<P> For The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, some characters such as Aragorn was gifted with an Elven hunting knife which he retained well towards the Battle of the Black Gate . Boromir's costume design included throwing knives, and Legolas now possessed twin fighting knives carried in sheaths near his quiver . </P> <P> Axes are used by most races in Tolkien's writings, most notably the Dwarves, who used the battle cry: Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you! (Khuzdul: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai - mênu!) For The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Gimli the Dwarf was assigned various axes of different makes during the course of the films . The Sindarin Elves of Doriath also favoured axes as weapons during the First Age . </P> <P> Bows of different sizes and construction are featured in Tolkien's works . Elves of Lothlórien, Men, and Uruk - hai used longbows while Elves of Mirkwood and Orcs of Mordor used smaller ones . These bows are said to be made of wood, horn and even steel . Sometimes individual arrows are given special mention in Tolkien's works . In The Hobbit, the Black Arrow was a royal heirloom used to kill the dragon Smaug . In The Lord of the Rings, the Red Arrow was a token used by Gondor to summon its allies in time of need . In the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Red Arrow is omitted and its role is conflated with the Beacons of Gondor . The films also assign a bow to Aragorn and crossbows to the Uruk - hai . In Tolkien's writings Aragorn is armed only with the sword Andúril (below) and crossbows are nowhere mentioned . </P> <P> Armour in Tolkien's fiction is mainly in the form of mail or scale shirts, in keeping with Ancient and Early Middle periods of history . In contrast, the Lord of the Rings film trilogy features plate armour suits in the style of the High and Late Middle periods . These kinds of plate armour are not found in Tolkien's writings, but plate does appear in the form of individual pieces such as vambraces (forearm guards) or greaves (leg and shin guards). As with other items of war, Elves and Dwarves produced the best armour . A mail shirt forged by Dwarves from the fictional metal mithril appears in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, worn in turn by the protagonists Bilbo and Frodo Baggins . </P>

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