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,
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

Feanor's Two Handed Sword With Scabbard - DS-1351 - Medieval

Royal Armouries X Windlass Swords

Royal Armouries X Windlass Swords

Royal Armouries Sword IX.1787. This is a replica of a mid-15th century two-handed sword. The original sword is believed to have been excavated in

Windlass Steelcrafts - Royal Armouries Collection - 15th Century Two-Handed Sword - Kult of Athena %

Royal Armouries Single-Edged Arming Sword- Southern Swords Ltd

Royal Armouries 14th Century Arming Sword - Southern Swords Ltd

26 Fantasy Middle Earth Sting Dagger Short Sword with Scabbard

Windlass Steelcrafts - Royal Armouries Collection - 15th Century

Rapier Royal Armouries

Royal Armouries Tournament Gallery

English 15th Century Long Sword, Marto, Middle Ages, Late Medieval

Royal Armouries Sword IX.1106. Part of the Royal Armouries Collection by Windlass, the original is a mid-to-late 14th-century hand-and-half sword

Windlass Steelcrafts - Royal Armouries Collection - 14th Century Longsword - Kult of Athena %

Royal Armouries - A sword fit for a Lord Protector? Mortuary sword