The Saga of trying to find Lord of The Ring Swords...

[DavidS]

well some may have seen my WTB thread going in the junkyard for a while,
WHEW. let me tell ya this has been a long and frustrating struggle to try to find UC LOTR swords.... AT A REASONABLE PRICE.

First off let me state that the prices some of these things go for on EBay is outrageous. Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it right? well Im not willing to pay those prices.......
I decided Initially id just focus on the LE stuff.... like the Museum Collection prices ect...
i first set out to find a MC Glamdring....... WOW these things are rare as hens teeth. .... after being contacted by several people who i would never hear from again, one guy finally seemed consistent and i bought his....... it should be arriving sometime next week....... more on that later when it gets here...... i feel comfortable enough to say that one is "in the bank".....
me being a "sword guy" I MUST have a scabbard for every blade i own... some of my swords/knives have multiple scabbards/sheaths..... anyway, i did a bit of reading and found out the WHITE glamdring scabbard is the most rare, appraently only 600 made or so........ Blades By brown had THREE in stock when i ordered one from them. I received it very promptly and its a GORGEOUS peice of work...

Next up was MC Sting...... not too hard to find....... Kult of Athena had a sale on them for $199.... this seemed like a good price AND its a reliable dealer.... so i bought it..... two days later it dissapeared from their site. SOLD OUT. needless to say i ordered in the nick of time...... apparently getting one of the last ones..... i also picked up the Sting scabbard while i was there.
These two items just arrived today in excellant condtion, VERy well packed...... they are both really nice looking perices...... defiantnly "museum" quality...

My birthday is nearing so i figured something from the UC LOTR lineup would be a good thing for my wife to get me, so i let her pick something out. She favored the Legolas fighting Knives the most..... i looked around a bit and most i found that were "in stock" anywhere were in the $169 and up range.. EACK. a little high..??...... BUT that was until i found BUD K.... they had them on their site for $89..... WOW thats cheap. but i figured id shop around and see if i could find them elsewhere......... two days later they were GONE off their site. SOLD OUT. ....... BUT a few days after that, they showed up again... so i ordered immedtaly... that was two days ago and only TODAY did i find out i DID in fact get a set and they are shipping monday...
BudK also had the legolas scabbards for only $41.. so i snagged them up.... they arrived today.... really purdy. i just wish they made the Lorien scabbards too.

Well so far thats all Ive actually ordered or received yet....... Im really only after two more items: The Shards of Narsil and the Limted Edition Anduril....... both are proving frustrating......
I have been contacted by TWO people about the LE Anduril offering be VERY good low prices, but both people have only given limited communication...........

well this has been a rather long thread and Im sure your wondering what its all about...... i guess irs really about how hard it is posting WTB threads...... and of course LOTR stuff......
anyone having similar issues?

 

[hansicle]

United Cutlery, one of the companies holding a LOTR license filed for bankruptcy some time ago, and has not been producing any further LOTR weapons. Retailers are selling off what they have left in stock. Another company has bought UC, and hopefully, they will be granted a new license to produce LOTR weapons.

 

[gnrlotto]

You could have grabbed the mueseum Sting from Amazon.com for $180 a while back. I'm glad I got one.

 

[LizardJedi]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hansicle @ Feb 9 2007, 09:39 PM) [snapback]1415807[/snapback]</div>

United Cutlery, one of the companies holding a LOTR license filed for bankruptcy some time ago, and has not been producing any further LOTR weapons. Retailers are selling off what they have left in stock. Another company has bought UC, and hopefully, they will be granted a new license to produce LOTR weapons.
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I certainly hope that happens. When they first came out, I didn't have the means. Now I do, and they're hard to find (for the right price)

David Stokes - Good luck on your quest. Even if they're not practical, they're sweet looking.

 

[GeneralMayhem]

With any luck, maybe we'll get some new items as well.

 

[Soundwave]

I agree some of the prices can be pretty steap, but just because you aren't willing to pay those prices, doesn't mean someone else isn't.

 

[DavidS]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GeneralMayhem @ Feb 10 2007, 02:13 AM) [snapback]1415838[/snapback]</div>

With any luck, maybe we'll get some new items as well.
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It was just recently announced at SHOT show that Bud-K has bought United Cutlery and that they will NOT be continueing the LOTR line.......... so basically, whatever is out there is IT.

 

[gallman37]

BudK didn't buy UC they just won the bid for all the left overs from them. The bank had an auction to cover some of the losses. Most of the LOTR stuff that was left was sent back to China to the manufacturer. This makes the stuff out there a lot more valuable. David Hall the owner says he is going to start over but thats looking less likely all the time.


Garth

 

[DavidS]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gallman37 @ Feb 10 2007, 06:54 AM) [snapback]1415874[/snapback]</div>

BudK didn't buy UC they just won the bid for all the left overs from them. The bank had an auction to cover some of the losses. Most of the LOTR stuff that was left was sent back to China to the manufacturer. This makes the stuff out there a lot more valuable. David Hall the owner says he is going to start over but thats looking less likely all the time.


Garth
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WOW. i didnt realize that......
sorry the information i got was from Kit Rae and was coming from UCForums.....
guess i either read wrong or the info was wrong.......

BTW folks BudK has a GREAT price on the Legolas Scabbards if ya need um....

 

[Howard]

David, I wish you the very best of luck in finding these two last pieces. They are the only swords I have in my collection, and I paid through the nose for them. :cry
For me, they kinda tell the story - from start to finish.

