Gabrielle golden cuff

I recently received this golden cuff that was purchased from a long time collector who adquired it from the It’s a Wrap! Auction from a box labeled “Gabrielle stuff”. After a bit of research, this cuff was seen in the episode “The God you Know” from season 6 worn by Gabrielle played by Renée O’Connor in her right wrist.

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Definitely there two facts that are why I believe it came from that episode: firstly, this style of cuffs were worn by Gabrielle during the last seasons, mostly in episodes “Who is Gurkham?” and “The God you Know”. On the other hand, this particularly shiny golden pieces were used in the season 6 from the series and to avoid damages the stunt doubles used a foam or leather version of those cuffs.

Marmax Helmet

Recently I received this screen used warrior helmet used by the General Marmax of Mitoa in the episode “Is there a doctor in the house” and worn by a background warrior character from Xena army in the episode “Bitter suite” from season 3. 

 

This is an example of how the prop department re-used some props and costume pieces for different characters during the series, the helmet originally was black and after it was re painted in red to be used in Bitter suite episode.

Screen Used Roman Dagger

Screen used Roman style dagger used by Draco played by Jay Laga’aia in the first episode “Sins of the past” and seen in the series used by the roman soldiers. 

Also, this dagger style was used by Gabrielle played by Renée O’Connor to protect a paralyzed Xena from the roman guards in “Ides of March” from season 4, before the crucifixion in the Appenines roman prison. This dagger is made of resin and the painting is still intact, it is in mint condition. It comes with COA and it is described as “Draco’s Dagger”.

Handle close-up.

Blade close-up.

 

A few years ago I had one roman dagger that the blade was made by soft foam but I needed to sell it. So I’m so proud to have it back in my collection.

Dagger's COA and papers.

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Collection costumes and replicas.

A few photos of my Xena personal collection displayed. Probably the most iconic pieces from the tv series I own. In this case, some Creation Entertainment shadow boxes, Xena battle sword replica and Gabrielle staff replica. And a complete Xena Hero costume and Gabrielle season 3 Hero costume with leather purse.

General view.

Side view.

 

Xena and Gabrielle costume displays.

Xena weapons details

 Xena weapons rare photos. I'm absolutely impressed with the details of the Creation sword and chakram, the paua shells inlay are awesome!

Swords used by Xena during the series

 

Very proud of owning almost 4 different style swords used by Xena during the series, left to right: 

☑️Xena screen accurate twin of Xena’s “A friend in need” sacred katana seen in the last episodes used by Xena to kill Yodoshi and free the 40.000 souls condemned.

☑️Xena screen used evil sword seen in the flashbacks used by Xena played by Lucy Lawless.

☑️ Xena trade mark sword replica by Creation Entertainment forged by the same propmasters that did the ones seen on screen, came from the same mold.

☑️Xena screen used Egyptian sword used by Xena played by Lucy Lawless in the episode: “Anthony and Cleopatra” from season 5.

Comparing Xena swords

Xena swords are always important pieces of my collection. In this case, I wanted to take a few photos of my screenused metal retractable sword used by Lucy Lawless during the last episodes from the series and my newly acquisition, the Creation Entertainment Xena sword replica forged by the prop masters from the series. 

So we can admit these swords were made from the same mold. The handle, guard and pommel seem to be the same shape, however the blades are different because of the screenused sword can retracts and after the blade is inserted inside the sword when it's leaning on something, it has a "spring" mechanism that allows the blade to return to the initial position. Also, it doesn't have battle marks on it. On the other hand, the Creation Ent replica has the original battle worn blade, is stunning.

The main difference is the painting techniques used in both swords. The screenused has a orange-gold tone in the guard and pommel with some green paint to add an aged oxide effect and the Creation Ent sword was painted in a light gold tone and added an aged bass and some green paint in some cases.

Well, another differences the paua shells inlay. The screenused sword used a very high quality genuine paua from New Zealand with a green and blue intense colors. And the Creation Ent replica has a high quality paua shells with brilliant colors in some cases but some replicas came with opal shells instead.

The pommel from both swords has the same shape, however, the concho over the pommel from the screenused sword has the geometrical forms a bit blurred, probably due to normal deterioration of the mold and the appearance of some bubbles in the cast process. The Creation Ent replica concho from the pommel is in perfect shape, because this concho wasn't cast with the rest of the sword, it was attached to the metal sword after.

Blades close-up photo.