.) ;)

Brian

Who made the original swords for the movie? Heard somewhere that viggo Mortensen had a "Rangersword" with him almost all the time during the filming and that he trained/swinged it regually. Would be intressting to know why almost every sword in a movie seem to hold up fairly to some action during filming, but the swords that are for sale almost always are cast copys or worse... (I haven´t had any experience with albions film swords but the pricetag hints that they probally gould survive at least medium duty.)

Martin

I have the Narsil. From a distance, it somewhat resembles an Albion Regent. It's a beautiful sword and looks great on my wall. It will likely be the first sword to grab your attention despite being flanked by my Albion Talhoffer on one side and my A&A Schloss Erbach on the other. But then again that's the whole idea of what it was made for.

My Narsil is quite heavy, even for a 52-inch sword. And the fact that it's very blade-heavy is all the more reason to not test cut or spar with it. I have enough sharps and a couple wasters for that. ;)

Ted