Most bad ass looking sword?
 

I suddenly got an interest in cool looking swords. Be they fictional or real.

I vote for Cloud's Buster sword. That a mean lookin' mofo that you don't wanna mess with.


http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs28/f/20..._by_Wen_JR.jpg

I alway's preferred that sword's enemy.

http://www.freewebs.com/kingdomheartstr/sephirothKH.jpg

Not the most badass, but one of my favorites.

http://hk.geocities.com/cheungpeterh...h_sword_86.jpg

http://www.samurai-swords-for-sale.c...word-blade.jpg

I do like Sephiroths long sword but There shall never be a more practical lethal sword than the Katana!

I really love Celtic broadswords, and Japanese swords.

Celtic swords mostly because they are huge and awesome looking, but Japanese swords because of the craftsmanship involved in making them... the old school way anyway.

But, all swords are cool :D
http://blakespace.com/imgs/signature_tilted.jpg

I always liked the description of Rand's Heron Mark sword from the Wheel of Time series.

Wheel of Time Heron Mark Sword CB Swords - Fantasy and Reproduction Swords and Sword Accessories - CB Swords

You're all a bunch of nerds, but it's forgivable.
I like the great knife from my Pyramid Head costume
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...44573_3518.jpg

I've always been a fan of the way rapiers look...

Definitely my favorite sword.

http://www.freewebs.com/rook51788/fnrapier.jpg

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As far as fictional swords go, Bear Cub hit it right on the nose.

The most badass Final Fantasy sword was Squall's gunblade in VIII...

http://www.figuresworld.net/video_ga...s_gunblade.jpg

I vote also for this one:

The red one.

Though the green and blue ones look pretty bad-ass as well.

Ooooh, well, if lightsabers are game, here's my vote...

http://starworldtoys.com/starwars/ma...ulighsaber.jpg

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images...m/HAS17317.jpg

Phallicious.

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/images/ah-3404.jpg

I'm a fan of the classics. Maybe I just watched the Princess Bride and Zorro to much.

http://startswithabang.com/wp-conten.../07/he-man.jpg

I want a sword that turns me into a muscle bound, mullet-wearing, princess rescuing, big fucking cat riding, super hero. I mean, FF7 swords are cool and all, but the POWER OF FUCKING GREYSKULL! Think of what you could do with the ability to turn one of BlahBlahBlah's cats into a big purple tiger that you could ride? Coolest. Sword. Ever.

I'm going to have to jump on the Buster Sword train. Oh Cloud Strife, how we heart thee.
http://www.critical-hits.com/wp-cont...tChildren3.jpg

This isn't the coolest sword I have ever seen, but I love this sword I have called the sword of darkness. I have others but this is my favorite.

http://www.swordhq.com/images/catalog/KR1239_main.jpg

Looking good.

But this one is what I actually would fight with.

Hoshigaki Kisame's Samehada has to be the most bad ass looking sword in my mind. It doesn't look so awesome when it is covered, but it's awesome when the sharkskin comes out! Plus, it injures those who try to wield it without the owner's permission. :D

Couldn't find a great screencap of it, but this one is decent:
http://shannaro.files.wordpress.com/...6/samehada.jpg

A disproportionate number of votes towards fictional zanbatos (horse-slayers ; swords that sport a blade that is as large the person wielding it). Kinda funny because that's the way you would describe how the weapon looks—disproportionate.


Well, here is my preferred horse-slayer, the guandao (a Chinese-variable halberd).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/...1824acd7_o.jpg








...and just because this guy is so freakin'-cool, he also looks bad-ass brandishing the "Northern Shaolin Kung Fu Hook Swords".

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/...f61683800e.jpg

O yeah that's a mean one. They only show three of the seven swords from the legendary swords men right? I wanna see the rest.

Zabuza's sword is also bad ass looking too, even though it resembles a giant old fashion can opener.

http://www.dreammotion.com/cg/files/zabuza_1024_801.jpg

I must have spent a couple hours lookin' on teh interwebz for a sword that i liked and would use as my personal weapon and i cant seem to find anything.

I kinda like the 300 sword for how it seems it would handle but the hilt doesn't do it for me. I need my swords to be intricate!
http://www.trueswords.com/images/pro...ord_sm_540.jpg

I guess I'll have to keep looking. Google is letting me down.

P'raps I'm not imaginative enough, but I'm looking at most of these and all I can think is how wildly impractical they are.

Levite's suggestion of the claymore appeals to my heritage, but much as it pains me to say it I suspect I'm simply not big enough to use such a weapon effectively. As such, I'd be more likely to choose something like this, had I the necessity and training:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...broadsword.jpg

Simple, elegant and effective.

Beat me to it! +1 for the Hook Swords.

Was that a gay crack?

Ichigo's sword, Zangetsu, looks totally badass IMO. If only it didn't look so lame when it goes Bankai.

(Apologies for the huge pic)
http://planetrenders.net/renders/alb...ordRequest.png

It was meant generally as a cock crack.

But sometimes a sword is just a sword.

http://www.geocities.com/dante1demon/sparda_sword.jpg
Sparda from Devil May Cry

http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/12/S..._Nightmare.jpg
Nightmare's Soul Calibur

Pedant warning:

That's actually Soul Edge.

But you did remind me that I think Soul Calibur is one of the coolest swords out there too:

http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery...ul-calibur.jpg

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Another image I found looking at Soul Calibur, that was too funny not to share here:

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3...sinsaneld1.png

Good god, that girl must be BUILT.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2466/ud055ku0.jpg

Warglaive of Azzinoth

Another vote....

http://www.topique.nl/photo/images/2...d-promo01l.jpg

Stormbringer
http://www.stormbringer.net/images/elric/elric11.jpg
or its "brother" Mournblade

You are correct, my bad.

Adding another:
http://burningcokeman.files.wordpres...rostmourne.jpg
Frostmourne. I'm kind of surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.

I think I'm going to go a little more realistic and oldschool with the first sword I ever bought. The Conan the Barbarian "Atlantean" sword.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6145/swordfull.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5222/swordmid.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9199/swordhead.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/409...sorcerer6v.jpg

This is the three-bladed sword from "The Sword and the Sorcerer" starring Lee Horsley as "Talon".
Two of the blades shot out from the sword as projectiles. That, along with a lightsaber were the swords I most wanted as a kid.


/sorry about the pic, it was the best I could find

If I'm going to consider a gun sword, I want a real one. Pinfire sword gun

There is none better than RA Salvatore's famous epic Drow, Drizzt Do'Urden and his twin scimitars, Twinkle and Icingdeath.


http://www.chuckswagon.com/images/pr...nd_twinkle.JPG

Here's one that I've finally found that i like:

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5...rodinsword.jpg