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

Agreed, the cheap polyester ones have already been don't by the german company Flaggen-Pehl - I have several, they're ok, but nothing special. I would hope UC could go a step above - a heavier fabric with perhaps a mix of embroidery and screen printing? Im sure people would rather pay $250 for a de...

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loved reading all this info Kit. You mention paint change - what was that? I cant really tell from online photos any difference between the two versions of the mace It's probably the same mace prototype in the photo being used to sell both versions. The original production mace was a bit brighter t...

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

Great read! I always enjoy history and backstory on all of these pieces and how they progress through time. Well, that's what I remember to the best of my fuzzy memory from the time. It's all a bit of a blur, as that was just one of several product lines me departments was responsible for at the ti...

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That's what I was thinking. I recall reading the Sauron stuff is scaled down and maybe Eomer's spear in terms of length. Noble's Deathless is, some oddity of itself. But Sting usually comes up in Convo and I've always thought it, scaled, is a dagger. And seems sword like in Hobbit hands. The Eomer ...

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

Depends on what you call M.E. scale. There was no single scale reduction from the large props to the small ones. It varied be the race and sometimes the scale actor size. Sting is an odd one that falls in between the small scale actor-double prop and the large Elijah actor scale prop. There was an o...

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

I read "War Banners"...I have several from the og run back in early 00s and I keep on buying since...are there any chances of more being done? Absolutely love those...And I´ll be glad to buy the banner from the LE Anduril that will be released soon if put on sale... UC did not make those ...

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Well now... I had never heard that story! Have you ever mentioned that before, Kit? If so, then I apologize. So what is the numbering on those things then? Does it continue, or do they start at 1? Wow, still learning weird facts after all these years. :O Having said that, I still take UC to task fo...

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Sorry, I'm a little confused by the wording of some of those notes. So to confirm I am reading right, what does "not sold out" for a LE item mean? Does that mean the run was not completed and will they likely be reissued to complete the run at one point or another? Because a number of the...

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Does that also mean more expensive pieces to produce like Faramir's sword or Gimli's throwing axes are also on hold? Completely understandable, just wasn't sure how far along they were. No, Faramir's sword is nearly complete and should be in production before the year ends. I just mean after that, ...

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

Are you saying the blue blade Sting is off the table then, in favour of a corrected, but regular steel (normal colour) version? :'( No, the blue Sting will probably happen either way. UC has to re-tool the blade for the blue version, so if we are doing that, plus changing to the corrected etch, it ...

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

Thank you Kit that is very helpful to newer collectors, I'm sure this has been asked and answered at some point on here but I didn't know the MC Sting run was never finished. Is there any chance this could be revised? Not as it was. The current UC would never do a wood and glass case like that. Shi...

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

Question for those more in-tune with item release history. I've been doing some research on trying to track down some of the limited edition United Cutlery items, and I've seen a few posts that say that not all of these were completed. Some were manufactured and released, but not the entire quantit...

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What do you think of the Noble Elessar crown, Kit? Is there room for improvement if UC was interested in making them? The Noble crown is really nice. UC's crown - had it been made - would have been similar, but with more prop accurate details on the back sides of the feather crests, and more weathe...

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I'll happily take any or all reference material you have! Hopefully there is something with a ruler on it to determine size. I did a quick search for Bernard Hill's height (5'9") and measured his head width of about 7" and was a starting point to possibly go by. I sent you a PM. No ruler ...

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

True! But maybe UC might make one, who knows? And then everyone who wants one can get one. I can only realistically make half a dozen or so, and that's with the molding and casting doing most of the work. I couldn't even imagine trying to hand beat each one out of plate brass and silver! UC does no...

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

I measured one today and it is 14 1/8" from the bottom of the base to the top of the post cap. Thank you, sir! It can also be cut shorter, if one desired. It requires a longer wood screw than the one included, but it's a simple mod. You just unscrew the cap, cut the post shorter, then screw th...

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

I think the post length on UC's replacement LOTR stand is 13" long, including the cap on top. It will work for most of the helms without making them sit up too high. I don't think it's tall enough for the WK or Sauron helms, but it's fairly easy to add another wood part to the top cap to make i...

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DracoAdamantus wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:53 am Well you know what they say. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
I checked and this is definitely a scam site. They just charge your card but don't ship. It's says it's in nevada, but that's just a PO box. It's run by someone out of China, through a PayPal account in Australia.

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

So I'm pretty sure I know the answer here, but I want to ask to be sure. This is totally a scam/knockoff website right? https://www.unitedcutleryknife.com/ I was looking into Thorin's regal sword and this seems way too good to be true, which probably means that it is. https://www.unitedcutleryknife...

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

As another member posted, it's in a plastic bag and covered in some kind of oil. That's correct. Anything carbon steel from India comes polybagged and slathered in oil to keep it from rusting. They have always done that, and for good reason. Once clean, I'll hit it with the Renaissance Wax, but wha...

