Gúthwinë, Sword of Éomer by United Cutlery UNBOXING UC3383 | Lord of the Rings Collectibles Review

United Cutlery sent me one of the most unique swords in all the Lord of the Rings trilogy - Gúthwinë, the sword of Éomer! I'll give an up-close look at this replica and compare it to Andúril and Herugrim - another Rohan sword!
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Official Description:
Éomer was a captain of the king’s cavalry, Marshal of the Mark, and one of Rohan’s mightiest warriors. He skillfully wielded his royal sword, Gúthwinë, and used it to slay many Orcs and Uruks of Isengard that dared trespass into Rohan. He bravely fought alongside King Theoden against the forces of Mordor at the battle of Helm’s Deep and on the Pelennor Fields. In the final stand against the dark lord Sauron, Éomer fought alongside Aragorn with the armies of Rohan and Gondor at the Gates of Mordor. This authentically detailed replica is a reproduction of the actual filming prop built by Weta Workshop and used in The Lord Of The Rings films presented by New Line Cinema. This 34” long sword was made using only the finest grade materials and craftsmanship available. It features brass-finished, cast metal hilt parts, a genuine leather-wrapped grip, and a 27” stainless steel blade with engraved fuller grooves.
While this was sent to me by a vendor, I was under no obligation to give this item a positive review. Any praise/criticism in my reviews is my genuine opinion/thoughts. If you are surprised that I really enjoy a LOTR piece of memorabilia, you really shouldn't be. :)
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[@NerdoftheRings]

Check out Gúthwinë here!: bit.ly/3GXNB9f

[@thecyberhobbit]

next I highly recommend checking out Eowyn's sword it's my favorite of the 3 Eorl swords. I did a review on my channel. Also my Eomer sword came with shrink wrap on it... it's the only weapon from UC I've gotten that way and I also got all my swords new

[@gregsolomon8575]

That intro was great!!

[@hassanawdi3793]

So u r the one who stole it from him when it fell

[@jonbeare6019]

Nerd using sting (I believe) to open the box is the ultimate flex lol. Way to serve Balin's quote in the Hobbit of "its more or a letter opener" Great stuff!

[@aboutthebook3213]

Absolute legend!

[@BPMChan-nr7ik]

Sting js the deadliest "letter opener" that has ever existed!

[@ktalk790]

I miss unboxing swords. I use to work at a knife/sword shop years ago back when LOTR was still in theaters. We use to sell all the LOTR stuff from united. It was good times.

[@roguewookiee]

Using Sting as a "letter opener" love to see it!

[@arthurmorgan931]

That intro was so perfect. Chefs kiss to that

[@gregorybeattie]

I like that you are a positive, appreciative Tolkien nerd. Some fans can be defensive gatekeepers of the Tolkien legacy. I prefer your wait-and-see approach to the Amazon series to the outrage from some fans.

[@TheAdamantOne]

I like that too. I mean even if it's horrendous a lot of people are still gonna watch because it's Middle Earth. We should give constructive criticism so that they can make it better.

[@gw5976]

If I were you, I think I'd do everything with that sword. Cutting the turkey, mowing the grass, scaring away my daughters' boyfriends, getting the grime off the teeth. Really good unboxing. A big hug from Chile

[@qwertyTRiG]

Does Chile have the same "scaring away the daughter's boyfriend" stereotype as the US does?

[@gw5976]

@@qwertyTRiG That´s global hahahaha

[@josiahzabel8596]

@@qwertyTRiG I recall the AK Guy talking about someone doing that to him, showing off his pistol... he answer was to pull a folding stock AK out of his backpack

[@Divine_Chareka]

I'm loving these unboxing videos, keep em coming nerd!!

[@311mikey]

Got this one when it came out a few months back and it’s awesome. United cutlery did a great job, I believe they have a scabbard coming out for the sword as well and his spear.

[@NerdoftheRings]

I saw that! They both look really sharp as well - especially that wall plate for the spear! It looks really cool!

[@timothyhoff97]

Guthwine was never my favorite sword (I didn’t like the idea of a design that forced some metal of the blade to remain exposed to the elements), but this gives me a new appreciation for it. Weta really nailed the distinct feel of each culture’s weaponry.

[@isaaceichelberger2118]

Is the blade not sharp?

[@whyidontwant2723]

Wall hangers tend to be heavier than actual weapons as they are just for show. You would be amazed at how light a properly made real sword is in the hand.

[@lalli8152]

Yeah they tend to have thick blades, and no distal taper at all also shifting the balance point more blade heavy

[@JimCullen]

Just some points from someone who does HEMA. Those "grooves" are more properly called "fullers". So "Gúthwinë has a double fuller" would be one way of describing its features. Andúril is very much an archetypal longsword, which means it should *mostly* be used in two hands, although it can in some circumstances be wielded one handed during certain techniques. I can't speak to how your particular copy of Andúril handles, but in one hand it should obviously be much less wieldy than a sword made to be used single-handed. If used in it's correct two-handed way, if it's well-made it should feel pretty good. It's never going to be as snappy as a rapier, but it shouldn't feel like wielding a hammer.

