Lord of The Rings

The Lord Of The Rings swords outlasted the elves, hobbits, and humans who used them. During filming, an on-site foundry, patterned after a medieval workshop, created swords that were specially crafted to do justice to their names and histories. For example, the elves' swords were more elegant and "evolved," while those wielded by Orcs were crude and chunky.

Narsil and Glamdring were the largest swords made for the movies, with the ones used in the movies weighing around 5 lbs. each. They were "aged" when necessary, and in some cases damaged and then cleaned to give the impression of swords that had been well-used yet well cared-for.

Aragorn, the rightful kind of Gondor and Arnor, used the sword originally named Narsil, perhaps the most famous Lord of the Rings sword. When the second Middle Earth age ended, Narsil's blade was shattered in the battle of Sauron, but elven smiths reforged it into a new sword, adding a design of seven stars in the blade, a crescent moon, and runes. Aragon renamed it Anduril, which meant "flame of the west." It bore an inscription that meant, "I am Anduril who was Narsil, the sword of Elendil. Let the thralls of Mordor flee me."

Glamdring was the ancient sword of Gandalf the Grey, who joins his friend Frodo on his trek across Middle Earth to destroy the Ring. Glamdring glowed in the presence of enemy Orcs, wielded its own sword of flame, and was created by ancient Elves. The inscription on Glamdring told that it was made for Turgon, King of Gondolin. Gandalf famously used Glamdring to kill the Balrog with a lightning bolt.

Frodo's sword was actually a dagger, but since he was a Hobbit, it was proportionally sword-like. Frodo's "sword" Sting, came from his uncle and adoptive father Bilbo Baggins, who took Frodo under his wing and taught Frodo the Elvish language, among other things. When Gollum attacked the Hobbits, Frodo used Sting to subdue him. Then, as Bilbo had once done, he spared Gollum's life, binding him instead to a vow to help the Hobbits.