Xena: Warrior Princess, Hades’ dagger

original movie prop weapon

This is Hades’ screen-used resin dagger. The God of the Underworld wears this dagger on his belt in the season 1 episode “Death in Chains.” It was also used as background decoration in the Xena & Hercules merchandise catalog issued back in 2000. The dagger is more worn now, but I have matched it exactly to the catalog appearance due to some conspicuous blemishes on the blade. I acquired it from a prop dealer called Hollywood History, where it was misidentified as the dagger used by Gabrielle in season 3’s “The Deliverer.” I knew of the discrepancy when I bought it though. To be sure, the handle is the same as the dagger used by Gabrielle in that episode (see my other prop listings for those daggers), but the shape of the blade and the paint scheme are entirely different.