[@quickbeam71]

Your video has inspired me to add to my paltry collection of just one sword - Sting! I think I might get Andúril, “Flame of the West” - I’ve got a bit of room on one wall in my office!!

[@j-dmachado4349]

Hey guy! Thanks for another fun video - I’d love if you could dig up all the rings of power they used to make back in the day. The Noble Collection once offered all the elven rings of power, a dwarven ring, a ring of men - and The Witch King even got his own ring! Many of these are now scattered among other suppliers, discontinued or extortionately expensive. But if you dare to embark on this journey, the search is on!

[@angelicasoto4665]

The sudden Guthwina for the mark!!!🗡 lol loved it🤣

[@TKDLION]

Best sword design in the trilogy in my opinion. Beowulf or Sigurd would be proud to wield this sword; it's very much like the swords in literature that inspired Tolkien. If they made a fully functional version of this sword, I would happily buy one.

[@j-dmachado4349]

Check out the Master Swordsmith’s Collection by Weta Workshop - every once in a while they’ll release a blacksmith-forged honest to goodness functional sword. They recently did Orcrist and Boromir’s sword, and in the past they’ve made Sting, the Witch King’s sword, and Eowyn’s!

[@ossian1977]

You can write to Belfire Blades and commission one. Battle ready. In fact, better than the one Eomer wielded, probably. It'll cost you a pretty penny, but you'll have a masterpiece in your hands. (say > 800-900 GBP)

[@vn_bricks]

You should make a podcast🙃🙂

[@arthurmorgan931]

Literally got here seconds after the video was put out wow

[@elisha6137]

Great video as usual Matt! Love that smile as you open it up! Would love to maybe see Saruman's and Gandalf the White's staffs!

[@cleverclogs3972]

Nice sting letter opener!! I wonder if the elves of gondolin used sting as a letter opener sometimes

[@shmeagol]

To me Eomer and Boromir are the most underrated/overlooked characters in the saga.

[@VoiceoftheRings]

Ahh such a Great Sword! I love how you showed us how to say the name Proper! My mom got me this sword last year for Christmas. I was a very happy Tolkien fan too. haha

[@aznzensation]

With the Rings of Power coming out, your amazing channel is about to blow up as it should

[@aboutthebook3213]

Man, that smile warmed my heart!

[@jimmd68]

I like this one better than Theoden's sword. It looks much more realistic, as if it could be a real world, historic weapon.

[@AMcGrath82]

I have a replica of Gimli's double-sided axe, myself. Fantastic looking weapon, though you can tell a real-life version would lack whatever skill the dwarves used to make such large weapons so quick and yet hit so hard.

[@RedLeaderrr]

nice Eomer set coming along nicely.

[@bigbyrdstewart5217]

Matt holding his swords by the blade gives me physical pain

[@matsalemme3291]

I Love These Collectibles Reviews! 👍👍 Please keep them coming!

[@AndrewCarlisle11B]

Eomer is one of my favorites and I'd love to have some of his gear. Bonus points for you if you wear any of this stuff while recording.

[@billdaly59]

Nice unboxing and review. There are two Weta collectibles out or coming out (depending where you live). Escape off the Road and Bilbo at Bag End. Both looks super pieces.

[@lorcankelly8871]

This looks great. Have to do an eomer video on Saturday now

[@phoule76]

ha, awesome use of Sting

[@ianmorlan6553]

YES matt!!! This is golden content, please keep doing this, love you brother

[@WhoIsCalli]

Love how you unsheathe Sting in your vids 😂. Great unboxing Matt

[@nickwestfree4936]

awesome video. I never knew that Eomer had so many of those incredible lines form the movies.

[@ericconnell6714]

Absolutely awesome. I so want them. Great comments and story about the sword. Thanks for doing this 👍

[@pablosebasthian]

I could hear him narrate a cake recipe, the voice is so good, and the swords are epic haha 🥰

[@Silver-5-0-5]

Please review Sauron's mace if possible :)

[@NerdoftheRings]

👀 ...stay tuned! :)

[@seanblankenship4953]

I love how enthusiastic you are about your favorite race/people amongst the films and books. I for one gravitate more closely to "The Hobbitsess ". I own own Frodo's version of Sting + scabbard and most recently purchased The Sword of Samwise from UC. I also own a custom replica of The Green Dragon Inn Sign as well as several of the Hobbit holes and the Parchment Art Print of The Shire from Daniel Reeves from Weta Workshop (NZ). I guess you could say "I think, in my heart, I'm still in love with the Shire: the woods, the fields… little rivers." Plus I have a infinitive reputation for food and...the growing and smoking of pipe weed and brewing of ales 🍻.

