that's really tall there we go welcome to another unboxing video here on nerd
of the rings i'm really excited for this one because this is my first ever villain weapon
and what better villain to start off with than sauron himself not only does this include the
mace but it has a couple bonus items as well it seems like everybody really enjoys when
i don't just use a regular pocket knife so without further ado let's get to it
this is definitely the biggest box that i've opened so far of the united culinary weapons
oh my gosh oh this thing is huge wow
oh my gosh
wow that is huge oh my gosh talk about some weight man
and sauron was swinging this thing with one hand in the films my goodness
i need to beef up i think to wield this thing it's got a lot of really cool texture in the handle
all the way up actually all the way up through the prongs of the mace here
we've got some really cool texture it's crazy how intricate some of these designs are all right
we'll get to that more in a minute but let's check out the other goodies that come with this thing
here we have what i believe is a banner
nice long banner look at that i have sauron
got some spikes here kind of either to match the design of the mace or maybe sauron's helmet
so you can hang this with the mace if you want or somewhere separate kind of like a felt material
very nice and on the bottom it's got three points to the end of the banner there
so this would be what the the people uh holding the flags at the front of the army would carry
perhaps displaying the eye of sauron which if you've watched my videos you know the eye
of sauron was more of a symbol he was not a giant flaming eyeball we've gone over this
many times but you know if you've been here you know so put that aside for now
the great eye let's check out the base plate to this thing
or the wall plate i should say
oh man
nice
man that that looks really nice i'm pretty impressed with this definitely above and
beyond you know kind of the wooden designs of a lot of the swords um not that there's anything
wrong with those they look uh perfectly fine but this is like a whole nother level here we got
this very metallic sheen to the whole thing we've got mace of sauron red eye edition so there's a
nice glowing red eye here and then there is a small peg here in the middle small hook in the
middle and that is where the other bonus item comes in so along with this we get a replica
of the one ring it's pretty good size it uh definitely feels sauron sized so this could be
right after a seal door cuts it from his finger perhaps now that i look at it is a really nice
replica ring it's very very beautiful it's very precious oh shall fear me and despair
see i went with fear there instead of love because i was wondering do i want to be feared or
loved i mean ideally i'd be both you know have people afraid of how much they love me
all right let's check out this certificate of authenticity before we get too far down the road
here in the second age of middle earth the dark lord sauron stretched his shadow across the land
corrupting and enslaving the people in a gloom of despair and fear terrible few could endure
the red eye of sauron a last alliance of elves and men was formed to combat sauron's forces
under the leadership of the elven king gil gallade and elendil the king of gondor technically he was
the king of arnor but high king of gondor and arnor so we'll maybe let that slide a little bit
their army clashed against the dark lord's forces on the slopes of mount doom near the climax of the
battle sauron himself emerged on the battlefield wearing blackened steel mail and plate armor
upon his head he wore a terrible iron war helm crowned with six spikes now that is a dream
replica of mine sauron's helm that'd be awesome on one finger he wore the source of his great power
the one ring and in his iron gauntlet he held a massive six-bladed black iron war
mace with every swing of this terrible weapon sauron crushed the men and elves within his reach
sending intimidation and fear throughout the ranks of those who would stand against him all right
and then we have the usual details about this being crafted off of the original prop replicas
from wetta and the fact that i'm not supposed to use this in actual combat stuff like that
the film scale mace is a massive 46 and 3 8 inches long it is crafted of reinforced fiberglass resin
with an aged iron finish close attention to detail was a top priority in every piece down to the
intaglio etch surface and corroded metal coloring that precisely matches the original movie prop
the oversized one ring worn by sauron in the film is also included with a hook to mount the ring on
the display this edition also features a cloth war banner emblazoned with the eye of sauron graphic
the red eye symbol was painted on the war banners carried by sauron's orcs
in the third age of middle earth and of course we also have the weta folks credited here
uh what a workshop director richard taylor who we've had on the channel before
and production designers warren mayhe and john howe there we go there's kind of the balance
point the center of mass i believe for the science folks out there we're really close to it anyway
i don't know exactly how heavy it is i might have to check later but this thing's definitely got
some heft to it this is not like eomer's sword that we handled a few weeks ago where you could
wheel it around with one hand this is a two-handed weapon for any mere mortal such as myself now the
tines do have a little bit of give to them you can tell they're not actual metal which is probably
a good thing but man they they sure look like metal from just looking at them it wasn't until i
touched them and started kind of messing with them here a little bit notice that they've got a little
bit of give overall but not much really like they're pretty solid and there's very few named
evil weapons in tolkien's world and obviously this is just a mace and we don't even know for
sure that in the books that sauron wielded a mace but we know that his boss morgoth did
and obviously sauron's look is very reminiscent of the look of morgoth so it's no surprise that
um john howe allen lee and the artists at huetta went with a mace for sauron the mace is one of
those weapons like it definitely has a certain brutality to it so i think it fits that character
really well and if 46 inches long this would be a really big item to add to your collection uh the
only ones that i have that are a little bit longer than this are glam drain and anduril and they're
really close this one is not much shorter than andureel i'll probably try out a couple different
formations i saw where some people hung the banner behind the mace so i'll try that out see what
i like best but the plaque again is something that i i really like i think it fits the design
really really well and then of course we have where the ring can fit right there on the plaque
so the plaque has where two of the tines can kind of rest in these padded grooves here and then the
ring is kind of hidden a little bit behind there but if you walk around it you can see
there you can see just a little bit that the ring is behind there so a great overall display i love
that it comes with the bonus items the banner is really cool i wonder if that's something that
we'll see more of going forward if we'll get maybe a rohan banner down the road or something or maybe
a white hand of saruman would be pretty cool so to wrap up i gotta say i'm pretty impressed with
this weapon um the more i hold it the more that my arms get tired for one because it's
pretty darn heavy um but the more that i enjoy it and feel kind of ba like i'm sauron about to go on
the fields of gorgoroth and just start wailing away at gilgalette and a lindyl and take them
down and i know that when people come and visit the nerd cave this is going to be one of those
weapons that they definitely ask to hold because this is just one of those iconic weapons that
has a defining moment in the films now if you want to check out the mace of sauron or
any of the weapons from lord of the rings or the hobbit go to the link in the description and of
course as always i want to say a huge thank you to united cutlery and their online store budkay.com
they're the ones who sent me this to share and review with you guys today and it's a pretty darn
impressive weapon uh my arms are getting a little tired so i'm gonna sign off but go to the link in
the description and check out the mace of sauron but the power of the ring could not be undone
i could use this as a blender i'm gonna make a milkshake with this
my precious is lost