Swords of 'Middle Earth' – Royal Armouries

Four heroic swords based on weapons used in the epic ‘The Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy went on display at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds in December, 2011. Royal Armouries’ curator of European Edged Weapons, Bob Woosnam-Savage, tells us more about the magical swords. After our highly successful ‘The Wonderful World of Weta: Arms and Armour from the Movies’ exhibition in 2008, I have kept in close contact with one of the workshop’s directors, Sir Richard Taylor, in New Zealand. So when these swords were suggested as a collection of ‘high-end’ collectibles of museum quality I knew we had to have them. More than just props Although the swords in this collection are not movie props, they have been made at the multi-Academy Award winning Weta Workshop by the movie’s very own swordsmith, Peter Lyon, using the same designs,
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