[@shadowman052]

can we get a breakdown of your entire prop collection? you have alot of cool looking stuff in there 👀

[@Eowyn3Pride]

I'm so jealous of Matt's collection...🥺

[@certinho76]

LOL. Wow...that's super bad-ass! Love it! Kudos.

[@samuraibyrd]

Great video. Ive been thinking about getting a battle ready “FoeHammer”

[@thomasmcdonough4680]

So cool!

[@Bregotamer1]

I would love a video tour of your collection, so I can turn a deeper shade of green 😂😂

[@megusta9045]

Salivating right now

[@ellengoodman1297]

Nerd I love these videos and I love your enthusiasm! This one made me smile ear to ear! You can be Eomer or anyone else in Middle Earth. I used to say if there’s a God; he will let me die and go to live in a Hobbit hole and smoke pipe weed all day long! Now I pray to Eru Iluvitar and if that’s wrong, I don’t want to be right!!!! (I see you used Sting to open the box again 😉)

[@yuritesticoff1141]

Unfortunately I've cut wood my while life to this day, worked with wood, own chainsaw, chopping/splitting axes, heavy duty carbon steel machetes, so I have refrained from purchasing these lotr replicas as I would be too tempted to use them, test them, and I would ruin expensive things meant to be aesthetically, visually pleasing. So I've put my funds through tools I can use, axes that can be used and thrown and not be ruined, but o what fun it would be to use this one as a machete. Mostly I lusted after Gimlie's bearded axe, looking into that axe was when I discovered I would immediately break it in two, lol. Maybe one day I'll forget my own, I am yet only 37, and forging may once again be a thing of everyday life soon, sadly. Love your channel brother

[@sdaniel9129]

Check out Suspicious 0bservers! I love these swords... When fighting with swords you get used to the weight along the years ;-) Excalibur was more than 50 kilograms...

[@midimusicforever]

It's kinda gladius-like. Looks really slick!

[@lalli8152]

Its i think very clearly inspired by migration era swords anglo-saxon or something like that. those swords indeed might have come from roman spatha, but it just might be many cultures at that time just used similar blade shapes, and such. Interestingly i think how Tolkien visioned his world i think he had that period in mind how items, and such should look. The movies basicly mix very much that earlier period look with higher middle ages. So the rohans armor, weapons and all that looks more ancient where as condors more medieval anduril for example late medieval longsword inspired

[@GravityCreations100]

Matt I love how you opened the box with sting again today 😂. You should actually make it an unboxing ritual. Loads of love from India

[@chrisriker5422]

Guthwine got some air time.....when it fell out of Eomer's scabbard in the movie..... :)

[@kathleenstewart6129]

love your nerd cave!

[@duchasasyn6854]

ah yess the sword that fells A legendary scene

[@twiceborn_by_grace]

I’m currently reading the books for the first time and I’m about to finish Return of the King. And after reading them, the movies are kind of a let down. How can I still appreciate the movies while loving the books?

[@DonMeaker]

Sting: "More of a letter opener..."

[@johnweber4456]

SO COOL!!

[@BEDWARSPROPLAYER-n4g]

Hi

[@SquirrelASMR]

Howdy

[@SquirrelASMR]

You was first 🥇 here is the official medal 😀

[@BEDWARSPROPLAYER-n4g]

Howdy

[@Nikola-gd4dy]

You need some better lights for unboxing videos. Btw sword looks awesome!

[@FritzVonMoltke]

LOTR Is Awsome

[@phiology1983]

That sword is 🔥 totally rock it i go to a convention or a Renaissance festival 😄

[@annaroselarsen4218]

So cool!!!!!!

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

Wow Its stunning!! ✨✨✨

[@Cloofinder]

Balin: looks more like a letter opener Nerd of the Rings: *uses sting as a box opener*

[@kresobetaorionis3400]

Could You review Lady Galadriel's dress?

[@FlyingAxblade_D20]

time for some Meara hobby horses...make a mint!

[@jamespatmore5461]

Tolkien based the rohirrim on the Anglo-Saxons in England….guthwine means battle friend in ‘old English’.

[@benkeitz5852]

Are these swords sharp? Do they come sharp?

[@NerdoftheRings]

Not particularly sharp, I would say. You can definitely do some damage to, say...your drywall if you hypothetically slipped when you were hypothetically hanging your swords in your hypothetical nerd cave....purely hypothetical scenario that totally didn't just happen to me a couple weeks ago. ;)

[@MKF30]

Awesome!

[@TheCradM]

You’re gonna make me spend more money that I shouldn’t 🤣 also, Éomer is hands down my favorite book character

[@Tgodson69]

Could you cover what it must of been like for Gandalf to not remember the way to go in Moria? How crazy is that for a wizard? are their memories really that good or what?

