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Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I assume the cast belt parts on the hero props were bronze, or at least meant to look like that. I think it's just paint effects to give it that dark patina and tarnished look, but that's more of a bronze thing than the way brass tarnishes. The United Eomer parts are what we call "antique brass...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Kit - slightly random question but I figured you're the best person to ask. I'm working on a replica belt for the Homer sword scabbard - I can't decide whether to make the parts in brass or bronze. I believe the props were bronze, however I want them to match with the UC replicas for obvious reason...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

You had me worried there for a split second, considering I approved the sample months ago and they are in production. I don't think these have ever been reissued since the old UC went down, so that would have been lovely if they came back with a huge mistake right out of the gate! It's basically ide...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Hello All! I recently got back into collecting and have focused on finding the obtainable limited edition items up front. I'm very happy with what I've collected so far (FYI, the most recently run of Gondorian Infantry helmets don't have the nose rivets), but I have a couple of questions that I hop...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

That's another Orc helm. I was snapping pix of several helms to show to UC the same day I shot the Uruk swords. No idea when the Rohan axe will be shipping. Development on Anduril is essentially done, but I am still waiting on a final hand guard and pommel to confirm the finish. I dropped the silver...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

That looks really good, Kit! Do you have a picture of the blade head-on? I see a line down the length of the blade (forget the term for it), which gives me the impression the blade has a diamond-shaped profile, rather than being completely flat, like the original. Is this a correct assumption? The ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Here is the difference between the old UC Uruk sword and the reissue coming out this year, for anyone interested. The blade tip change is the main difference. The "forged" surface texture and corrodded colors were also changed to match up with the prop look better. http://www.kitrae.net/fa...

Re: Pure Middle-Earth discussion.

(and I'm assuming, Kit, that that is industry information that those rights are now available? I hadn't heard that elsewhere, not that I was looking.) There is a lot that I do know that I can't talk about, but that particular bit of info has been out there since last year. Whether it has actually b...

Re: Pure Middle-Earth discussion.

I hope if more films do materialise then they’ll be better than ROP. But really I’d rather they didn’t do anymore. The age of the movie extended universes is quite a bit tiring. Maybe before long we’ll have a middle Earth multiverse story too? I have no problem with them doing more movies, as long ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Ronin wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:51 pm The knives on the first issue were sharpened right? Will they also be sharpened for this reissue?
It should be the same, but the factory neglected to send me a knife sample with the scabbard to check. Probably because I did not change anything on the knife.

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

New Strider scabbard reissue vs the original (top), for anyone interested. The leather color is slightly brighter than the original, but it matches the green color on the current sword production. http://www.kitrae.net/fantasy/images/Hobbit%201/Strider%20Scabbard%202023%20reissue_1.JPG http://www.ki...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

My statue arrived today, which was a surprise because yesterday UPS showed it had not left the facility yet. I also received the key to Bag End. The key and statue both look great. The paint on the cast metal sword was poorly done. Huge black blobs done with a large brush. That will have to be fixed...

Re: Pure Middle-Earth discussion.

At least Embracer, the current rights holder for the film license, knows from what happened with ROP what NOT to do. That does not mean they won't make exactly the same type of mistakes. The only hope I see for this is that they are working with WB and talking with Jackson and Co, which means they w...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Got charged over a week ago, but so far not a peep in terms of shipping. Same here. Hopefully it won't take 2-3 months and several emails to Weta asking why it has not shipped yet before it does. That's what happened with the last couple of items. Paid, then got an email saying the order is shippin...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

The wall hook was green and kind of shaped like the shield with some designs on it. It came with a braided leather strap with a loop on each side to be wrapped around the handle and then hooked. This was the best I could find without dragging mine out of the box. Thanks, that brings it all back. I ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

There are a few scrapes and worn spots on the surface, nothing major, but I'd like to blend them away as best as I can. Does Kit or anyone have any knowledge of how the original paint was done so I can replicate it best I can in those spots. On my initial inspection it appears to be a tarnished gol...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

I have Bilbo but I was waiting to see how Aragorn looks in the final production. I've only seen a few pictures so far of the ones that have been delivered. It looks...bad. The paint work is a big yikes. Viggo is a hard one to capture. It looks like he has a bad face sunburn on the one I recieved, a...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Adding texture like this is done in reverse, so it can't be done after the fact as it is essentially adding material to that surface and not taking it away. I have had mold makers fix textures many times. It's a risky thing to do and adds to the mold making time and cost, but it can be done in some...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

We may have discussed this before, but was there a manufacturing limitation on coping the texture on the locket area or was there 2 different scabbards produced for the movies? One with the pitted texture and another without? I don't remember. Uhg, that one brings back frustrating memories. I think...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Having bucks and vacuuming would have to cost thousands less then injection molding, but could add in some extra labor costs compared to wood milling. Especially with the additional fuller ribs, it would add a lot of tensile strength to keep it straight. Thin kydex can be vacuum formed easily, incl...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I know scabbard cores are traditionally made from wood, but due to the variability in the material being so thin. I'm surprised vacuum formed Kydex or something similar isn't used to keep this type of thing from happening and increase repeatability. When we started making LOTR scabbards way back ar...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I got mine yesterday and it does fit a bit snug but goes all the way in. The horses line up a bit better on the back than the front (maybe a millimeter off). Only a couple minor blemishes, but one of the best scabbards produced IMO to date. Maybe it's not a widespread issue then. The locket looks b...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Kit, have you or UC ever considered creating wall mounts for past, current, or upcoming scabbards? We talked a bit about that last year. We also talked about adding extra pre drilled holes to the back side of the displays so the L screws could be positioned wider to hold the sword-in-scabbard. Ther...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

