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Indiana Jones - Grail Knight Sword collaboration with "Magnoli Props"
- Thread starter Sarednab
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Paladin74
New Member
That sword looks very much like the Marto version of the Charlemagne coronation sword, though a good bit rougher. The Marto sword has a cleaner aspect, sharper imaging- but the flying griffons or lions of the crossguard with the matching beasts on the pommel are nearly spot-on. I wonder if Marto copied the sword - or the movie guys picked one up/copied that sword.
These are all based on the original sword, currently residing at the Louvre museum. The main difference from one manufacturer to the next is the blade style. The Marto version has gold designs along the blade and a much shorter fuller, if memory serves. The film sword has a relatively wide blade and a very long fuller, which is what we're reproducing.
@ Indy Magnoli & Sarednab: As you are talking about Marto. I wonder if you both would also be avle to do a run for the Orellana Nazca Dagger. I'm searching this for several years know, but it's almost impossible to find a mint condition one. I'm 100% sure that there would be enough interested members supporting you with this. What do you think?
MCINTOSH275
Well-Known Member
I have another request, to make a run of the machete...
That would be awesome. Of course I will, thank you!!!We’ll see in near future if we’ll do another run of the Nazca Dagger. Stay tuned
Wow, wish I had known they had that at the Louvre when I went a couple of years ago.
The original is SUPER detailed... the etching is SO deep, you can't really get that effect from a casting. Lucky for us though, the one in the film is not so detailed.
Pascal Kurosawa
Well-Known Member
Raiders March
Well-Known Member
The story about the sword is an interesting read, they claim different parts of the sword come from different eras pommel, crossguard etc
I'll post an estimated timeline for the prototype, pre-order and final run shipping later this week.
Joe310blk
Sr Member
The updated prototype should be ready by the end of this month. Once it is approved, we'll start the main run (which could take a month or more... so, if all goes well, probably shipping some time in January).
Here's the prototype hilt casting with updated patina finish:
