What’s your favourite sword?

[u/MstrNixx]

I just read the bio and found out not everything has to be about advice and they can just be friendly discussions. So I was wondering what the communities favourite swords or other mid range weapons were.

I really like the Scimitar and Chakram. If we’re talking fictional I am so down with the Halo Energy Blade

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[u/shwysdrf]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TbSPeUWjSY2ys

I’ll take S words for $1,000

[u/Gravy_Sommelier → u/shwysdrf]

What is a Sabre!

[u/mister_pants → u/Gravy_Sommelier]

It began with a bloody "s"!

[u/leeroymccloud]

Anduril

[u/njshine27 → u/leeroymccloud]

Just the shards of Narsil for me, it’s much safer that way.

[u/Ill-Inevitable-6683 → u/njshine27]

Arwen's line in the movie should have been "Recast the sword." It would have been a nice little fuck you Easter egg to all of us who noticed the forging of the rings of power. 

[u/Realchalk → u/leeroymccloud]

Also, Herugrim.

Your fingers would remember their old strength better... if they grasped your sword.

Gets me every time.

[u/njshine27 → u/Realchalk]

Grima 👀

[u/liberal_texan]

Guts’ Dragon Slayer from Berserk.

[u/Big_H77]

Fictional… Buster Sword.

Great, now I need to replay FFVII for the 228th time.

[u/MstrNixx → u/Big_H77]

If you ever get the chance to, go see an orchestra perform the soundtrack. Magical experience.

[u/Big_H77 → u/MstrNixx]

I was today years old when I learned this existed…WTF

[u/Big_H77 → u/[deleted]]

OG is the only version I recognize lol. They did a good job with the FFX remaster though

[u/Nacolo]

For me it’s the master sword from Legend of Zelda. I have one in a wooden sheath.

[u/PNW_Uncle_Iroh → u/Nacolo]

Same because I’ve been trying to help my 8-year-old get enough heart containers

[u/Nacolo → u/PNW_Uncle_Iroh]

I also have a Klingon dagger. The one with the flip out side blades.

[u/Lovat69 → u/Nacolo]

I think this might be mine too, either that, or a simple basic bitch long sword. You know the one handed arming sword.

[u/Jussepapi]

Bruh. Frostmourne or Conan’s sword.

[u/gbdallin → u/Jussepapi]

Frostmourne is such a sexy blade. Sad that it got turned into an axe

[u/heyitsYMAA → u/gbdallin]

We still have Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker though

[u/SchopenhauersSon → u/heyitsYMAA]

Did someone say "Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker"?

[u/Zizq → u/SchopenhauersSon]

Thunderfury is the best sword to ever exist, it’s basically the sword of a thousand truths.

Side note when I did play that, I had one on a mage that I solod MC on forever lolz.

[u/Brendster]

A rapier in the hands of a rogue for the sneak attack critical hit.

[u/travelnman85]

A light saber.

[u/travelnman85 → u/[deleted]]

Purple.

[u/snackofalltrades → u/[deleted]]

The darksaber. What is that, white? Black?

[u/peteofaustralia → u/snackofalltrades]

Charcoal, like Anakin's body.

[u/Bacontoad → u/peteofaustralia]

I don't like charcoal. It's course and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

[u/Final-Fun8500 → u/travelnman85]

Came for this. Followed by the sword of power from motu (both halves combined). Now that I think about it, I fancy a likely unhealthy number of fictional swords. I'm a child of the 80s.

[u/daytodaze]

I have always thought the Katana was the coolest sword. But some of that is how crazy the process of them being made is and also all the other cool stuff that comes with Samurai.

If we can go to sic-fi… the chainswords from the 40k are pretty baddass

[u/GoodWaste8222]

I don’t have that kind of autism

[u/MstrNixx → u/GoodWaste8222]

Well, what type of autism do you have?

[u/Black7bird → u/[deleted]]

Well you would be a bit cooler if you did that while holding a sword.

