Ultraviolet Swords on eBay, opinions?
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Drago Lordist
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looks pretty good - pretty authentic (as you said not going from any materials here except for the poster art they show...) and something I caught myself doing - don't focus on the sheath at all, there wasn't one in the movies 
well there are two kinds on ebay, ones got a more rough handle and engraved letters..the other has a sharper handle and what looks like printed letters... now some shots ive got the letters look printed on, not cut in, but then the poster they definetly look cut in...so i cant decide..i need a good shot of the grip to figure which is more accurate...
Type 1
Type 2
Type 1
Type 2
JunkSabers1138
Sr Member
No offense, but this sword doesn't fit my taste since it looks unfinished and crudely made IMO. Guess it's from me being a European sword fan (especially 2H H&H and 2H+ models) more so than a Japanese sword fan.
Drago Lordist
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lol. I always thought they were engraved...
well this image makes me think the type 2 is closer...look at the lettering and handle...gah, need clear screencaps...
http://www.raynecreations.com/images/uvhi3.jpg
http://www.raynecreations.com/images/uvhi3.jpg
Drago Lordist
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if you got the #2 and painted the "key hole" at the end black I think you might have yourself a winner...
if you could redye the script darker you would be there on #1
two seems about right but the tsukaito wrap comes up to high, its
not supposed to taper that extra wrap turn at the top
nice, and since its in LA I think I might try and pick one up and save the shipping price
though about making this a few months back, glad to see steel ones are out, to bad its stailess
but no worries
two seems about right but the tsukaito wrap comes up to high, its
not supposed to taper that extra wrap turn at the top
nice, and since its in LA I think I might try and pick one up and save the shipping price
though about making this a few months back, glad to see steel ones are out, to bad its stailess
but no worries
Gman666
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I have one of the swords with the engraving. I really like it, but it is heavy around 4.2 lbs. All the swords I have seen are not 100% screen accurate, even the one I have. Violet's sword is straight across at the end. All the swords I have seen are at an angle. I have several screen caps showing this that I can post later once I get home. I even sent the pics to a sword maker who makes the sword by "hand" and asked him to make mine straight like the movie. I figured if it took 8 days like he said in his ad to make the sword, than it would be no problem for a straight end. I knew this whole hand made thing was BS but I decided to try anyway. Even though I sent the screen caps showing this, he still said that his sword was accurate and my pics were wrong. The BS kept rolling out. Some of the ads will show the sword at an angle so you can not tell if the end is straight or not. If anyone has a found a straight sword, let me know. I plan on using a cutting wheel to chop my end off to make is accurate.
Now for the second part. You can not depend on the screen caps to show you if the symbols are engraved or not. Swords used for the fight scenes were made out of resin and others were foam with a metal center. That is how they do those great moves. I believe that the foam swords did not have the engravings but were just printed on. The replica swords are for show so do not plan on trying to duplicating any moves. These suckers are heavy. 4 lbs does not sound like much but it is. I chose to go with the engraved symbols and plan to weather them to age the sword. More when I get home.
Greg
Now for the second part. You can not depend on the screen caps to show you if the symbols are engraved or not. Swords used for the fight scenes were made out of resin and others were foam with a metal center. That is how they do those great moves. I believe that the foam swords did not have the engravings but were just printed on. The replica swords are for show so do not plan on trying to duplicating any moves. These suckers are heavy. 4 lbs does not sound like much but it is. I chose to go with the engraved symbols and plan to weather them to age the sword. More when I get home.
Greg
JunkSabers1138
Sr Member
You know, after seeing more pics of this thing, I'm beginning to like it a BIT more (The only turn offs being the blade thats flat on the tip and it's tapiring in the wrong direction. The Narsil-like pommel is a nice touch).
Gman666
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Here are the pics showing the end is straight, as Birdie has already shown. I personally wanted the engraved symbols because I think it looks better than the print. I will probably pick up the other version just to have. Any reviews on it? If any one wants full size pics email me at joemerchant00@yahoo.com.
Greg
Greg
