27 beautiful photographs of cinemas most iconic blades

July 05, 2024

2016-02-10T18:46:00Z

Helping us remember the familiar, art director Federico Mauro has created renderings of some of the most amazing and recognizable blades from movies on a clean background.

Mauro has created impressive visuals that remind us of our favorite films, TV shows, and video games — from Link's Master Sword in the "Legend of Zelda" games to William Wallace's claymore from "Braveheart," these hand weapons are as memorable as the characters that wield them.

Below are our favorites from Mauro's collection.

The following photos are republished with permission from Federico Mauro.

Ghostface's blade from "Scream"

Sweeney Todd's razor from "Sweeney Todd"

The Joker's knife from "The Dark Knight"

Ace Merrill's knife from "Stand By Me"

MacGyver's all-purpose pocket knife from "MacGyver"

Riddick's sword from "The Chronicles of Riddick"

Jack Burton's dagger from "Big Troubles in Little China"

Jason Voorhees' machete from the "Friday the 13th" series

Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' Sting from "The Lord of the Rings"

The scythe from "Children of the Corn"

Beatrix Kiddo's Hattori Hanzo sword in the "Kill Bill" series

Darth Vader's lightsaber in the "Star Wars" saga

Machete's machete in "Machete"

Jack Torrance's ax from "The Shining"

Dastan's shamshir from "Prince of Persia"

Oh Dae-Su's not quite blade from "Oldboy"

The Uruk-Hai's broadswords from "Lord of the Rings"

He-Man's Power Sword from "He-Man"

Link's Master Sword from the "Legend of Zelda" videogame series

King Arthur's Excalibur from "King Arthur"

The Spartan sword from "300"

The Macleod Clan sword from "Highlander"

Jack Sparrow's blade from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series

Blade's katana from the "Blade" series

William Wallace's claymore from "Braveheart"

Conan's broadsword from the "Conan" series

Gus Fring's boxcutter from "Breaking Bad"