What will the new elven knife of Strider handle be made from? My handle split a few years back due to the climate I'm in. Plastic with a printed and hydro dipped wood grain pattern, just like the current Sting and Legolas knife grips. The days of making those in wood are long gone. I think the Arwe...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

That's just the way the office lights are reflecting off the blade. It's the same blade and fuller from the previous prototype. The plaque on the left is for the Strider knife reissue. They lost the original silk screen art, so it had to be recreated. I made it slightly different, just to have somet...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

So you're saying there's a chance! :crazy: I'm saying there is a more than a slight hint of a possibility that what I said may inevitably come to fruition one day in the future...probably. Hopefully they approve changing the mount. They were all for that. I don't suppose you could ever convince UC ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Since the Uruk-hai release is coming with a redesign in the blade tip, will you be receiving a production sample? I'd definitely pick up one of the new ones and age the crap out of my old one if that's the case. I approved a sample several months ago. I'll post a few photos. Any other news from UC?...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Upon searching Budk's site (I check daily for new stuff) I saw 3 new listings Gandalf's white staff Uruk-hai scimitar Sauron 1:1 helm - limited to 50 pcs with One Ring Checked with UC. The Uruk reissue will be coming early this year, but the others are wrong. Probably something flagged wrong on Bud...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

How confident are you that this will eventually happen? I'll know in a few days. I've been waiting for years and years now to replace my original metal crown staff with chipped paint and was told the resin one that came out later was far from perfect too. If this new one with the new improvements d...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Upon searching Budk's site (I check daily for new stuff) I saw 3 new listings Gandalf's white staff Uruk-hai scimitar Sauron 1:1 helm - limited to 50 pcs with One Ring Interesting. That Sauron helm with the One Ring was something UC made around 2 years ago. Maybe Budk bought them all and held on to...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Indeed. Just knowing that a never used on screen Glamdring stunt auctioned for $250k last year, actual screen used stunts are probably closer these days. Is that what the one Sideshow auctioned sold for? Not surprising for a Gandalf prop. A screen used white staff prop sold for close to $400k back ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

The sheer pain watching him grab that $500k sword by the blade... That's just a stunt prop, no edge. More like 15-25k if it was auctioned. The one I used to own only sold for around 10k at auction. I'm more surprised they let someone wear that armor. For the age of it and the value that holds, I wo...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

What I was referring to is that the order in which they are released is not the same as the order in which they are announced. There are replicas that are announced to be launched/re-released (and they are put in pre-order everywhere in that moment), and in the end take more than a year to be final...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

UC eternize some of the announced releases (Fili or Isildur's sword) and releases others announced much later, such as Glamdring's blue scabbard, doesn't respect the announcement-release order I know I have said many times before, but those dates on BudK's website are not UC release dates. Unless t...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Got a question regarding the Isildir sword re-issue: Did the blade in the end get reworked ( removal of the stars on the blade ) and are there any pictures yet of the new version that show the reworked handle aswell? Yes on the first, no one the second. Up to this point I have only seen parts. The ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Kit, I'm sure you're not at liberty to share numbers but I'm always curious as to what the extra cost is to retool these replicas. For instance, if you had been able to add the green injection molded cap, how much more would it increase production cost and ultimately retail cost? Speaking for mysel...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I know it can't be helped and I'm certainly not debating UC's right to make updates to their products during reissues, but it always irritates me a little when I find out about these 'accuracy' improvements, and that my original piece doesn't have them. Part of the satisfaction of collecting these ...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Why was the throat added to the strider scabbard? It was a production limitation. Instead of the blade fitting tightly to the wood inside, it fit against the leather wrapping inside the end. They tried it, but they either ended up with glue blobs inside the scabbard that jammed the blade, or the bl...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Looks like the Strider Scabbard reissue is up for preorder! https://www.budk.com/The-Sword-Of-Strider%E2%84%A2-Scabbard-Officially-Licensed-6023 That's the old photography they are using, but the reissue will have the handle strap for the knife and the upper hanger strap moved to the position as it...

Re: Pure StarWars Discussion

After suffering through Book of Bubba and Obi-Wan, I basically decided not to waste my time on any more Disney SW. I learned my lesson and cancelled Disney. But then one of my long time friends kept telling to check out Andor. Repeatedly. Saying it's the best thing since Empire, not a bunch of cring...

Re: UC "Museum Collection" Carbon Steel Anduril ??

Kit - once we finally receive this new Anduril, I'd like to remove the leather and replace it with a wet-wrapped veg tan piece. before I do, I wanted to ask what does the metal handle underneath look like? are the cord ridges distinct from the lower portions, or does it just flow high/low/high? A p...

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