Artist: Brendan Olszowy

Email: brendan@fableblades.com

Post: POBox 382 Serpentine, Western Australia 6125

Sting

Forged in the first age of Middle Earth, an Elven Dagger was to find it's way to the hands of Hobbits. Salvaged by Bilbo Baggins from a Troll horde it made a handy shortsword, and was to become the bane of the family of Shelob. An acnient demon, in the form of a giant spider. The spiders of Mirkwood Forest and Shelob herself were to learn that a Hobbit's sting is a thing to be feared.

The blade is inscribed in Angerthas Cirth. In Sindarin it reads:
"IM AEN ESTAR STING : I AM CALLED STING"
"TI NOST OD SHELOB INNAS GOSTA ENNI : THE CLAN OF SHELOB SHALL FEAR ME"

Specs:
Weight: 1217g (2lb 10.5oz)
Length O/all: 715mm (28.2")
Blade Length: 530mm (21") - Cutting edge 435mm (17.1")
Hilt Length: 185mm (7.3")
Guard Width: 185mm (7.3")
Point of Balance: 75mm (3")
The grip is Sheoak (Allocasuarina), chosen for it's webbed grain structure.

[Also check out Orcrist, Glamdring, Anduril, and Gurthang]