anyone else name their swords?

[Inquartata]

Originally posted by I_luv_saber


"Gungagayap" Ahhhh.... good old Gungagayap. It was the "Yawning void"

Do you mean Ginnungagap?

[I_luv_saber]

Do you mean Ginnungagap?

I've seen it spelled 3 or 4 different ways... I think they're both right.

[BigD]

I have only one weapon that I have a name due to its grip. I call her "Frenchie" I have had to repair and change blades on so many of my others that it isn't worth it.

While it has been a good weapon for me, I certainly hope tha I don't get too carried away and start talking it it during a tournament.

[Thomas]

I usually name all my weapons after greek myths. I have a chinese sword named Hades, nunchaku named Ares, chinese broadsword named Zeus, and when I get one I will name my saber Ceberus.

[Aeric]

Once I bought some foils that I knew would last a while before rusting (ie, miraging foils) and started doing really well with them, I decided to name them.

One is called Veritas, which means sword or truth in Latin, dunno which, due to the fact that I consistantly do well with it against good fencers.

The other one is called Enkidu, which is Gilgamesh's crazy sidekick, due to the fact that I use this one against wild/beginner fencers and usually win.

[bikeman]

I had one named Mr. Burns.

[Hurriranger]

Originally posted by sabreklutz
And is this a legal blade?? gulp

no, them nazis says it's dangerous

[Fencingrocks41]

Originally posted by Aeric
Once I bought some foils that I knew would last a while before rusting (ie, miraging foils) and started doing really well with them, I decided to name them.

One is called Veritas, which means sword or truth in Latin, dunno which, due to the fact that I consistantly do well with it against good fencers.

The other one is called Enkidu, which is Gilgamesh's crazy sidekick, due to the fact that I use this one against wild/beginner fencers and usually win.

Veritas means truth in latin, studied it for one year, quite boring! except for the culture, that was interresting....



Greetz Carlos

[Inquartata]

Originally posted by bikeman
I had one named Mr. Burns.

Eeeeexcellent....

[Marcos]

I did as a kid - but I go through sabres so quickly it is hardly worth it - sabres break every 5 months or so.

however, as i do v little foil, i do have names for them "flicker" and "Riposter"

as one is flicky, and the other is dead straight and is superb for ripostes - great for changing tactics halfway through a bout

[remise]

I have 3 epees.

Their names are:
"Duct Tape"
"About to break"
and "Broken".

By the way, they are functional - that's just their names.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

My bokken is hiss. Because the wood rasp made a hissing sound as I dragged it across the 100 year old ash wood when I carved it . I have smashed at least 4 other bokkens with that sword, and its still going strong and hasnt cracked yet. It breaks every other sword that it touches.

[The0ne]

sounds like you should have been born a couple of hundred years earlier D+F+P=Hadouken! you would be a fearsome fighter-person!