Category Archives: Store Product Info and Musings

We have been ardent supporters of Darksword Armory since the beginning. Even though their earliest swords were ‘rustic’ at best and needed refinement, refinement and Darksword fit together like a hand and gauntlet.. And man, have we seen some amazing designs and tough, no-nonsense swords over the years..

There was one in particular I ALWAYS wanted to sell, but Darksword could never keep up with demand to be able to supply it themselves, never mind offer it somewhere else, and that was their Anduril replica.. So it is with absolute DELIGHT that I am proud to offer the most recent and true to the books version Darksword have ever made!

To say that they have taken this already fantastic sword to a never level is a total understatement. From the engraved and perfectly tempered 5160 blade to the fittings, I mean even the darned quillion looks good!

Now the new Anduril is a pretty darned act to follow. By DSA might just have pulled it off with two other Tolkein inspired fully functional masterpieces..

The Gurthag, a dark elven forged blade that brought great sorrow and slaughter might make the superstitious stay away from it with a 10′ pole, but for everyone else who loves I mean looking elf sword – it’s definitely one of the nicest ones out there!

And then finally, an Elven blade that makes sense to me personally – I often felt that Arming swords and Longswords don’t really suit the Elven fighting style, to be it’s either rapier or saber depending on when fighting on foot or on horseback. So High Elven King Ringil sword very much suits that latter vision.

Fans of battle ready Fantasy swords are really spoiled for choice with these three new swords. Check them out and more at our Darksword Armory page below for their full selection:

P.S. We are working to update all our pics of the Darksword images we have in our store over the coming days, weeks and (hopefully not) months.. The newer pics are the ones with brown backgrounds, any doubts – just ask!

It would seem that straight from the get go, the blades from the Dune series were the PERFECT fit for the kind of shorter, tougher and simpler, more practical blades that the series has focused on.

First there were two house Atreides swords from Dune I:

Then hot on it’s heels. the second House Atreides blade:

All very reasonable for around $250 for blades hand made in the USA. But then came along with bad guys sword, the primary sword of Feyd-Rautha:

And so it was only a question of time before his matching paired dagger joined the line up, and here it is – the knife of Feyd-Rautha to really show off his two handed, deadly fighting style;

How it is made

As is often the case, Scorpion Swords like to show some behind the scenes of how their swords were put together. As always, it starts with a block of premium quality American sourced 1095 carbon steel, which is professionally cut to shape from a template.

6 drills are pinned as it takes shape, and it is given a rough grind and shaping before being heat treated.

Now toughs as nails and refined with further edge grinding, the 6 pins are inserted and the whole thing epoxied into place so that it is effectively become one almost indestructible piece.

Finally it is sharpened to perfection, 3 extra brass pins inserted from both sides for even greater overall strength and durability, the wooden handle is wrapped in off white leather and..

Viola! The matching dagger becomes real, available by itself for $249.99 or paired with the short sword to master Feyd’s intimidating fighting style..

The 2024 Renaissance Sword bonanza continues to gain even more momentum with the return of a classic Hanwei Rapier, the Torino, along with a matching Main Gauche and another Main Gauche for the Taza Rapier (that pretty much sold out within 24-48 hours of its re-release).

TORINO RAPIER

MATCHING TORINO MAIN GAUCHE

TAZA MAIN GAUCHE

Lovers of elegant Renaissance era weaponry are truly spoiled for choice at this very moment, but as stock levels are the sword markets demand are very unpredictable at the moment, if you see a blade you like – now is the time to grab one while they are in stock and prices remain as low as they possibly can be..

MOST ITEMS SOLD OUT