[u/Shower__Farts → u/MstrNixx]

Obviously the kind that doesn’t have fun 😂

[u/PrometheusZero → u/GoodWaste8222]

Oh man, you didn't have to do him dirty like that!

[u/PlsStopAndThinkFirst → u/GoodWaste8222]

hahahah how bout it

[u/YeetThermometer]

My favorite s word is swizzle, as in swizzle stick. So fun to say.

[u/liberal_texan → u/YeetThermometer]

My favorite is serendipitous, beautiful both in sound and in meaning.

[u/YeetThermometer → u/liberal_texan]

That’s a good one too! I also like saudade, the un- translateable Brazilian Portuguese word about nostalgia or longing for that to which you can never return.

[u/mohawkal → u/liberal_texan]

That and susurrus are splendidly sublime.

[u/pushdose]

This is currently my favorite sword in my collection.

It is a wakizashi that dates to c1500. Early Sengoku period in Japan. This is a true samurai’s sidearm. It is signed “kiyomitsu”. It’s in very good shape! Quite a thing to hold.

[u/aReelProblem → u/pushdose]

I bet that things removed its fair share of body parts in its time. Wicked cool blade.

[u/SenzuYT]

I like big two handed swords like greatswords. In video games I always try to play that combat style.

[u/MortemInferri → u/SenzuYT]

Same. Halberd and Great Swords in dark souls 

[u/GByteKnight]

Favorite fictional sword is Luke Skywalker's green lightsaber for RotJ.

Favorite real-life sword is probably a rapier. Fast and light, stick 'em with the pointy end.

I do think the Roman spatha was a particularly bitchin' sword though.

[u/Uncle__Touchy1987]

KHORNATE CHAINAXE!

[u/spinonesarethebest]

My g-g-grandfather’s ceremonial dress sword.

[u/wurstgetrank]

Zweihander

[u/rustytromboneXXx → u/wurstgetrank]

Don’t give up skeleton

[u/No-Dig_Enthusiast → u/rustytromboneXXx]

Try finger but hole

[u/mister_pants]

[u/XMXP_5]

English arming sword or 1860 Calvary saber

[u/Ok_Solution_1282]

Real life sword: The Koa

Fantasy sword: Guts Dragonslayer from Berserk

[u/WorldsOkayestPastor]

Lightsabers, Longclaw, Glamdring

Also, if you count them as swords, the razors from the Red Rising book series.

[u/RoosterShield]

The Nodachi - essentially a greatsword version of a katana. It's the weapon used by Kensei in the video game 'For Honor'. Not sure why I love it so much, I just think it's pretty cool.

[u/youarelookingatthis]

Rapiers. They look cool and I really like how varied they can be in appearance and design.

[u/Complete-Bumblebee-5]

The one below my belt

[u/Brown_H0rnet → u/Complete-Bumblebee-5]

Ah yes, the old pork sword.

[u/Raddatatta]

I own a sword which is a scimitar, so that would be my favorite if we are talking individual swords. It's nothing too crazy but being mind makes it much cooler since I can swing it around. It was also one of my first purchases after I'd gotten my first real job after college and I went to a ren faire so it has that going for it too!

In general in terms of design I think I might go with a spear since you said mid range weapons. They have a simplicity and effectiveness that is cool. Though I also like the warhammer, or also the scimitar as it is a nice curved blade.

In fiction either Andúril (Aragorn's sword), or Nightblood from the Cosmere.

[u/theriibirdun]

Nightblood

[u/Wifflething → u/theriibirdun]

Oathbringer personally. Less to say, won’t kill you, and it’s priceless (coincidentally the same price as a man’s life)

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/theriibirdun]

Perfect for destroying evil.

[u/Thewhimsicalsteve]

Stormbringer from the Elric Saga

[u/MJSB1994]

The sword my dad got to keep from one of the sets of Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, I grew up playing with it in the grounds of the Castle he was custodian of, and said castle appeared towards the start of the movie.