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

Kit, the original run of the Gondor helm came in the brown, movie-agnostic sleeve, correct? I have one, but it's packed up though I think I can access it to inspect it. The Elendil helm I have has a blue sleeve from the original RoTK run, and the Isildur helm, which came a bit later, also has the b...

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

I own an original and it doesn't have that. Nor do the Elendil or Isildur helms (both original runs) It was not in the other two, just the Gondor helm. Your helm is from the original 2004-05 run? Not one of the later production runs? I ask because I had it confirmed yesterday from another collector...

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

Does anyone have a picture of the inside of an original release Gondorian Helm? Here is a photo of the inside of my prototype UC helm. I never got one from production and I cannot remember if we did this in production, so someone here who owns an original needs to confirm that. http://www.kitrae.ne...

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Hello, I typically lurk in the background and read messages. I have never actually posted, but am happy to hear that you will be re-releasing the Glamdring White and Strider Scabbards. Your Halloween setup is also pretty badass. Thanks and welcome to the forum. I had a look at your collection in th...

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

I was afraid of that. Here's what the inside of the helm looks like. I assume you are referring to something like what is in the high elven warrior helm? Which would make a lot more sense. The original release Elendil and re-release Isildur helms I have are made similar to this Gondorian one, with ...

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

The blue ones are already in stock and shipping, isn't the white version identical? Or is it just to check the material used? Mine is more of a suede than leather, but so is the Sting scabbard. It's to check the leather type and white dye color. It took forever to get the original to look right and...

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

I just saw it the scabbard on the website and got excited (it wasn't there for me yesterday), but when I click it its not there. Why must BUDK taunt me so? It's probably not going to be available until late Spring/early Summer 2023. They have not made those in so long that I requested an approval s...

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

Wow, that's amazing! The scene where the animatronic zombies have the projected flames is something straight out of a film! I thought storing statue boxes was difficult, this must take an entire 2 or 3 car garage to store it all. Super impressive and I'm sure the kids and neighbors get a huge kick ...

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That looks incredible! How long does that take you to set up?? We start on October 1st adding stuff every few days. The bulk of it takes about two full 8 hours days before Halloween to set up, and the animatronics usually only go out on Halloween. This year it rained constantly Saturday and Sunday,...

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That's incredible......you guys still get kids? I haven't seen a trick or treater in our neighborhood in 3 years. Kind of sad. All the kids on our street grew up. Or maybe they're visiting more bountiful neighborhoods. Yes, about 250 typically at the house where we set up the Driveway of Doom haunt...

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

Right. but Kit also mentioned the other helms had rivet changes that were wrong from 2015 that were supposed to be corrected. I hate to have to pass on these this time around but, it's hard to buy them knowing they're an inferior version even if only slightly. Well, like I said, I have not seen any...

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

She is a bit large for a Baggins, but if I could find a half sized plastic skeleton to modify, I could make that happen :) I have always wanted to have a dead Orc in the yard with my glowing Noble Sting sticking in it. I may add that next year, but I wonder how many kids would even recognize it. I k...

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

That's a shame. I guess that's part of doing business overseas? Lack of quality control or the lack of a budget to fix these errors? It's partly due to the fact that the current UC does not have samples of the original products like the old UC had, nor do they have the staff to check and compare ev...

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One thing I feel that sucks about the reissues is that invariably there is something slightly different about them that makes them subpar to the original release. I am always seeing differences whenever I happen to see old LOTR items from current production. I was just sent a prototype of the blue ...

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

Speaking of, is it possible those rivets were present on the original prop helms too? They were not. That is unfortunate news about the Gondorian Infantry Helmet, I stopped looking for a first edition when I pre ordered the second edition from Castle Kon. I didn't know about the rivet though. I'm s...

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Why would they want to replicate the designs from the movies though? I don’t quite get what ROP is going for. They said prior that it was it’s own thing and had to stand on its own, but why do this? It’s odd. They need to do something to get fans to think of this more like the loved and praised LOT...

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Which is ironic since back then, the people who didnt like the prequels complained that George Lucas ruined Star Wars. Well, ultimately, he did - by selling it to Disney :) It definitely was not getting better under his control, but at least it still felt like Star Wars. Now it just kinda looks lik...

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

Lots of reasons, but primarily because we did not know for sure if that was even going to appear in AUJ. We had to start developing the products over a year before we had seen film 1. We had no scripts, just photos of the prop weapons and armor made for the two films when we started. There was not r...

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They say this helm is 1:1 so I'm curious where you're picking up visual cues that it's actually a bit smaller. I know the size of the prop well because I owned one for may years, and the UC replica is the same prop scale. Purearts made a video last week with an actual prototype of their version. Wh...

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Hi Kit, I have to assume you've seen this announcement? https://www.purearts.com/products/lord-of-the-rings-witch-king-art-mask-exclusive-edition Will this in any way affect UC's plans to release an updated version of the old Witch-king Helm? I believe you said some modifications would be made beca...

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