# Looking for a particular movie sword **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039 "2025-04-14T15:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/21 "2025-04-14T21:48:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > it’d be made of aluminum. Or tin. Which would make it pretty useless as a fighting weapon, but would at least yet you hold the damned thing up. Not necessarily. It appears that the main use of the secondary and tertiary blades is for shooting them: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vDvuBY97cD4/hqdefault.jpg "The Sword & The Sorcerer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDvuBY97cD4) So they could be made of aluminum, perhaps with a steel tip for greater penetrating power (although this is perhaps unnecessary given the weak armor of the opponents). The non-primary swords must also be hollow to contain the rocket propellant. Which I assume is black powder or similar. Should have similar performance to an Estes model rocket, which is pretty bad as rockets go but might be sufficient for a rocket sword. Black powder has a low density compared to even aluminum, improving the mass situation further. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/22 "2025-04-14T21:53:19Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Yeah, in certain times and places such swords were common. The style was to fight with a sword in one hand and a dagger in the other. The two smaller blades were meant to close on your opponent’s dagger and snatch it out of their hand. Are you referring to the trident main gauche? > **[https://i.redd.it/trident-dagger-v0-aqbnr3uzlcyd1.jpg?width=2604&format=pjpg...](https://i.redd.it/trident-dagger-v0-aqbnr3uzlcyd1.jpg?width=2604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9216612420d2a980c28177f3a1e9af8ac84b3391)** ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/23 "2025-04-14T21:54:31Z")
Yep, that looks to be it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/24 "2025-04-14T21:56:39Z")
Note that the smaller blades are spring-loaded with a button release, so you can keep the blade in a regular sheath. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/25 "2025-04-14T23:34:42Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > A quick Google reveals many mass produced replicas. They all come in one piece. What the hell is the point in spending that kind of money on a replica of The Kurgan’ sword if it doesn’t disassemble and come with a special briefcase??? To be fair, a sword blade that is multiple pieces with a hollow section to insert a tang would probably break the first time it struck anything so it is a pretty dumb idea. But then again, swords are kind of a dumb idea in any world with a powerful repeating missile weapon regardless of how much historical/science fantasy creators try to make them somehow relevant: [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6803c6082a04cf3dc1da7558ff773fe7/tumblr_mx7u66LHUg1s9816mo3_r1_400.gif) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6803c6082a04cf3dc1da7558ff773fe7/tumblr_mx7u66LHUg1s9816mo3_r1_400.gif) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/26 "2025-04-14T23:55:26Z")
Or, as seen in the dialog between two NPCs in a superhero game I play, “He who lives by the sword dies to he who lives by the gun”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/27 "2025-04-15T00:08:38Z")
I think that is a picture of the sword at the top of this page: [https://destroyerbooks.com/](https://destroyerbooks.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/28 "2025-04-15T00:19:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think that is a picture of the sword at the top of this page: That just looks like a _jian_ with a weird spade-shaped tip. I even own a _jian_ (that I had custom-made for me, they should be a certain length based on your height). This is a typical _jian_: [![](https://centurymartialarts.com/cdn/shop/products/jian-213070_2048x.jpg?v=1687810828) ](https://centurymartialarts.com/cdn/shop/products/jian-213070_2048x.jpg?v=1687810828) What would a tiny Korean fishing village need it for anyway? Maybe spearing a fish? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/29 "2025-04-15T00:22:09Z")
Why would that tiny North Korean village be the Sun Source of all martial arts? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/30 "2025-04-15T00:25:25Z")
Only a pale piece of a pig’s ear would bother to ask such a question! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039/31 "2025-04-15T00:41:40Z")
That’s the biz, sweetheart. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039.md?page=1)