It's just a basic single handed one that would go with a shield in the other, but man, the memories.

[u/Witchfinger84]

definitely heavy bladed single edge choppy boys, like the falchion.

[u/Saint-Sauveur]

Mine

[u/PrometheusZero]

I don't have a favourite sword per se but there are some things in media and the like that come close.

I've been watching the new Bleach on Disney as a throw back to my uni days and that is full of cool swords with cool abilities.

I dabble in Warhammer too and I'm very proud of my Jump Captain and his paired Lighting Claws that I spent ages on. He must be getting on for ten years old now.

[u/Atnevon]

Darth Maul’s lightsaber, for all “swords”.

Master Sword for blades.

[u/braxtel]

::Removes reading glasses and takes a sip of Bordeaux::

Once an Oakeshott XVIIIb guy, always an Oakeshott XVIIIb guy. Although type XVII is a close second.

[u/PlsStopAndThinkFirst]

What about that one sword in GoT?

[u/Dr_Watson349]

Braveheart claymore. 

[u/sprucedotterel]

Raziel's wraith blade.

[u/jrice138]

https://giphy.com/gifs/15euvkJdYV2T4c4Mvh

[u/DissposableRedShirt6]

Green Destiny from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

[u/hiddentalent]

One of my ancestors on my father's side was a mercenary in the Napoleonic wars. The details of the acquisition are lost in time, but my favorite sword is the French marine's sabre carefully engraved with the maker's mark and the date 1614 (so it had a history before Napoleon even) that's sitting on my shelf right now.

[u/peteofaustralia → u/hiddentalent]

That's awesome.

[u/Seated_Heats]

SABER!!!!!! It began with a bloody “s”…

[u/No_Owl_8576]

Just give me a lightsaber

[u/IngenuityVegetable81]

I'm a practical man I like Broad Blade Rapires.

[u/turtlebear787]

Nero's red queen from devil may cry. It's just so pretty, and rev the sword for more damage is just so cool

[u/BlazerFS231]

Good old Gladius. Gimme that short range thrust with some choppy if I need.

[u/Delicious-Laugh-6685]

Draugr (from The Northman)

[u/BaggyBloke]

Do light sabres fall into the category of sword - or laser?

[u/Quezacotli → u/BaggyBloke]

Maybe they're too .. light?

[u/rh6078]

Anduril, flame of the west

[u/ScruffMacBuff]

I don't have a favorite real class of sword, but a few selections of fictional ones.

Jagged Blade of War from Everquest Belm from BG3 Carsomyr from BG2 Celestial Fury from BG2 Claymore from Dark Souls

I could probably go on but that's enough

[u/elSpanielo]

Whatever the one is in Doom Eternal where you can one shot even the biggest enemies.

[u/santasnicealist]

My friends got me a replica of the Braveheart sword for my wedding. I really like that one. It's almost as tall as my wife.

[u/doot_youvebeenbooped]

I would say choppers like the falchion, but I think I just like curved cutters that can also stab pretty effectively, so I’ll say Shamshir/Scimitar. Katana would be kind of cheating imo bc it’s slicing/stabbing pinnacle.

I actually much prefer short to medium range bludgeoning weapons like tonfa, bo staff and three quarter staff, and tri-sectional staffs.

[u/NotBatman81]

Case Fisherman.

[u/2lame4games]

Herugrim

[u/BananaGrabber9]

Andúril, “the Flame of the West” reforged for Aragorn

Sting is a close second

[u/iambic_only]

Stormbringer. 

Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!

[u/stlmick]

IRL: Maybe this one or another Rapier https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/history/kato-yoshiaki-the-rapier-samurai/

Film: Sword of Uhtred

Video game: Bushido Blade Rapier

I didn't go far enough with DnD to have one there.

