10 Iconic Fictional Swords

Flag

infectedlamb

(See more...)

random

Favorite Comment

✖ Top Next Comment

(Enlarge)

All credit goes to people I steal from when I'm on Stumbleupon

Tags: 10 | iconic | fictional | swords

10 OF THE MOST
CONE w FICTION
SWORD OF OWNS
THUNDERCATS' (lees)
RAMIREZ KATANA
HIGHLANDER' 0986)
Forged for Juan Sandal Ramirez in MMK;
by the legendary Japanese swordsmith Madarame.
Ramirez used the sword for over am years, mil his
death in battle. At which point his apprentice.
Connor Marioo took it as his awn.
The sword is made of and with an ivory hand: carved
into the shape of a dragons head
BUSTER SWORD
mu FANTASY m 0997)
This unusually large sword had three tawny: in its an
Angeal Hawley, ack Fair uni: cloud Strife. All members
of the Shim: elite army unit '.
Whilst not being a very effusive sword, it stands not only
as a great symbol of honour, but now as s monumental
headstone for its fallen heroes.
when it can gland
we or ; that which grams his
nun can power. A power slur
used against mm
GREEN DESTINY
TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON' (2000)
STING
A Matt straight sword supposedly magical
It is flexible but sharp. requiring someone
with great skill to wield its run possum
It is an illegally crafted sword and a
symbol or the delicate forging process.
HATTORI BLOOD OATH
KILL BILL' (2003)
Ehka.
hands, , rord
when held by I hows If an or
Trans are may the sword was
no plaiding an mam early
warning signal
Though it than not any a name, this is the mum of
all swords by the legendary Hattori Hanna.
ringed by the master himself for the purpose
of Cutting down one of his greatest students
ANDURIL
THE LORD OF THE RINGS' (2003)
Reforged from the shards or Narsil', over 3000 years
after it was shattered during the battle against the
dark lord Samoa’: army.
THE POWER SWORD THE MASTER SWORD ATLANTEAN SWORD
TARMAN AND THE MASTERS THE LEGEND or mm‘ (1992) comm THE BARBARIAN ()
or THE UNVERSE' ()
Aha known as the ‘Sword of Grayson,
is a primarily mod to transform and
imbue Herman with special poms:
The mom. his an shins: . I {Ind
potentially more warm min, known "
The sword of Protective, wielded by
burials, and "aid "
10 OF THE NOST
sperm progenies. It was round buried
irf' makara
hit mils. com took the sword despite
its myna sanding, and with in symbol:
poms was on to beta!!!) s and
I (COMO SWORDS IN FICTION

...

+646

Views:	27797
Favorited:	106
Submitted:	12/05/2014

Share On Facebook

+Favorite Subscribe to infectedlamb

Comments(208):

Leave a comment Refresh Comments Show GIFs

1 2 3 4 >

[ 208 comments ]

Anonymous comments allowed.

112 comments displayed.

+77

#21 - cheno (12/05/2014) [+] (6 replies)

stickied by infectedlamb

Every damn "top something something" can be summarized by this line:

"dude where's (insert personal opinion)?"

#75 - faithrider (12/05/2014) [-]

stickied by infectedlamb

www.youtube.com/user/AweMeChannel
these guys do a series called man at arms (reforged is a spinoff on the same channel, they do similar stuff, but it's a different smithy) that has created most of fully sharpened forged replicas of these swords.

+105

#1 - mentalhealthguy (12/05/2014) [-]

did someone say.....

-10

#45 to #1 - anon (12/05/2014) [-]

wow is for neckbearded faggots

#160 to #45 - anon (12/06/2014) [-]

Sounds like someone who never got their own THUNDERFURY, BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER.

#76 to #1 - anon (12/05/2014) [-]

WTS

#60 to #1 - thecakeisaliereal (12/05/2014) [-]

As a matter of fact: I did say...

#107 to #1 - nefarian (12/06/2014) [-]

anal [Dirge]

#7 to #1 - tigronn (12/05/2014) [-]

+34

#23 - decapitation (12/05/2014) [-]

#25 to #23 - anotherhaloguy ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

We cannot trust the Sword of a Thousand Truths to a noob

+29

#8 - shadowrated (12/05/2014) [-]

#163 to #8 - anon (12/06/2014) [-]

you beat me to it ya cheeky lil cunt.

+59

#4 - charagrin (12/05/2014) [-]

Bitch please

+39

#19 - pwnagraphy (12/05/2014) [-]

U fukkin w0t m8

#27 to #19 - angelious ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

popular.

berserk isnt all that popular worldwide.

#51 to #27 - wellimnotsure (12/05/2014) [-]

u wot m8?

#56 to #51 - angelious ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

its not popular in large scale.

we are talking about the most popular swords in pop culture.

berserk is somewhat known in america. somewhat succesfull in japan. and pretty famous on fj

its not famous on large scale enough to make it to the list...