The 'Shards' is a beautiful piece, although I had to send back my first purchase as the hilt was rotated with regards to the blade, meaning it wouldn't sit true on the wall mount.
It took ages to get a replacement - eventually from eBay, shipped to the U.K. from the U.S.

The LE Anduril had a problem also. Whoever drilled the holes for the two holders which support the sword at the hilt, drilled them too close together, meaning the blade couldn't sit on the mount. It took a great deal of courage to drill new holes (one slip. :angry ) but I managed it, after several brow-soaked minutes.

These two are now mounted in alcoves in my dining room - I'll see if I can get pics up tomorrow - when I find my battery charger.
They are the only pieces from my collection my wife has taken a shine to.

 

[DavidS]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Howard @ Feb 10 2007, 10:49 AM) [snapback]1415957[/snapback]</div>

David, I wish you the very best of luck in finding these two last pieces. They are the only swords I have in my collection, and I paid through the nose for them. :cry
For me, they kinda tell the story - from start to finish.

The 'Shards' is a beautiful piece, although I had to send back my first purchase as the hilt was rotated with regards to the blade, meaning it wouldn't sit true on the wall mount.
It took ages to get a replacement - eventually from eBay, shipped to the U.K. from the U.S.

The LE Anduril had a problem also. Whoever drilled the holes for the two holders which support the sword at the hilt, drilled them too close together, meaning the blade couldn't sit on the mount. It took a great deal of courage to drill new holes (one slip. :angry ) but I managed it, after several brow-soaked minutes.

These two are now mounted in alcoves in my dining room - I'll see if I can get pics up tomorrow - when I find my battery charger.
They are the only pieces from my collection my wife has taken a shine to.
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well I seem to have found two different guys that are willing to part with these peices at fairly reasonable prices.......... I hope to be able to buy both of them in a month or so then MY LOTR collection will be complete...... i never wanted ALL of the UC peices, but i might buy more, of the "regular" edition ones if the come avalible........ I actually have a course to buy the UNlimted Anduril, Theoden sword, Eowyn sword, Hadafang, Narsil, regular Sting , regular Glamdring and Boromir sword fairly cheaply and i might just get them for the sake of getting um.......

OH these Legolas knives are turning out to be a pain in the arse....... i ordered um 4 days ago from Bud K and they STILL cant tell me if i "have" them or not.... One person told me they are shipping monday and another saying they dont know....... ill just have to play the waiting and and see what happens..... its really just very nailbiting..........

 

[DavidS]

anyone else out there have any suggestions for acquiring them?

 

[DavidS]

Oh dear lord..

the saga takes a HILARIOUS turn today...

Ok, so im sitting in my college class talking with some friends.... they know i like swords ect....... and they mention that they saw some lord of the rings swords at this local um..... "Adult toy shop"........ i wont give the name..........
well anyway, i didnt give much credit to it.......

im sorry but i just dont go to those kinda places.... lol...... but i figured what the heck...... maybe they do have some good stuff....

well i go in and OH MY DEAR LORD.
they DO have LOTR stuff. and LOTS of it.
the first thing i laid my eyes on was the regular edtion glamdring....
they also had knives of legolas, strider knife, uruk hai, hadhafang , narsil, witchking and unlimted anduril.

i was honestly in shock.... it just seemed so out of place to me..... but HEY maybe i dont get out enough...... pardon my innocent mind....
the only bad part was they were selling them at original retail price.... i think glamdring was selling for around $275..... but HELL they sell on EBay for 3 times that much.

didnt buy anything today, but the guy said that folks that come in there dont come there to buy swords lol......... so i feel confident they will be there wheni come back.....

 

[tomtav]

Hello All,

I have been buying a few of the UC swords and while searching through the boards for info on them I came across a mention of the Noble Collection versions.

I searched the boards but could not find anything as to their quality.

Any info on the NC versus the United Cutlery would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom

 

[Hecubus114]

Everything Noble makes of LOTR is great - MINUS THE SWORDS. UC has them beat bigtime there. NC are ok, but cost 2 or 3 times more, not worth it at all.

 

[Hez]

The regular LOTR swords are worth actual money now? When did this happen? I have 3 of them, but to be honest, I don't even know where I've got them stored. :lol

 

[Last_Chael]

I've got Hadhafang and absolutely love it. IT's a beautiful piece of weaponry. As much as I'd love to have most of the swords, the main one I'm looking for at the moment is Eowyn's sword. I've had absolutely no luck here in Aust, So I'm starting to look outside. I'm hoping to get one..

 

[Ramiel]

Apparently I will never have a Glamdring (my favourite LOTR sword)...
Because in Italy it's almost impossible to find (and it's way overpriced.) and import one from USA or whatever it's really hard because our customs are totally dumb. (We CAN import sword replicas without sharp edges, but the guys at our customs didn't understand the differences...)

 

[DavidS]

I am also interested in to hear some things about the NC LOTR swords....

all i have EVER heard about them is that UC is better than NC swords.... HOWEVER no one who i have heard thats said that has actually owned one.?
i BELEIVE marto of spain makes the swords for NC...... but the thing is Marto made the Museum collection swords for United Cutlery....

so how can the NCs be inferior to the UCs when UCs "top end" swords are also made by Marto?

 

[Refit1701]

I've never collected swords before but this thread got my interest going. I found a museum edition Sting for $197 which sounds about right. Cool collectible too.

The rest of them sharp weapons are too rich for my blood.

But they are some kinda cool. :thumbsup