Thread by @JosephBrassey

Good morning beautiful followers. Sword porn thread? Sword porn thread. Let us begin with this lovely queen by Albion swords.

Up next is this gorgeous Falcata by John Lundemo. The engraving KILLS me. I wanna take this to a Roman shield and feel the heavy wood split to pieces before going for the meat of the man behind it.

I am a sucker for the jians of the Han dynasty. They’re simultaneously elegant in the same way as their later descendants, but there’s also this straightforward forcefulness to them that gives no fucks. AND LOOK AT THAT HILT.

You know what’s awesome AND beautiful? The Khanda. These things go way back in Indian history, all the way back to the Sanskrit epics. And holy shit the straightforwardness. Imagine one of these whirling at the center of your skull.

The Dao is one of those blades that appears again and again through Chinese history, being used in war as recently as the Boxer Rebellion. This is an antique double-version, which is one of the coolest (IMO) iterations. Two deadly halves of the same whole.

The Ginunting is a weapon used in traditional Filipino martial arts, and damn are they gorgeous. Of note, the straight edge is actually the sharp one, and when you combine that with the greater mass towards the tip, it hits HARD. The engraved wood hilts are *chefs kiss*

Whiplashing us all the way to Rome, here’s a Spatha—a cool thing about these is you can trace their origins from Germanic tribal swords to cavalry blade adopted by the Romans, to stock infantry sword, to migration era blades and then Viking swords. This is also Lundemo’s work.

DADAO. A variation of the Dao that frankly borders on polearm. They were used both in war and as an executioners weapon and LOOK at that cutting blade. LOOK AT IT.

The Shashka is one of those swords that fascinates me. The most iconic version is the hiltless one. These were made most famous by the Cossacks who carried them, but they originated in the Caucasus tribes in the 12th century, which makes it another blade LONG in use.

HONORABLE MENTION 1: the Leiomano, a Sword-like cudgel used by the Hawai’ian people. The edge is made up of fucking SHARK TEETH. The thought of facing one of these scares the ever loving shit out of me.

HONORABLE MENTION 2: the macuahuitl, a Mayan Sword with an edge made of sharpened obsidian. This is a modern recreation, and according to Spanish records, apparently these things could DECAPITATE HORSES.

Okay so I can never do one of these threads without talking about the Urumi. It is a sword that is a razor edged steel whip. It’s the capstone weapon of several Indian martial arts and YOU CAN SEE WHY. I... Christ look at these guys. How the ever-loving Fuck.

I recently learned about the Takoba, a berber sword used by the Tuareg people of North Africa. The hilt is fully covered in leather because the Tuareg have an aversion to touching iron. I REALLY want to know more about the martial arts associated with these.

OH HO HO YOU THOUGHT I WAS DONE. Check this shit out. It's called the Flyssa, and it was used by the Kabyles tribe of Algeria, apparently to crack open mail armor to get at the juicy bits underneath. The thing I love about engraved blades is the story behind the inscriptions.

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WELL GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. Per request, I am adding the Burmese Dha to this thread. In Krabi-krabong the scabbard is actually wielded in the off-hand in a number of pictures, which is super cool. And LOOK at that engraving.

The messer is near and dear to my heart, being one of the weapons I train in for Kunst des Fechtens. These were wielded by everyone from peasants to knights, and that side-bar--the nagel--is what makes it distinct from a falchion. This one was made by Baltimore Knife and Sword.

This is a Danish two-handed sword by Albion again. The hand is to give you an idea of the scale of this goddamn thing. We're going to be getting into true two-handers on and off here. A thing I love about Greatswords is they had two primary associations: Protection and Justice.

Okay so this is a fun one--an old arabic sword called a Saif, which we don't know a ton about other than that they show up in early Islamic literature. I have no idea, but everything about this screams CAVALRY to me. Imagine that coming from your face from the back of a courser.

This is the sword of Goujian, a Sword created in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history, making it over 2400+ years old. The blade shows no signs of tarnish or rust and retains its original sharpness. If ever a weapon had a claim to being magic, it’s this one.

You know what’s gorgeous? Hungarian Sabres. The great thing about this is you can trace their lineage from Mongolian swords that showed up in the area in 1241 down to modern blades. Look at that hilt and that engraving work. What a piece.

YOU ALL LOVE SWORDS AS MUCH AS I DO AND MY HEART IS SO FULL OF JOY I'LL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU MORE.

AIGHT PEEPS, I got another one for you: this is a Tibetan sword called the dpa'dam. The lines on this are gorgrous, and the detailing on the scabbard is drool-worthy. I also love the straight blade with the wedge-tip. If anyone else knows more about these, hit me up.