[@unitedweanalyse5193]

can you make a video on the entire happenings of the elder days

[@blacklynx2526]

Could you review Thranduils sward

[@ToxicHolacaust]

Great video! it would be really cool if you did a tour of your nerd cave.

[@nevillesavage2012]

It is cool but to be battle ready would be EPIC

[@neilreinecke3243]

How about Review Gandalf's Staff!? Or and Dwarves Ax? Elven Weapens

[@youtube_moderator]

Can you comment on whether you think you'll be buying into the collectibles for the Rings of Power series? I'm from New Zealand and have a friend who working on the production team for Season One, and I can tell you that 1. Amazon spared no expense (an example would be that boxes of 10k+ worth of silver, jewells and pearls were used in Elven production design) and 2. the NZ artists really put the effort into the weapons, props, costumes. It's a real shame that pandemic issues and the cost of NZ-based location shooting caused the series to be relocated for Season 2, but the production design value is already visible in the still images that have been showcased in promotional photos. Hopefully it doesn't take a dive at the end of Season 1.

[@thecyberhobbit]

gotta love that filming mistake that shows Eomer's sword falling out of his scabbard.

[@faithjourney9815]

cool sword

[@Epic_Kingdom]

Very nice

[@amirardalan1903]

Balin to Bilbo about Sting: more of a letter opener really NOTR: uses Sting to open a package Me: this must some kind of meta joke.

[@themortlord7212]

where did you get your hat from??? and shirt ?? please!!!!! tried searching for new era x lotr cant find anything :(

[@orrointhewise87]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Now all we need is an animatronic battalion of orcs for u to mow down and then the set will b complete 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathanpacker2916]

Nice way to use sting. Sure it is a sword, more of a box opener really.

[@theggeradrian]

Amazing

[@thegreatders344]

Casually uses Sting as a box opener for Gúthwinë

[@MorganWood86]

Really fun! I enjoy this new unboxing series, but (and this is perhaps a very personal preference) I wish you weren't wearing a hat that shades your eyes! I feel we miss a lot of your expression and reaction because your eyes are in shadow...or maybe it's just that I have terrible vision! Anyway, I don't know your reasons for wearing a hat in the first place, and I'm not here to say I wish you didn't wear one at all, but maybe one that doesn't create a shadow on your face might give us a closer experience of how you experience the unboxing! Nonetheless, I love your channel and will continue watching every single video you put out, hat or not! Thanks so much.

[@WilDayne]

Does it feel durable? Could you swing it out a tree or use for hma?

[@kaapokarkkainen5842]

what is your favorite servant of the dark side???

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

I hoped you'll buy Elven weapon and armor.

[@trevorlampton198]

I know this is a sword unboxing. But where did you get that shirt? I can’t find it anywhere and it’s awesome!

[@NerdoftheRings]

It’s a homemade one using a cricut. Haha.

[@juanchoguerrero9143]

Diamond selects Sauron Build a figure

[@leinaD051]

tou really need a rohan shield, pls, i dont know if there's an oficial rohan shield but you need one... and we need see you unboxin one

[@flyoptimum]

Where did you get the shirt and hat?

[@StevenBlea]

My wife and I agree that Nerd Cave is a much better moniker ;)

[@CybershamanX]

(8:25) I'm guessing it's shorter because it's easier to wield while on horseback. 😉

[@NerdoftheRings]

Didn’t think about that, but it makes total sense!!

[@deanzaZZR]

Spear upon horseback, sword upon ground.

[@CybershamanX]

@@deanzaZZR Oh! You're absolutely right! And a short sword is easier to carry while on a horse, rather than a long blade like Anduriel. Still, lose your spear and a short sword on horseback, again, is easier to wield than long swords. Thanks for pointing that out, buddy! I LOVE hanging out with fantasy/medieval nerds! 😉

[@waynepurcell6058]

@@CybershamanX The longswords in the LotR movies shouldn't even be there. Tolkien was writing about a time that predated them. In the books it's all about shields and maille (no plate armor) and you don't use two handed swords with shields. Even Gimli, a warrior from a race of smiths and craftsmen just has a maille hauberk, iron cap, and a axe (probably more like a smaller Dane axe than the movie axe). The weapons and armor should be closer to early iron age Anglo Saxon/Norse/Frankish than high medieval.

[@CybershamanX]

@@waynepurcell6058 Right there with ya, buddy. 😉

[@kaldrnidafjollum8312]

Is that site reputable? The prices seem cheaper than united cutlery official page but on that page they all sold out. I wanna get a sword but worried it a scam

[@cristianpadilla1756]

Nerd cave tour ?? 👀

[@NerdoftheRings]

Definitely! In good time! 😁

[@WEMAKELEGO]

what is your favourite lotr or hobbit character from the movie