#64 to #56 - joeyliquid (12/05/2014) [-]

It's actually quite widely known in Japan among manga/anime fans. Notice I didn't say weeabos. Dirty creatures. It's got a extremely good reputation like Cowboy Bebop, although not as globally known. If I was to sum it up, it's like the manga that sit's upon the aging throne of it's genre.

#194 to #64 - angelious ONLINE (12/06/2014) [-]

largely ignored crown at that. most of the things in the list are well known through out the world as they were pop cultural icons of their time. berserk. has one cultural award and has sold about 45 million copies since it began?

+16

#66 - kavrick (12/05/2014) [-]

No Excalibur

#68 to #66 - usarmyexplain (12/05/2014) [-]

Tell us what it looks like

#69 to #68 - kavrick (12/05/2014) [-]

you cant, because there are so many different versions

#70 to #69 - usarmyexplain (12/05/2014) [-]

Exactly my point

#71 to #70 - kavrick (12/05/2014) [-]

that doesn't stop it from being iconic...

#72 to #71 - usarmyexplain (12/05/2014) [-]

How can it be an icon if nobody knows what it looks like?

#89 to #72 - ainise (12/06/2014) [-]

Just use the Fate/Stay version or something. I'm more surprised the Vorpal Sword from Alice in Wonderland, through the looking glass isn't included.

#150 to #66 - therealbigboss (12/06/2014) [-]

Under rated post

+15

#111 - rapsuskiller (12/06/2014) [-]

#181 to #111 - anon (12/06/2014) [-]

2soon.png
though the light saber itself should be on the list

+62

#6 - moosepaw (12/05/2014) [-]

ummm

#132 to #6 - steelplatypus (12/06/2014) [-]

Yeah Frostmourne is cool and all, but it's no

-2

#12 to #6 - iamkagji ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

Not very iconic and well-known if I had to think about it, and I'm a ******* nerd. WoW was never as big as everyone claimed it was and most people have absolutely no knowledge of it whatsoever

+14

#13 to #12 - moosepaw (12/05/2014) [-]

Warcraft 3 FT was really my intention. But I beg to differ, I think it's top ten worthy.

-8

#14 to #13 - iamkagji ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

It's not, though. Most people will recognize every one of those swords simply by looking at them. Most people would not be able to identify Frostmourne at a glance like that, Warcraft never had that sort of cultural impact outside its niche audience. That's why these swords are on the list, they transcended their targeted group and now everyone knows about them.

#22 to #14 - anon (12/05/2014) [-]

Frostmourne is definitely more iconic and well known than the Crouching tiger one...
Personally I'm not familiar with Thundercats, but then I feel that I can't have an opinion about it either

+11

#15 to #14 - moosepaw (12/05/2014) [-]

That is your opinion. You claim to have sufficient grounds of statistically weighting the popularity of each sword as being more popular and lore glorified than Frostmourne. I guarantee if you took a poll on this site, most would take Frostmourne over AT LEAST 3-4 of those listed.

Popularity does matter as no one cares about some random trilogy behind one sword that no one has ever read about. But a combination of the significance to the lore as well as popularity, Frostmourne would definitely make it's place on this list.

#127 to #14 - blackrookfiend (12/06/2014) [-]

Conan the Barbarian is a dated as **** movie that very few folks in nerd-dom of our peer group will recognize, and doesn't deserve a spot over the Dragonborn's sword, much less Frostmourne.

#77 to #6 - KevinPutt (12/05/2014) [-]

yep, no clue what that is

+21

#47 - xxbutthurtxx (12/05/2014) [-]

uhm

#183 to #47 - anon (12/06/2014) [-]

~~no one~~ only 21 even knows what that is

+14

#48 - asasqw (12/05/2014) [-]

Ahem...

#80 to #48 - breensbestfriend (12/05/2014) [-]

#63 to #48 - Kairyuka (12/05/2014) [-]

You gotta love a universe where "chainfist" is not the name of a grindcore band, but the name of an actual applied military weapon.

#86 - SirSheepy (12/06/2014) [-]

Frostmourne is best sword

#178 to #86 - anon (12/06/2014) [-]

no one even knows what that is
>iconic
hah

+12

#9 - psychadelicace (12/05/2014) [-]

Over the top sword

#180 to #9 - hasinvadedyou ONLINE (12/06/2014) [-]

over the top?

#29 - acethug (12/05/2014) [-]

Wheres the Excalibur one of the most known swords in history

#128 to #29 - jpv (12/06/2014) [-]

the Most*

#34 to #29 - ljxjlos (12/05/2014) [-]

"fictional" swords. I guess the author put Excalibur in the category of pseudo-historical/mythical swords because there´s a ******** of people thinking that it actually exists/existed.

Kinda like you wouldn´t put Jesus down in the "top 10 fictional zombies" or something.

Eh, that comparison stands on weak legs, doesn´t it?