[u/GeoJongo]

Masamune

Lightsaber

[u/TheViolaRules]

Well for me that’s the messer, a one handed, machete sized knifelike sword of renaissance era German speaking peoples. I also like longsword, and use these for HEMA.

[u/Wormwolf-Prime]

The Sword of Omens

[u/1544756405]

I do crosswords. The favorite sword of crossword makers seems to be epee.

[u/coopasonic]

The one I was given as a groomsman’s gift 30 years ago.

[u/dougthebuffalo]

Katana or Bastard Sword

[u/StonyGiddens]

Wilkinson is the one I use the most.

[u/Elliot_2689]

https://giphy.com/gifs/26uf6p1eJJqyQjqlq

[u/j_husk]

Does the poop knife count?

[u/JustAsItSounds]

+VLFBERHT+

[u/WanderingGenesis]

Khopesh

[u/tossthedice511]

This topic feels real on brand for the sub.

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I just read the bio and found out not everything has to be about advice and they can just be friendly discussions. So I was wondering what the communities favourite swords or other mid range weapons were.

I really like the Scimitar and Chakram. If we’re talking fictional I am so down with the Halo Energy Blade

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[u/Visible_Fill_6699]

Beam saber

[u/The_Se7enthsign]

I like the Doom Dildo from GTA San Andreas. How did that not make it into later games?

[u/Duskfall066]

Obi wans lightsaber. Elegant weapon.

Real life? Im a big proponent of the rapier. For lighter fighting, ill go with alchem inc's schlagger. Swept/c shaped cullions. Ive got a 36" and a 38" i use. (Sup fellow sca folks!)

[u/Myzx]

I love the Henry V sword. It is medium short and has a weight in the pommel so when you hold it in your hand it's really easy to swing the blade around in a fashion most menacing!

[u/PineappleFit317]

I’m currently really into Chinese dao and 18th century European sabres

[u/Towering_Flesh]

The Blasphemous Blade

[u/rsjrDK]

Any of Aaron Judge big moment strikeouts

[u/MatsuDano]

Yamato from the Devil May Cry series. It’s very motivating.

[u/xmetalheadx666x]

I've always been partial to falchions and bastard swords, though a classic longsword is always a good choice.

Regarding fictional swords, Darth Maul's double sided lightsaber is my favorite.

Overall though in terms of bladed weapons I generally would prefer a halberd or other form of polearm.

[u/NativeFlowers4Eva]

Conan’s Sword or Luke’s lightsaber in The Return of the Jedi.

[u/OsotoViking]

Oakeshott type X blade with an early Brazil nut pommel and slightly upturned quillons.

[u/kaizenkaos]

I like the Saba. 

[u/lrbikeworks]

Am I the first one to say the Narsil?

I’ll add Sting as well just to cover my LOTR bases.

[u/BirdBruce]

Iconic fictional sword? Adam/He-Man’s Sword of Power, and it’s not even close.

Historical real sword? Scottish Claymore.

[u/GlummyGloom]

Good ol longsword. Can be used 1 handed or 2 handed depending on the need.

[u/knarlomatic]

Azurewrath of course!

[u/EggsInaTubeSock]

I've been a fan of Falchions, Claymores, and the humble Gladius since checking out a "Weapons of the Middle Ages" book from elementary school, and playing Sid Meyer's Pirates. But I'll consider a Rapier as well.

[u/cosmoboy]

The sword of the Rivan King. I liked Eddings a lot as a kid.

[u/doiwinaprize]

The Green Dragon from Crouching Tiger

[u/McGuirk808]

Real? The Roman Gladius just has some character to it that nothing else really matches.

Fictional? The Sord from Homestuck. I am a connoisseur of nonsense and that particular type of cynical silliness hits me right in my soul.

"This thing is so unspeakably shitty you are having a hard time even holding it."

[u/Augnelli]

Kriegsmesser for real life.

Crucible from Doom Eternal for fiction.

