Weapon Descriptions of Middle-earth

[Greg]

That is a GORGEOUS sword! In the movies, all of the attention is on Sting and Anduril, so no one really takes any notice on the other Hobbit's swords (though the Rohan-made blade Merry is given is quite awesome as well) but Sam's I always thought of as ugly. But I use the excuse that we never see it sitting still, really, so there's no way to see how awesome it is until someone does something magical like this.

I want one. Too bad "The replica was created using the finestgrade materials and craftsmanship available" typically means 400 Stainless and poorly tempered. Anyone have any info about their forging process?

[R.D.Metcalf]

Not really but UC sells SLO's they might look cool on the wall but thats all they're good for. Brendan at Fable blades is a good bet for safe functional LOTR inspired swords. Generally speaking a cheap sword is just that...a cheap sword. I would rather save my pennies and only have one sword as to have an armoury full of swords I dont trust.
A weapon is an investment, of time and money..buy the best and work hard to attempt to perform up to your weapon.

[Greg]

Agreed. I own four blades...my VA Bristol, a Ritter Steel Boot Knife, a Nepal Kukri, and a MRL Dagger...no duplicates in any category (though I'm not counting the functional Katana blade I'm making a handle for...)