hello again everyone and welcome to another unboxing here on nerd
of the Rings we've got another rohiram sword this time it is the lady aeon The
Shield maiden of Rohan I'm very pumped to add to my rohiram collection I'm a
big fan of the rohiram as you well know so let's get this puppy open and get started
okay now I'm very curious to see how Éowyn's compares to her brother Eomer's sword and her
uncle Theoden's so I will get those out later so we can kind of compare the three models together
I never get tired of opening these awesome Swords
there we go right off the bat in its Glory the sword of eowin
you could say it's the foe of the witch King the witch King's Bane
well I guess technically Mary's sword is also the witch King's Bane as kind of a
tag team effort but you get the idea this was the final death blow for the witch King
we can see the pommel and Hilt are unique they're definitely different from uh ayomer and theodens
and again I say this a lot but the the level of detail that wetta did when they designed these
and then uh by extension United Cutlery when they made the replicas here um the amount of detail is
just incredible and I love that you know not all the rohiram swords are the same everyone
has a different sword or at least among the main characters the important characters each have
a very distinct sword they all pay homage to uh the horses of Rohan but at the same time they're
they're each unique and as we see a lot with the rohiram swords it's definitely a one-handed sword
um you know I have orcris back there you can kind of sneak a second hand on orcrist but
this one is definitely a one-handed sword for Aon all right so we're gonna set this aside for just
a moment we're gonna look at the wall plaque and the certificate of authenticity foreign
's wall plaque and again it works in the uh imagery of the horses um but it's also unique
it's different than theodens which I'm looking at on my wall right now and aomares it's most
similar to aomares it's got the same uh shape to the plaque itself and uh the horse's posture
is somewhat similar to aomares but they are definitely different and some of the design work
across the bottom is different as well and then of course we have the certificate of authenticity as
you know I'm always a fan when they're not rolled up they're much easier to manage for these videos
when they're not rolled up but we've got some uh concept art of aeon which I don't think I've
actually seen this piece of concept art before it may be in one of these books back here and I just
don't recall but you can see the the design on the sword is indeed uh what we ended up with very
similar to what we ended up with for the actual sword so that's a cool little piece of design fine
art and of course on the back as always it says the One Ring verse and on the front we'll take a
look at what it says about aeon and specifically her sword born in ederis aeon suffered the early
death of her parents and was forced to look after her ailing Uncle King Theoden whose Health was
rapidly diminishing under the increasing control of Saruman and wormtung the beautiful and strong
aeon was trained as a shield Maiden and was considered to have surpassed many rohira men in
terms of craft and skill she carried a full-size sword which measured nearly three feet in length
from tip to Hilt the bronze guard and pommel were styled beautifully in honor of the meras
now remember the meras are the greatest of all horses so Shadow facts he is one of the meras this
was to improve the grip of aeon's small hand upon the sword the hand grip was crafted with a raised
middle section of three bronze Rings a wide Fuller Groove runs down three quarters of the blade to
reduce the weight yet still retain critical blade strength this type of Fuller was common
among Royal swords of the rohiram now for those who don't know the foliar Groove that they're
talking about that is this part of the sword that is kind of like indented and like it says that is
to reduce the weight being Aon a woman of smaller stature than probably a lot of the men of Rohan
um so she's got it's got a special uh handle but then also the Fuller there to reduce the
weight for so she can swing this thing around a little bit against her uncle's wishes a disguised
aeon rode with the rohiram to the pelinor fields along with the Hobbit Mary in defense of their
Fallen King Edwin achieved true heroism as she succeeded in the slaying of the witch King and
his fell steed however she also suffered a heinous injury during the Crusade after being healed by
King elisar eowin finally abandoned her passion for Battlefield Grandeur and found true love in
the arms of faramir and that just reminds me how much I love the pairing of pharamir and Aon and
I'm not gonna lie I kind of want to get Fair mere sword now and then like hang them up right next to
each other here in the nerd cave and then it tells us a little bit about the sword itself
