Xena's Hero Signature sword

Probably the most iconic weapon from the Warrior Princess besides the chakram... I can't believe it yet. The “Holy Grail” set-used piece arrived this week: Xena’s Hero set-used sword from the early seasons of the series, mostly season 2 and 3, before the master sword was remade.

This stunning sword is a real solid heavy resin cast piece with a metal rod inside to prevent bending. As we all know, Xena’s swords were made of several materials: mostly foam for stunt fights, closed cell foam or rubber. The ones made of heavy resin, like this one, were used for actor close-ups scenes and are quite rare to find nowadays, either the metal ones are the rarest. The sword had been displayed in a wall for decades and now resurfaces here again. 

 

The edges of the guard are much more sculpted than the later sword design. The pommel and cross-guard have the orange gold painting with some wear. The paua shells are quite thick with beautiful green/blue tones. The handle is wrapped with real kangaroo black leather strip. The blade is patinated beautifully, it has signs of wear and small battle breaks, but the painting and general condition is formidable.

I didn’t really realize how different were the swords from the earlier seasons and the the later ones, after I had in front of me each one.

Cross-guard close-up.

Pommel close-up.

Blade close-up.

Particularly, this sword was signed by Lucy Lawless in a Xena Con event years ago.

And yes, the screen used sword is longer than the Creation Entertainment replica, a few centimeters…

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