hey guys welcome to a very special unboxing here on nerd of the Rings this is a very unique item
we have today that has taken a great deal of self-control for me to not open prior
to filming this at this very moment this comes all the way from a small company in New Zealand called
stansboro and they were actually the ones who made things like The Fellowship of the Rings cloaks and
uh what we're opening today which is Gandalf's cloak in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
trilogies so needless to say I am super pumped to open this thing because this in particular is the
cloak of Gandalf the Gray and because these are authentic items it was made the exact same way
looks the exact same as the one that Ian McKellen would have worn while filming the Lord of the
Rings so without further Ado I'm very anxious to get this thing open so we're gonna do just that
foreign
now before we get into this and totally reveal it I will say the Stans bro folks were kind enough to
give a discount code so stay tuned for that I'll reveal that in just a minute here in the video
I'm trying to be careful and resist the urge to open this like a ravenous wolf or something
oh my god oh look at that oh man oh it's soft
it's actually much softer than I thought it was just by glancing at it
oh my word
so there we go there's the stansboro tags
show some of their other products they do have other things aside from Lord of the
Rings stuff you know that I've been almost exclusively searching through the Lord of
the Rings stuff though there we go easy enough those that's kind of nice they're just tied on
so you can just untie them no need to cut anything off whatsoever oh my word okay
we've got some literature here and uh that's that's a nice touch
the little the letter here that's very very tolkien-esque I would say
there we can see the stansborough tag sustainable and 100 pure New Zealand
again it has the instructions for care
and it comes with a little black clasp that we can see here or of course if you have
happen to have a malorn leaf brooch you can always add that on as well
oh man this is too cool I'm a flipping wizard guys
oh look at that oh my gosh this is so cool I feel like a wizard right now
all right we've got a hood can't forget the hood oh nice big Hood wow that's huge
there we go the hood is quite large but you can I think you you noticed that in
the the films that the hoods kind of have a bunch of extra back here that's kind of the
style that's the Middle Earth style you know that's how all the cool Wizards are doing it
look at that
this is cozy I'm liking this my pose right there that kind of made me wonder so they did work on
rings of power but they're not allowed to reveal what they did yet and me doing this pose just
now made me think of uh the Wizards The Stranger guys pose in his poster that makes me wonder maybe
they did I don't know this is so cool it's it's really big I love it I would imagine this would
be good for a variety of heights like if you were I I'm I'm a pretty short guy I'm like five nine so
it drags a little bit for me for I'm five nine so if you're if you're taller than me
um you know it might lift off the ground just a little bit you'd have to be you have to be
probably six foot at least uh inside it has a bit about stansboro a bit of reading about
um their company's history some instructions on caring for the cloak that's important now as we're
here admiring the material um I'll tell you a bit about stansboro they've got a really cool
story so it was started by husband and wife Barry and Cheryl Eldridge and they made pieces for all
the lead characters in The Lord of the Rings and came back not only for The Hobbit trilogy but they
also created items for The Chronicles of Narnia and the rings of power and like I said they can't
tell us yet what they made in rings of power but you'll recognize their work from Peter Jackson's
movies like The Fellowship of the Ring cloaks the various scarves gloves beaufort's hat from The
Hobbit movies and of course Gandalf's iconic hat now sadly Barry passed away in 2019 from pneumonia
but his memory lives on thanks to Cheryl and their daughter Kiri and their amazing team who continue
to make their products now aside from a couple things that you can pick up in the wettest store
these are exclusively available from the stansboro website and these are exact Recreations made the
exact same way out of the exact same material as was used in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
movies which kind of blows my mind a little bit so once again the cloak that I am currently wearing
standing in this Cave of nerdum is exactly like what sir Ian McKellen wore as Gandalf
and I'm so excited about it and all these pieces are hand crafted from the natural gray wool of
their primitive breed of sheep which are the only ones of their kind in the world and it's
a historic breed that dates back to the time of the Vikings and they actually told me that this
same breed and the wool was the same that the Vikings used to make their sails and the Looms
they used to make these products actually date back to the 1890s and just like the Vikings they
use this method because Middle Earth Journeys require strength not found in normal textile
oh and you guys will probably also be excited to know that all of the products are 100 sustainable
and eco-friendly I gotta say that my uh knockoff Gandalf hat is feeling pretty insignificant right
now I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to upgrade to an actual Gandalf hat to go with this cloak Oh and
before I forget I'm actually going to be be giving away a Gandalf hat on an upcoming live stream not
one of these one of the actual ones made by these guys like one of the for real Gandalf
hats I'm gonna be giving away one on my two towers watch party live stream coming up in December so
make sure you stay tuned for that it will be a great opportunity for someone to walk away with
an official Gandalf hat now if you want to check out their products go to the stansboro website and
like I said there is an exclusive discount code for my viewers so make sure you enter that save
yourself a bit of money and check out all the amazing Middle Earth items that are just like
in the movies I can't say that enough they're just like in the movies which is super cool well I hope
the camera has done this thing Justice because I mean this thing is just absolutely amazing the the
quality and the craftsmanship that goes into stuff like this just continually blows my mind I've said
it a million times the the craftsmanship in those uh Peter Jackson movies especially I just oh man
I love it well there you go guys it is the cloak of Gandalf the Gray and I must say I have never in
my life felt more like a wizard than this moment and I am absolutely loving it be sure to visit the
stansboro website it's in the description and the pinned comment below so check them out they've got
a wide variety of items it would make a great gift for any Middle Earth fan even if you're
just getting a gift for yourself maybe thanks so much for watching and we'll see you next time on
nerd of the Rings Gandalf and Gandalf means me yes I would like some old Toby thank you very
much I'm going to be talking like this the rest of the day I'm going to drive my family insane
what are you still doing here go get out of here go on an adventure