Legendary Sword-Sword History

Sword of Saladin

Saladin sword/Saladin, the Kurdish Muslim general and warrior from Tikrit. This sword Damascus steel is made from very hard but flexible because it has a content of CNTs (carbon nanotubes). He said this is very sharp sword, sharp enough to easily penetrate armor renald de chatilon.

The Sword of King Goujian

This sword is a state treasure and
Sword has the charisma equivalent
Excaliburnya King Arthur. When found, This sword has more than 2000 years old, but still very sharp and not rusty.
Moreover, there are patterns of rhombic and 11 concentric circles located only hiltnya is 0.2 millimeters.
Material: bronze.
Length: 55.6 cm (including handle)
Width: 5 cm.
Swords made of copper, making it
more flexible and less likely to
destroyed; side of the sword has a tin content, make it harder and capable of maintain a sharp edge; sulfur reducing possibility of erosion patterns.
King Goujian sword is one example
impressive than in previous metallurgical science China. Even now, not his own sword easily be replicated.

Zulfikar Sword

Zulfiqar, the legendary sword of Ali ibn Abu Talib. Narrated, in the Battle of Uhud (625 AD) The
Apostle Muhammad Zulfiqar rewarding to Ali, son in law, and with the sword of Ali conquer the toughest enemies, Amr ibn
Abdawud, destroying both the helmet and shield. Zulfiqar then used Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Apostle, who died in the War
Karbala.

Honjo Masamune

Honjo Masamune, a sword symbol
Created by the Tokugawa shogunate Masamune, the famous sword maker in Japan in early 14th century. Artificial sword Masamune
often compared with an artificial sword Muramasa, which allegedly was a former pupil. Sword
Masamune symbolizes peace, while
Muramasa sword symbolizes the blood thirsty.

Muramasa

Muramasa Sengo (千 子 村 正 Sengo Muramasa) is a famous swordsmith who founded the
Muramasa school and lived during the period Muromachi (16th century) in Japan.
Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook said that Muramasa "was a swordsmith clever but cruel and ill-thought, which tercemin on homemade swords ... Sword
This is believed to be blood thirsty and to encourage their soldiers to commit murder or suicide. " When Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun, sword Muramasa artificial no longer popular because believed by many to kill people near Ieyasu.

The Wallace Sword

This sword is owned Sir William Wallace (1270 - 1305), A knight and Scottish patriot who toward colonization resistance England. Mentioned that the sword is used
in the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and the Battle of Falkirk (1298). 132 cm long sword blades, while
overall length including the handle
is 168cm. Sword blade width varies,
near the handle and 0.75 inches at 2:25 edges. Weight is 2.7kg sword.

Tippu Sultan's Sword

Sword of Tipu Sultan Fateh Ali (Urdu: فتۃ الی تیپو ) November, 1750, Devanahalli - 4 May, 1799, Srirangapattana), also known as nicknamed Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler de facto from the Sultanate of Mysore in India from
the year 1782 (when his father died) to his death in the year 1799.

Excalibur

Because based on the legend, not
What can be ascertained as the original form sword this. Here are two versions of them. But in
Excalibur is generally believed that
manifold Claymore sword. Who would know at the Excalibur ga. Sword This is the legendary sword of King belongs Arthur. And according to legend, this sword has
the miraculous powers which give him the right British rule. In the language of Wales This sword named Caledfwlch.
The name Excalibur came from the ancient French Excalibor, which comes from the Latin Caliburnus. In the legend of Arthur, there are two
stories about the origin of this sword. The first is the legend of "Sword in the Stone", first appeared in the poetry of Robert de Boron Merlin, where Excalibur from the stone may be withdrawn only by persons the right to become king, which is Arthur.
In the second version, which appeared in the Suite du
Merlin, Arthur receives Excalibur from the Lady of The Lake after the sword broken in his first battle against King Pellinore.

Kusanagi

Similar to Excalibur, no know exactly the form of his sword.
For the people of Japan, Kusanagi is
The legendary sword Excalibur equivalent. Name The full Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi ("Grass Cutting
Sword "). According to legend, the sword is obtainable by a god named Susanoo when is cutting the tail of a fourth dragon-headed monsters and eight-tailed,
Yamato-No-Orochi. Then dedicated to the goddess Ameterasu. He says the sword is kept in Atsuta Shrine, but until now there blm one person outside the temple, except the emperor, ever see this sword.

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