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Tolkien writes that Elves and Dwarves produced the best swords (and other war gear) and that Elvish swords glowed blue in the presence of Orcs. Elves generally used straight swords while Orcs generally used curved swords. Both races have exceptions: Egalmoth of Gondolin used a curved sword and the Uruk-hai of Isengard used short, broad blades ...
Ninja Gaiden (2004 reboot), whose plot revolves around the theft of the Dark Dragon Blade, a stylised version of the seven-branched sword. Bleach as Hinamori Momo's Zanpakutō, Tobiume, has taken the form of the double-edged blade with three of these prongs.
If polished, the hiraji appears blue-black. (see image) [4] hira-zukuri (平造) – a nearly flat blade without ridge (shinogi) or yokote. (see image) [22] hitatsura (皆焼) – temper line (hamon) with tempering marks visible around the ridge and near the edge of the blade. [16] hon-zukuri (本造, main style) – see shinogi-zukuri.
Brisingr: Eragon's Dragon Rider's sword, which was crafted for him by the elf Rhunön. It is a blue sword with the glyph for "fire" engraved in the blade and scabbard, with a sapphire in the pommel surrounded by four ribs. When Eragon says its name, it becomes engulfed in blue flames. It is capable of cutting through magical wards.
Kris blades are usually narrow with a wide, asymmetrical base, one rare kind of kris with a broad blade is the keris buah beko in Kelantan and Java copying the shape of the oroxylum seed pod. [26] The kris is famous for its wavy blade; however, older types of kris dated from the Majapahit era have straight blades, [ 27 ] as do more than half of ...
A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood". [2] Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades traditionally made from obsidian, which is capable of producing an edge sharper than high quality steel razor blades. The ...
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The double-edged blades lack a hamon and the resulting curvature. A 13th century sword by Masatsune with a straight-edge hamon A 13th century sword by Nagamitsu, with a notare midare hamon that is wavy along the blade but straight approaching the tip. A 14th century sword by Kunimitsu 14th century sword by Masamune, with a wavy hamon