Along with Gandalf’s staff and Frodo’s sword, Sting, Aragorn’s sword, Narsil, is one of the most memorable named weapons from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
It also happens to be a beautiful weapon, with glowing fittings, a leather-wrapped hilt and even runic inscriptions. For fans of The Lord of the Rings, few other replicas make as much of an...
Just as a rapier is known by its long, thin, needle-pointed blade and swept hilt, traditional Japanese sword patterns such as wakizashi, katana and odachi swords are known by several different features that they largely share in common.
Here are some of the more salient among them.
Some Parts of Japanese Swords, and About Them
Most traditional Japanese swords, such as wakizashi,...
If you have a battle-ready ninja sword, that is, one that is forged from a good steel alloy, is properly tempered to withstand live use, and which has a full tang, you can use it for live cutting practice.
The question then becomes, what can you cut with a battle-ready ninja sword? Some targets are suitable and others are not.
Here are 5 of the best.
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All things...
Rainbow blade treatments are pretty popular in knives and lighters, and it’s not that hard to find a folding knife that has one. A rainbow butterfly knife carries the same appeal, but unlike a conventional OTS (out-the-side) folder, a rainbow butterfly knife has 2 distinct attributes that make it a (potentially) better option, at least for some buyers and collectors. Let’s take a...
If you’re a collector that has some swords from The Hobbit in his (or her) collection, and you like to use what you own, here are some high level tips to prevent damage to your replica swords and weapons.
Do not use a sword for live cutting practice if it is not expressly listed as battle-ready. Battle ready swords are forged from alloys that are suitable for live use, tempered so...
First things first, it’s called a “head” if you are talking about the entire steel piece that’s fitted to (hung is the proper terminology, by the way) the haft (or handle, if you will). Second, it’s the bit if you are specifically talking about the sharpened part.
Regardless, if you are looking for how to maintain an axe blade, here are some high level...
Of course it is the case that you get a replica blade sword for display, so keeping it in its scabbard is just going to harm its aesthetic import.
But there is a very good material reason that you should store your replica blade sword out of its scabbard, even if you don’t have it proudly displayed.
It has to do with rust. Here’s what you need to know.
The Issue with Storing a...
In the sword-collecting community, there is a pejorative term circulating called a “sword-shaped object” which refers to replica swords that, while they look like the real thing, certainly are not.
This goes beyond whether or not a sword is battle-ready, and in certain cases, such as that associated with traditional Japanese sword patterns like katana and odachi swords,...
The hamon line, a wavy, clouded line near the edge of a realistic katana (or other traditional Japanese sword) is so indelibly linked with the image of the sword that even modern katanas that are not made in accordance with traditional techniques have something of the sort etched onto the edge of the blade that produces the same aesthetic effect.
But what is the hamon line, really, and...
Towards the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, roughly midway through the end of the Return of the King, Elrond of Rivendell brings Aragorn a sword named Anduril that he can use to command the armies of the dead against the forces of Sauron in a bid to buy time for Sam and Frodo.
This new sword was renamed Anduril, or Flame of the West, and was forged from the shards of Narsil, the...
Towards the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Aragorn carried a sword named Anduril, which was forged from the shards of Narsil, the sword that cut the ring from Sauron’s finger thousands of years earlier.
The prop from the movies has become one of the most recognizable of all the swords from the franchise, and if you’re looking for an Aragorn sword replica, you’re...
Stiletto knives have needle point profiles and are perfect for piercing and puncturing tasks, as well as detail work. It also just so happens that an automatic stiletto, specifically an OTF double-action automatic stiletto, offers more value than an assisted opener. Let’s take a closer look at why this is.
First, an assisted opener stiletto knife requires you to open the blade part...
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