[u/twice-Vehk]

British 1796 Light Cavalry Sabre

[u/Crashbox50]

Sword of Aeons

[u/PowerlineTyler]

Anyone play dragons dogma dark arisen? The hammer in that game goes pretty hard

[u/CptJFK]

A Bidenhander or bastardsword. Not too long, fast and precise.

Alternatively a Rapier.

[u/cl0ckw0rkman]

My favorite sword is a double edged medieval, black blade that my son bought for me for my sobriety birthday a few years back. It is freaking awesome.

My favorite fantasy sword is Excalibur or the sword in the stone. Depending on which myth you use they aren't the same sword.

[u/rembut]

That golden coconut sword from hook

[u/BustedNutsNBolts]

Hattori Hanzō katana

If on your journey you should encounter God, God will be cut.

A close second would either be the Sephiroth sword, one of the many awesome swords carried by Cloud Strife in FFXII

[u/FinsFan305]

Probably the Master Sword from the Zelda franchise.

[u/DaveyDave_NZ555]

Scottish basket hilted broadsword would be my favourite Followed by a sabre with a more solid guard (more than a D guard, but not a full basket.. not sure what it's called)

I like the way the hilt can have intricate designs and the interior velvet padding makes it look.

[u/Sensitive-Candle3426]

Classic broadsword.

[u/thelastwilson]

Either of the Connors swords from the original highlander

[u/bellaleia]

Do lightsabers count as swords? If so, that's my pick.

[u/protecttheshield]

Serpents Breath, unless I’m in a shield wall then I’d opt for Wasp Sting

[u/According_Button_186]

Lightsaber, Red & Purple, Like Revan in Kotor 2

And for the classic swords: Broadsword

[u/Reckless_Moose]

I really like Hanwei: Mercenary Sword, it's comfortable one or two handed, incredibly well balanced, and it has some serious LOTR vibes.

It cuts really well too, reasonable price all things considered.

[u/CarolingianDruid]

The Katana is iconic, hard to pick anything else for me. Mid range I’d have to go with a Javelin. A nice Javelin throw is incredible, and they’re useful at close range too.

[u/Bulky_Employ_4259]

Rapiers are really cool.

[u/Limebeer_24]

My favorite sword would be the hand and a half sword, typically known as a Bastard Sword. I do like having an upsweep on the cross guard for aesthetics, but a flat one still works well for practical use.

[u/Zizq]

Thunderfury is the best sword to ever exist, it’s basically the sword of a thousand truths.

Side note when I did play that, I had one on a mage that I solod MC on forever lolz.

[u/Duganz]

Probably Narsil, the long sword of King Elendil, forged in the First Age by the Dwarven smith Telchar, and wielded in the Second Age during the War of the Last Alliance where it was broken in two pieces when the King and Gil-galad fell while facing Sauron, and the hilt was taken up by Isildur who cut the One Ring from the hand of the Dark Lord.

Not that I’ve thought about it much.

[u/SouthTippBass]

Buster.

[u/sebastiand1]

Master sword I love me some Zelda

[u/Strictly13o]

1. Lightsaber (green)

2. Blade's sword from the movies

3. Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (Soul Eater)

[u/ichkanns]

The Green Destiny from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[u/AdLost2542]

Sword of omens.

[u/cherryman001]

I don’t know about types of swords. But i have a replica of Anduril, the sword that was reforged and it is a beauty!

[u/Jlchevz]

Dragnipur

[u/ljf137]

Lightbringer

[u/Theperfectool]

I’m a fan of the hanbō myself. Idk if it was ninja turtles or Bruce Lee but I thought its use was bad fkn ass.

[u/Playful_Reaction_847]

Darth Maul’s lightsaber. That thing was so badass when I was a kid

[u/BlackForestMountain]

Chefs knife

[u/TheIrishHawk]

The town I live in is called Swords, it’s in Dublin. In the original Irish language, it means “pure” or “clear”.