#96 to #34 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

There is historical evidence of a sword, presumably called Excalibur which was passed down through the hands of early briton nobility. The legends probably grew forth from this.

#97 to #96 - ljxjlos (12/06/2014) [-]

Kinda proves my point, then, doesn´t it?

#98 to #97 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

I never said it didn't. Just wanted to share some cool information.

#99 to #98 - ljxjlos (12/06/2014) [-]

Oh, yeah - sure, thanks for that, wasn´t really meant to sound as aggressive as it did. Weird.

#36 to #34 - DerpScout (12/05/2014) [-]

Hey **** you buddy how dare you even imply that Jesus was a zombie, he raised people from the dead! He was obviously a lich!

#37 to #36 - ljxjlos (12/05/2014) [-]

I´m not all that knowledgeable about the undead...

...weirdly enough considering my love for fantasy literature. Huh...

#38 to #37 - DerpScout (12/05/2014) [-]

Well you better start learning lest you want to fall to the undead menace!

#39 to #38 - ljxjlos (12/05/2014) [-]

Nah, man, I´m neat. I won´t fall.

#2 - sepheroth (12/05/2014) [-]

Whoa whoa whoa, that failed clone was never a SOLDIER.

#28 to #2 - angelious ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

also if i recall correctly that sword wasnt so big if you compare it to a normal sized human...

#58 to #28 - sepheroth (12/05/2014) [-]

Cloud was 5'7

#61 to #58 - angelious ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejveUjpw8U

#90 to #61 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

Fantasy Weapons Scrutinized: Cloud's Buster Sword busted!

The main problem is that the weight and balancing would be utterly ridiculous.

#193 to #90 - angelious ONLINE (12/06/2014) [-]

he addressed the weight issue.

#195 to #193 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

Yes, but his calculations were incorrect. The buster sword has been shown as rusted, and a zinc-steel alloy won't rust. Also, the main problem with the weight issue is the balancing.

#196 to #195 - angelious ONLINE (12/06/2014) [-]

the balancing is hard. but technically it wouldnt be too impossible to wield it.

and as far as we know we still dont know what the sword is made out of so its hard to determine the weigh.

#197 to #196 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

Look at the video I sent you. The centrifugal force created when you swing something of the buster sword's weight would be so strong that you would need to weigh over a ton in order to counter it, meaning that it is quite litteraly impossible for a human to use.

#198 to #197 - angelious ONLINE (12/06/2014) [-]

fair enough.

#59 to #58 - angelious ONLINE (12/05/2014) [-]

your american markings are meaningless to me.

#65 to #59 - sepheroth (12/05/2014) [-]

As is your comment to me

+10

#18 - hentaiacc (12/05/2014) [-]

This guy is the best sword.

#91 to #18 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

My favourite Anime

#200 to #91 - hentaiacc (12/06/2014) [-]

I cried a little at the ending,
I just finished watching it yesterday, it ruined my weekend now....

#202 to #200 - eiaisqzbsesb (12/06/2014) [-]

#153 to #18 - anon (12/06/2014) [-]

What anime is he from?

#173 to #153 - funnybox (12/06/2014) [-]

myanimelist.net/anime/6594/Katanagatari

#201 to #153 - hentaiacc (12/06/2014) [-]

Katanagatari.

#42 - anon (12/05/2014) [-]

The bereaver

#129 to #42 - jackmanagan ONLINE (12/06/2014) [-]

I ******* LOVE FABLE

ty based anon

#131 - pitchdark (12/06/2014) [-]

No Excalibur

#143 to #131 - banwagon (12/06/2014) [-]

Excalibur was never seen by anyone, because of this it's appearance is not well known, and therefor not easily identifiable at a glance

#189 to #143 - pitchdark (12/06/2014) [-]

There are like a thousand different versions. This list would be better with just the top 10 of those. I personally would use the one from Merlin.

#190 to #189 - banwagon (12/06/2014) [-]

the numarity of Excaliburs is why it was excluded from the list, as there is no one right look for Excalibur, it is therefor not an identifiable sword, it is however a well known.

#191 to #190 - pitchdark (12/06/2014) [-]

I would think just one of the variations alone would trump several on this list. I can kinda accpet the choice not to put it in, but the sword in the stone should at least be here.

#206 to #191 - banwagon (12/07/2014) [-]

if you read the translated text of the legend, it is just a plane sword, not decorated or anything, but it has an inscription on the hilt. "who ever pulleth this sword from wince it rests is the rightful king of Albion" Albion being the ancient name of modern day england

#207 to #206 - pitchdark (12/07/2014) [-]

I am fully aware, but not sure how that's relevant

#154 to #143 - punnym (12/06/2014) [-]

You sir must be educated .. .

#155 to #154 - banwagon (12/06/2014) [-]

there is also the one from sword in the stone, the movie king Arthur, MP's the holy grail , and every other time that king Arthur was ever mentioned in modern history.