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How many can you think of (and who wielded them)?
I'll start off with an easy one:
Excalibur (King Arthur)
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Stormbringer - Elric of Melniboné Caliburn - Another name for Excalibur. Galatine - The sword of Sir Gawain. Secace - The sword of Sir Launcelot. Kusanagi (Grasscutter) - A sword of equivalent importance to Japan as the Excalibur is to England Sword of Damocles Thul fiqar - The legendary two-tipped sword of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib Tizona - the sword of El Cid. Szczerbiec - The sword of Polish kings Hrunting - Unferth, associate of Beowulf Gram (in the Volsung Saga) or Balmung (sometimes in later traditions) - Sigurd Tyrfing - a cursed sword from the Elder Edda Durandal - the sword that belonged to Roland, a hero of the medieval French epic "The Song of Roland" Joyeuse - the sword of Charlemagne (Charles the Great), the famed medieval king of the Franks and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Grus- the historical sword of Boleslaw Krzywousty (Boleslaus the Wrymouthed), medieval prince of Poland Glamdring (Foe-hammer) - Originally the sword of Turgon, King of Gondolin in the Silmarillion, then the sword of Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings. Narsil (Sun and Moon) (later Andúril, Flame of the West) - The sword of Elendil, and later Aragorn in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sting - The Elven short-sword wielded by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit and Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings. Dyrnwyn - The legendary sword used by Gwydion in the Prydain stories by Lloyd Alexander. Catclaw - The sword used by The Gray Mouser in a series of stories by Fritz Leiber. Caladbolg - The sword used by the hero Cuchulain in the Irish epic the Táin Bó Cuailnge. Green Destiny Sword - The sword used by Li Mu Bai in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The Vorpal Sword - The sword mentioned in Lewis Carroll's poem "The Jabberwocky". Zar'roc - originally the red sword of the dragon rider Morzan, then the sword of Eragon in the book by Christopher Paolini. All courtesy of Answers.com on the topic of swords sice my memory started to fail me after Stormbringer.
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You forgot that famous stinky fencing weapon... Epee LePew.  Sorry... 
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Itto Ogami's sword in Lone Wolf and Cub had a name that meant "cuts thick torsos," but I can't recall the Japanese name at the moment.
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Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
Itto Ogami's sword in Lone Wolf and Cub had a name that meant "cuts thick torsos," but I can't recall the Japanese name at the moment. Dota Nuki. But that is also the name of a type of sword making (dotanuki) the loosely translates as "sword-that-cuts-thru-torsos". It is a type of wakazashi used to cut thru armor.
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I'm going to get Scott a sword for his birthday...
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Got a Highlander one about 4 years ago from Caroline.
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And there's also one called "Callendor," I believe, in "The Wheel of Time" series. Rand 'al Thor is the individual who currently wields the sword as The Dragon Reborn.
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Oh yeah ... the name of the sword means "Sword that is not a sword." Just if anyone was interested
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Katana from the Outsiders...soultaker
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if this isn't out of topic what about Thundarr the barbarian's sun sword?
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CHARLEMAGNE! (thr true inspiration for king arthur?) I've been into the Charlemagne historical fantasy lately...has more facts than King Arthur...was a great king...had 11(or 12) Paladins which were the "special knights"...most famous was Roland (Song of Roland famous story and true story). Anyways they all had swords with names! Charlemagne: Joyeuse had part of the lance used in the passion of christ? Roland's sword: Durandal (originally the sword of Hector and later had a bunch of christian artifacts added...like the tooth of St. Peter) Oliver's sword: Hauteclere (to split someone's head in two or something) The twelve Paladin's were also known as the Twelve Peers. Rinaldo is another cool Paladin but I can't remember his sword's name. 
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Another named sword from Tolkien was Orcrist, which was found alongside Glamdring and taken by Thorin Oakenshield.
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Been a while, but I think Fred Saberhagen named the weapons in his "Swords" books.
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Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
if this isn't out of topic what about Thundarr the barbarian's sun sword? Didn't Lion-O's sword have a name also?
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Originally posted by Outdoor Miner:
Been a while, but I think Fred Saberhagen named the weapons in his "Swords" books. Thanks, OM. I have The Complete Book of Swords buried somewhere in mine abode; Forgot completely about it until you mentioned the series. I'll have to dig it out sometime tonight if nobody here beats me to it...
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...Like Deddy did. 
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Originally posted by Pov: Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
[b] if this isn't out of topic what about Thundarr the barbarian's sun sword? Lion-O used the Sword of Omens. Ashamed to admit I know that one
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What about the sword that He-Man had half of and Skeletor had half of? Combined they could open up Castle Greyskull, at least in the old toys anyway.
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I belive Valkyrie's sword had a name as did the swords of each of the Renshai in the series of books in "The Renshai Chronicles"
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Originally posted by matlock:
What about the sword that He-Man had half of and Skeletor had half of? Combined they could open up Castle Greyskull, at least in the old toys anyway. I don't know about that one, but there was an old CBS cartoon with a He-Man type character with black hair who had half a sword that could fire energy bolts and I think the villain had the other half. Combined they became ahundred times more powerful. I think the hero rode a flying dragon, but I don't remember much else. Speaking of Thundercats, Lion-O's friend, the samurai Hachiman had a sword called "Thunder-cutter" The anime "Inuyasha", Inuyasha's sword is called the "Tetsusaiga" The Marvel Black Knight wields "The Ebony Blade"
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Originally posted by DrakeB3004: Originally posted by matlock:
[qb]What about the sword that He-Man had half of and Skeletor had half of? Combined they could open up Castle Greyskull, at least in the old toys anyway.
QB]that was BlackStar there were two Swords the StarSword owned by John Blackstar and the Powerstar owned by Overlord, Overlord was trying to get the Starsword back so that he could combine both swords together to form the "Powerstar" sword
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in the LORD OF RINGS, the witch king had a sword but the name fails me. Here in Nova Scotia, at one of the malls, they have a kiosk set up with different swords, sting, gandalf's sword and i'm pretty sure the witch kings' sword was there. Of course Excalibur was on display also.
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In Cerebus, Elrod of Melvinbone's original sword was called Seersucker.
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