"Gladiator" Sword Replicas

He and the late great Keith Moon (the loon) were drinking buddies, among MANY others.  He was told to abstain from drinking while doing Gladiator by the director Scott, but did his thing anyway on the weekends.

Hello Stephen!  Welcome to the forum! 

That is just awesome.  And great job making your own versions of these swords.  Did you build them from scratch?  Modify existing swords?  What materials did you use (forged blades, metals, resin, etc?). 

Thanks a ton for sharing your pictures  

Thanks.
The hilt decorations were made from casting of the screen used props. I made brass replica of them. The guard and pommel are resin casting of the screen used wooden parts. The Blades are wall hangers. These were taken off existing gladius style roman swords. The closest accurate blade is the replica of the Windlass Tigris of Gaul sword.
The Commodus sword hilt is made from an existing Roman replica sword the prop dept. just modified and added brass furniture trim and the circle of eagles. The handles on them all are casting of the screen used props too.

I have made a few with Battle ready full tang blade. I sourced those from a gentleman that does blades but was pretty costly.