Whats a great name for a sword? -- myArmoury.com

Lance Morris · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 11:51 am Post subject: Whats a great name for a sword?

Hello,

Im on the hunt for great names for blades, They can be Historical, fantasy, unique or just cool. anyone have a few to share?

Feel free to post Pictures and names of your blades!

Every good sword deserves a name! (GOT)

Matthew Bunker · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 11:53 am Post subject:

Hard to beat Gurthang - "Iron of Death".

J. Hargis · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 12:42 pm Post subject:

'Mack the Knife' has a certain popular culture / music familiarity that some may find appealing.

Taken from 'Die Moritat von Mackie Messer'.

Jon

Matthew Amt · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 1:01 pm Post subject:

"White Fang" springs to mind for the one you show there!

I can't help thinking of my Greek swords as Glamdring and Sting...

Matthew

Jeroen T · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 1:06 pm Post subject:

I named my training sword "Bitch slap".
So everytime i hit my training buddy i could say "you've just been bitch slapped"

We had some good laughs with it.

Nathan Smith · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 1:15 pm Post subject:

Best name is definitely "Kindness".

Then you can kill you foes with kindness!!!

Bryan Heff · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 2:37 pm Post subject:

I always like Caliburn which I believe is an earlier form of Excalibur.

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

"Steven"

Mike Capanelli · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 2:41 pm Post subject:

Scott S. · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 2:54 pm Post subject:

I named my sword "Bryan Adams" 'cause it cuts like a knife, but it feels so right.
(With Apologies.)

Phil D. · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 2:55 pm Post subject:

" Lorena "...as in Bobbitt.

Lance Morris · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject:

Lol I wish this had a face book style thing. id like some of your comments.

I may have been hoping for something more grandiose then "Steven" and Less cache then Caliburn (although a great name)

Come on boys!!! there are names out there that will fit. I just need the help. my mind is blank.

Stephen Curtin · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 3:48 pm Post subject:

@ Matthew Amt.

Very nice xiphoi, would you mind telling us where you got them from.

Mart Shearer · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 5:38 pm Post subject:

Mörderin (murderess)

Jean-Carle Hudon · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject: names

The problem with your question is that our most immediate reaction is humour : Bob the sword, Stealy Dan, xxxcalibur, saturday night special, enforcer, righteous kill, honey I'm home, and anything else you can think of. BUT, I have named a sword in the past, and admit that I took the whole thing seriously. So, with that in mind, I would suggest that you examine what purpose you have in naming the thing , and then adapt that to the style of sword you are thinking of. Think of Aria Stark and Needle in Game of Thrones. It is a short estoc style, where you '' hit with the pointy end'', very appropriate. Good luck with yourproject.
By the way, I had my sword and dagger made by Cervenka, who does etching, and named the pair Tooth & Claw,but in welsh, to honour my mother's side, and also because welsh is as Lord of The Rings as you are going to get without going full Tolkien elvish. Two birds with one stone. Just hope I never get the urge to sell them, nobody else might get the same enjoyment out of my choice of names.

Ryan McLaurin · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 8:00 pm Post subject:

I remember seeing a sword name I liked in some piece of fantasy literature I read in the past, but I can't remember what literature it was. I think it might have been a short story.......not sure.

Anyway, the name was "Steelstorm."

Matthew Amt · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 8:15 pm Post subject:

Craig Peters · Posted: Tue 11 Feb, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject:

To give you another example of a more serious name, one of the swords allegedly carried by Rodrigo Diaz, a.k.a. "El Cid" is named "Tizona". You can see the alleged sword here, although research indicated that the blade (which is clearly the oldest part of the sword) was probably made in the 14th century, and not the 11th: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizona

Philip Dyer

Baard H · Posted: Wed 12 Feb, 2014 2:06 am Post subject:

Here's a link to a list of historical and/or legendary swords (most of them from the norse saga's). It's in norwegian unfortunately, but apart from the names of the swords and their owners, there aren't many words anyway.

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_ber%C3%B8mte_sverd

Personally I always liked the name of St. George's sword, Ascalon.

PS: A note on the sword "Tyrfing" in the list above. No it's not a Tolkien invention, he merely named one of his dwarves by the norse person who forged "Tyrfing", who also was a dwarf...