There are no stars on the blade. I also had them change that mirror polished blade to the same finish as the other LOTR swords, adjust the fuller width, change the guard and pommel color, and a few other things to make it a more accurate replica. I'm also having them test a few other materials for ...

All this scabbard talk makes me pine for the sword and scabbard of Denethor even more.

It won't be braided leather, that's for sure. Not for a production sword. It will likely be the same grip tooling, but I just want to improve the way it looks, and possibly change to a harder material. The grip on the one I got from production looked like a cheap Hong Kong toy from the 1970s. The c...