Morloch's sword

My last acquisition is this Morloch style resin sword prop used by Morloch’s men and by himself in the episode “Dangerous Prey” from season 6. 

It is not the first prop I have bought from this seller: Orbital Surplus is a company that is selling several Xena's props on eBay in the last few years. As I know, Global Effects Inc. company based in the USA had traded several Xena's props from New Zealand many years ago and they had been stored since then. Global Effects continues to supply props and costumes to the entertainment industry, but is doing some "house cleaning", so they have been selling some of their Xena's stored props from the folks at Orbital Surplus. 

In this case, the sword is made of solid resin with a metal rod inside to prevent for bending as an internal structure. The “triangle” detail in the cross guard identifies this sword from this specific episode as it was a symbol of Morloch’s men. 

I already have a stunt foam sword same style as this, clearly having both swords, I can compare them and check the differences between hero resin sword and a stunt foam one.

The solid resin hero swords were used by the main characters on screen as it is more detailed and robust than the stunt foam ones.

Cross guard close-up.

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Tira's set used headpiece

A few weeks ago I received the Tira's headpiece that completes the Tira's costume I have purchased a few months ago. Tira was the Artemis Priesstess seen in the episode "Eternal Bonds" from season 5, played by Natalie Duggan.

This awesome headpiece is made of dark brown leather, copper pieces and rivets. Probably, it was attached to the actress's hair braids with hairpins, because it does not have any type of support inside.

 

I feel satisfaction after having the possibility of putting together two pieces that were separated after the series ended. In this case, the main costume pieces were acquired by a costume rental store in New Zealand and after I purchased it.

The headpiece was auctioned separately in the Turners Auction in 2001 after the show ended, and the owner sold it a few years ago in eBay to another collector, and ended in my hands a few weeks ago. 

As a curiosity, the Tira's hero copper bra was acquired by the company Shed 11 Costume House and sold in eBay about 10 years ago. Nowadays, I don't know where it is.

The headpiece has a metal charm attached  in the front of the headpiece.