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Christain Fletcher: where to go for LotR
« Thread Started on Jan 3, 2004, 4:11pm »

Christian Fletcher (http://www.christianfletcher.com/) is the man! First he came out with hilt upgrades for his leafblade to look like Glamdring, then he made his "Ranger" sword, a look-a-like version of Aragorn's sword, and a complimentory dagger! Then he made a line of "Reedemer" swords patterened after Boromir's blade. Now at long last we have the "Ranger King", Anduril!
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Limited to 15, and priced at a little over $800 - buy 'em while they last!

Why Buy CF? Simple: there are only two other makers of LotR swords from the movie: one is the official reproductions from Tiwan, and the other is the unofficail repros from India. Oddly enough, the craftsmanship on the India blades are better, and the ballance points are better.
However, these blades are wall hangers. The blades are stainless steal, not heattreated and therfore very soft. The harmonic nodes are in the wrong places (due to being hilted by machine instead of by hand), the hilts on some are often made of seporate parts which are prone to fall off. And worst of all, I fear that they are the dreaded "rat-tail" tangs, and are likely to snap and become progectiles. Still, I like 'em on my wall, and for only $30 for the India copy, I'd go for it.
There are a few bladesmiths that have made their own exact versions of the LotR blades, but only for themselves.
The CF blades are works of art, and slightly modified so as not to infringe upon the rights of New Line. Heat-tempered steal with the right carbon amount, you can flex these blades to 140 degrees without them taking a bend. Although weighing a goodly amount, they are ground and set just right so that the ballance feels like nothing. They also have a full, wide tang, and on the Ranger King this tang is peened to the hilt (as apposed the threaded), so there is no fear of it breaking, or flying off. A sword to trust your life to, and also to play with

*rumages through pocket for cash*
(note: if anyone wants pics of the other swords mentioned, I can email some. I know he doesn't show the dagger on his site)

« Last Edit: Jan 3, 2004, 4:23pm by Pellakal Ingolmo Eofor »

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