3 Super Cool Lord of the Rings Inspired Swords at Darksword Armory

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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:

Darksword at SBG

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!

One more knife completes Feyd’s twin blade fighting style..

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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..

Get it here exclusively at SBG

3 day flash closeout sale on 4 APOC items..

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For the most part, I love the APOC series. I mean, designed by Angus Smith and covering so many unique and different blade styles that there is something to love for everyone. Especially when they are all so reasonably priced to begin with but the 9260 tempered steel can do, well, can do stuff like this:

However, there are four designs that no longer just ‘sit right’ with me. So I am making them available for one last time to anyone who they DO sit right with at the best closeout bargain sale price possible.

CHOP HOUSE KNIFE – Was $159

NOW $99.95

It’s kind of based on a cross between a Chinese Dao and a meat cleaver, but the cannibalistic connotation for this one is just a bit too much.. I get it, in hard times two legged meat is a tempting addition to the menu, but with a blade dedicated to this – it’s just a bit too gruesome and so we are discounting it down from $159 down to $99.95.

And next up, the axes – I added these as a bonus ages ago and never bothered to take them down, but while historical axes are great at SBG, I think tactical ones are just a tad too much..

So here’s the deals:

DOUBLE MUKK – Was $109.00

NOW $69.95

BARRENS PACK AXE – Was $99.00

NOW $64.95

HUNDR HATCHET – Was $89.00

NOW $59.95

So enjoy these final deals while they remain, all will be removed from the store midnight.

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

This deal might end up hurting us but..

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On the August the 8th we made what we thought was going to be one of the best selling deals of 2024.. And not for the first time this year, we were sorely disappointed.

We secured the best deal humanly possible, combined shipping and made it FREE for the whole of the USA and bundled together the entire Angus Trim designed Survival Katana Daisho series (Katana, Wakizashi and Tanto) that would cost $444.48 if you bought them at OUR Store ($405 plus shipping at KoA, elsewhere such as CAS Iberia closer to $550).

So when we did the math and factored in PayPal costs at our end, plus shipping costs and staff handling costs, we thought that $329 would see these blades go out the door like hot cakes..

If by hot cakes you mean, one – well, that’s pretty much what happened – and I have not been so shocked in a looobg time that almost no-one realized the value on offer here..

Maybe it’s the economy, maybe people don’t want to save money and get three of the best Tactical Katana for a price that works out at around $110 each.

So we have decided to heck with it, the bargain price is $299.99 with FREE shipping, and even if this means we might end up losing a whole lot of money on this if it goes sideways (because we priced it so close to the bone the first time around, I nearly didn’t go ahead with it).

If we end up losing too much money hand over first on this deal too quickly (after all, these are MSRP $200 swords going out for less than $99 a piece, complete with high quality tactical sheathes) we reserve the right to pull the plug and cancel and refund any orders as right now, the very last thing SBG needs is a loss, but we know by the sales figures that you guys are in need of a serious WIN..

So here is, for how long much longer I can’t say other than enjoy it while it lasts..

SALE OVER AND PROMOTION NO LONGER AVAILABLE

24hr closeout sale on NEW Ryujin 5160 blades..!

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On May the 8th, just a little over 3 months ago, we introduced a line of really well tempered, differentially hardened 5160 Spring Steel blades from Ryujin in 4 different cool styles discounted down to just $329.

But it seems in this difficult economy, iron sets with real 24K gold inlay, hishigami inlay on the itomaki, what we thought the market wanted was something that just no one can seem to afford right now.

So it is with a heavy heart given a choice to RAISE prices (as they are not selling enough to cover their costs) or sell them off one last time down to the totally unsustainable price of $299.99

The sale ends in less than 24 hrs, so if you want to grab a bargain that everyone else let pass by before its too late, you need to act FAST:

HOT SPECIALS

SOLD OUT AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE