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Originally posted by Fire
Hey guys- just your friendly neighborhood sword dealer again- United swords are strictly wall hangers- pretty though- I swear I cried tears of blood when I heard they got the contract to produce those- The lotr swords are designed well, and functional, but United builds em out of stainless (which snaps when used as a sword) and the tang is a rat tail- ie junky piece of thread rod- sigh- they look good though- BE SURE you buy the authentic repro- I've been seeing some damn good pirated copies out of both china and pakistan- these in some cases are hard for me to tell from the originals and I do this for a living- Bud K sells the real thing and I belive they are the lowest price this week....
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there's a great article on the actual movie props here:
http://lotr.swordforum.com/lyon-and-howe.php
I really like the Elven NagaMaki sword thing(
http://www.bladesbybrown.com/lotr/warrior.html)
where could someone find a good Pirated copy?