the overall length is 36 and a half inches long it's got a solid metal guard and Pummel with an
antique brass plated finish and obviously as we said the hilts are cast as the famous horses of
Rohan and the grip is wrapped in genuine leather the 30 and 1 8 inch false Edge blade is crafted
of double fullered quarter inch thick tempered stainless steel and then of course as always
we've got a shout out the Fantastic Folks at wedda who designed this sword under the art
direction of Richard Taylor the sword of eowin was designed by production designer Warren mayhe the
movie prop was created by production swordsmith Peter Lyon and production artist Sean Bolton so
as always shout out to the WETA guys who obviously did the most incredible job of giving all these uh
weapons so much detail and um they kind of kind of feel like they have history behind them and
there's always a a rhyming reason for the way they designed them the way they designed them
that makes sense for the characters which is just incredible and it adds more depth to the movies
that I love so much I gotta say I really really like the pommel on this one I mean I'll I'll be
honest I love all the rohiram swords and each of them is unique like I said which is really
cool but the pommel just feels like it's it's got this heft to it that makes it a little bit easier
to kind of swing around because you've got that counterbalanced weight I also like with Ayo and
sword the thing that I noticed is how the blade gets thick right here is it meets the hilt there's
a few swords like that I want to say that boromirs maybe is one that comes to mind that's like that
but so often you see they're they're pretty pretty uniform uh pretty uniform thickness until they get
to the tip with that let's go ahead and bust out theodin and aomer swords and see how the family
of the rohiram swords goes together alright and here we have the family of Rohan swords and just
comparing them I was actually kind of surprised to realize that aomares is a little bit shorter than
aoons the pommel on aowens is larger which again that kind of makes sense because that would be a
bit of a counterbalance for the weight but I don't know maybe maybe aomer just likes to be a few
inches closer when he stabs somebody as far as the weight goes theodens is definitely the heaviest
um aomar and eowins are actually very similar uh in terms of weight um that's
not me actually weighing them just holding them in hand uh they seem very very similar
now I just remembered this but an interesting note is the eowin's sword is actually the twin of her
cousin theodrid so theoden's son theodrid who dies in The Two Towers um his sword is the exact same
style as eowyn's but he's got some different color accents so the leather grip is actually green and
there's some green accents within the horses on the hilt but I don't know I I think that's kind of
a cool touch that um you know further uh ties that connection within that family together obviously
Aon and theodrid are close and eowin's grief at theodrid's passing is the one that we primarily
see or at least that we experience first before Theoden you know is uh released from his control
by Gandalf and if you go even more in depth into like the books where uh theodrid calls Ayo and
dearer than daughter um it kind of makes sense that he would uh give her a sword that matches
that of his own blood son so there you have it it is the sword of the woman we all love Aon Shield
maiden of Rohan the bane of the witch King gets this sword right in his face Rector and yes I've
said it a million times but I love the rohiram in The Lord of the Rings uh both the book version
and movie version uh they bring the epicness they bring the heart and they are wonderful characters
and I am super pumped to have eowin's sword in my collection now special shout out to United
Cutlery who sent me this to give you guys an up close look and to unbox this with you guys today
be sure to go to the link in the description so you can check out aeon's sword for yourself and
all the huge range of weaponry and helmets and wizard staffs all that good stuff from The Lord
of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies find that link in the description check it out thanks so
much for watching and we'll see you next time for another unboxing here on nerd of the Rings
but be gentle doing that it's a cool sound though
be gone like Lord of carrion leave the dead in peace that's a really cool line I wish
they would have had that in the movies I love that line it's a great moment in the
movies but man those book lines are so good I don't need I have to look it up every time what
a dwimmer like is but it's still a really cool line Lord of carrion that's even cooler I need
more room I want to dual wield these whoa I'm gonna stab my couch no that's not good I put
holes in my wall on occasion but I haven't put any in the couch yet I might have to be careful