martes, 5 de noviembre de 2024

Xena's sword

Probably the most recognizable sword of the Xena series. Xena's hero metal sword prop used by Lucy Lawless during the earlier seasons. Before, the prop department started using aluminum in season 4, the first Xena's hero swords were electroplated for light-weight scenes. Those swords have a real metal looking, cause they have a metal coating, but they were not heavy. The best choice for shooting so far.


This sword was acquired directly from a New Zealand crew member that contacted me directly and offered to me. This sword is in mint condition after more than 25 years stored. The sword has an aged patina that reminds me of the first episodes of the series. The paua shells are intact in their place.

lunes, 4 de noviembre de 2024

Callisto´s sword

Callisto's sword is probably the rarest prop or replica of the whole Xenaverse. The character of Callisto, Xena's nemesis played by Hudson Leick, became very popular during the Xena golden years and her weapon became a iconic one easily to identify.

In my years of collecting I have just seen about 2/3 Callisto's swords on sale and a few of them in private collections. 

 I have found this awesome sword last year in the Premiere Props auction, I was very lucky to win it. On side of the sword came full of signatures of mostly all the cast of the series. However, I am not fan of the signed prop and replicas, some of them were being erased, so I decided to kept Lucy's signature in the cross-guard and remove the blade other ones.

Here is my Callisto's metal sword prop replica forgeg by the same blacksmith from the series from the same mold that the ones used on screen. This sword was distributed by Creation Entertainment in a limited run of less than 250 units wordwide.