It bears the motto Elvellon, or Elf-friend in the tongue of Men. It may be that the sword can yet be found in that place. 'In ages past, I honoured my fallen companion with a sword placed at his grave amongst the mounds of the Edain. Perhaps Celairant is young as Men count the years, but then all Men are young by my count. This sword is the absolute epitome of craftsmanship.'Celairant bears the blood of the Rangers of the North, and the name of a great hero is amongst his forebears, a Man I was proud to call my friend and companion. I am the spider's bane' along the central ridge. The gently curvaceous blade features etched elven runes 'Maegnas (Sting) is my name. Peter Lyon then spends three whole days - almost as long as for the rest of the sword - on each grip carefully working the silver vine into the groove in the wood under a magnifying glass. Precisely what Daniel Falconer's beautiful design requires. Wire-cutting is a technique that allows for incredibly accurate bends and the sharpest of corners and angles. Fine Silver is the purest grade of Silver, softer and cleaner in colour than Sterling silver. The 2016 Sting Fine Art Limited Edition has had the elven vine pattern machined into the grip with ultra-fine precision and the same pattern is then used to wire-cut a Fine Silver inlay. The 2001 Sting had the elven vine applied as a vinyl transfer. Little did Peter realise at the time that those qualities also made it eminently suited to the finest and cleanest cuts using computer aided milling. A dense and fine grained wood, deep in colour and with a waxy, grippy feel to it. The grip chosen fifteen years ago for Sting was South American cocobolo wood. Peter took what was a world class hero sword in 2001 and improved it considerably in 2012.
This is Sting the way the swordsmiths of the lost realm of Gondolin would have made it. Peter Lyon therefore proposed an embellishment upon the original prop design. But since then, technology has brought Modern Man just a few inches closer to the skills of the Elven swordsmiths of old. While the blade was made in Weta's smithy using time-honoured traditional techniques and great skill, the grip is also a testament to Man's mastery of the machine.ġ5 years ago when the original prop was made for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the technology wasn't available to create a grip quite like the one Daniel Falconer designed for Sting. Sting marries the cutting edge (literally) of modern precision engineering with ancient and all but forgotten techniques.
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