what is your favorite type of sword?

Fletcher Created Mar 5, 2026 05:04 by Fletcher -
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i like a modified Katana. a straight blade like a ninja sword, coffin shaped tsuba for extra cover over the hand, & a pommel.

want to learn how to make a better habaki & saya.

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FwiFfOooO o

Mar 5, 2026 07:26

Zweihander

Throne of goths and Emos

Mar 5, 2026 07:41

Claymore obvs

sportsbitch

Mar 5, 2026 09:30

zweihander best sord

DSBM99

Mar 5, 2026 09:39

I like the ringed sabre from kenshi, also crude blades as well like the uruk-hai clever type that are crude. Also love how Conan the Cimmerian's sword looks on this cover of Red nails

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcovers.audiobooks.com%2Fimages%2Fcovers%2Ffull%2F4250701995952.jpg&tbnid=0A0OrvEeRupoVM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.audiobooks.com%2Faudiobook%2Fred-nails%2F483252%3Fsrsltid%3DAfmBOoqOvpsN-rQ8r4eInFCLb_redWGz5TpatjAtlcLlW4G4NYKHblSc&docid=qu-zGJHtZfXs7M&w=344&h=344&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F2&kgs=18d0dfa03a327f10

So yeah I like crude cleaver type swords and if I was a tribal cannibal I'll be named "Big Chop" since I'll use a crude cleaver weapon.

DSBM99

Mar 5, 2026 09:40

Anyone else have the text run off the screen?

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Mar 5, 2026 10:53

I'm proud of everyone who has said zweihander

Mercurius Mesmerize

Mar 5, 2026 11:41

Any From Soft fans here by any chance?

Fletcher

Mar 5, 2026 16:22

yes, right here. i love souls games.
still trying to beat Radahn in elden ring.

Equal Pay Jay

Mar 5, 2026 16:24

Zweihander is a poor mans Dragonslayer smh can't even go berk smh my head

Neon™

Mar 5, 2026 18:29

Ivy's sword from Soul Caliber. Granted it's not real and not possible but in my dreams it's the best haha

Wido

Mar 5, 2026 19:05

Masamune Sephiroth FF

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Mar 6, 2026 00:48

Ew Ivy, jk. Coincidentally I found my love of the Zweihander through that series thanks to Siegfried.

Neon™

Mar 6, 2026 01:07

Ivy is not my fav in terms of characters lol, I just like the sword

FwiFfOooO o

Mar 6, 2026 10:07

swords are poop

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Mar 6, 2026 13:04

Poop is sh¡t

Plague_flowers

Mar 6, 2026 13:06

Katana machetes are the best. Good self defense and good for chopping wood.

Eoten

Mar 7, 2026 11:25

Swords are overrated. But as far as swords go, katanas are overrated. So a katana is overrated squared.

cloud

Mar 8, 2026 13:54

I have a verified real goro nyudo over 800 years ofd from kamakura period brought back after ww2 to usa
By my family
it was originally a tachi and cut down
the cut down turned it into a katana
Hamon like storm waves

Signed and matched other signed certified masamune swords by the nhbtk authority
I wouldn’t sell it for any amount of money so don’t bother asking me
people love to throw around the word masamune because lame animes stole his name

but they have never seen a real sword of his or even know who he really was

I also have a parade wakizashi from the imperial ceremony from 6 months before Pearl Harbor

The wakizashi sword was a limited machine made run made as a commemorative for celebrating 2600 years of Japanese imperial rule and the second sino Japanese war the entire Japanese fleet and army and air power was present for the 2600th ceremony

cloud

Mar 8, 2026 13:58

FYI fletcher there is no such thing as a ninjato sword
The only people who used straight swords in medival Japan were pirates

Samurai at night ware fare are ninja
They never used the American invention called a “ninja sword”
real ninja of the mori clan used wakizashi and tanto and katana
not straight “ninja” swords invented by Chinese manufacturers and cosplayers

IAMEYK

Mar 8, 2026 22:29

I know this thread is about swords but I've always preferred spears. Just a simple qiang or yari spear.

Eoten

Mar 9, 2026 02:37

Cloud is right. And the curvature wasn't intentional, just a fact of the matter of how they made their weapons, which in itself was with metallurgy and forging technology Europe has known about since Rome. Like that nonsense of folding the blade to thousands of layers doesn't actually make it stronger, it's just to balance out the impurities of otherwise s**t quality steel, impurities not present in their European counterparts around the same time. Even s**t steel by today's standards is superior to anything they ever had available.

Eoten

Mar 9, 2026 02:40

And for the record, my degree is in mechanical engineering. So metallurgy and design is something I focus on. And that being said, the pinnacle of swords is probably going to be around the mid 1800's. Things like sabers, cutlass, some late era basket hilts. Not just in them being metallurgically superior, but also, that's where you get really good hand protection which lets people use really good techniques others couldn't do, like hanging guards where you can protect your entire upper body without any risk of losing fingers.