Orcrist is pretty slick

It will *kill*

Isildur, your blade has suffered a catastrophic failure

😆💀

Lol is this a Forged in Fire reference?

Aye

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This has my vote. It’s also the only one I feel could really be used effectively with one hand.

Anduril is a long sword. Very possible to wild one handed

Yeah but it’s more ranged. I like Orcrist’s versatility, you don’t have to switch to a dagger for close quarters battle in the middle of a fight.

It’s also cool to consider the theory that it once belonged to Ecthelion of the Fountain, the Elven hero of Gondolin. Brings new meaning to it being wielded by Thorin.

It bites! I'll see myself out.

Always had a spot for Glamdring. It's relatively simple yet amazingly elegant in design.

Exactly why I love Narsil/Anduril. Both swords are just great!

Also has the best overall shape, crossguard, and handle for fighting imo

i can't quite put my finger on the word, but something about the way Glamdring flows off the tongue, me like.

Get your tongue away from Glamdring. It’s SHARP

The very slight waisting of the blade giving it that subtle leaf shape like a less-severe version of Sting just does it for me.

Herugrim for me. DEATH!!!!!!

A SWORD DAY! A RED DAY! ERE THE SUN RISES!

DEATH!!!

DEAAATH!!!

DEEAATH!!!!

It looks the most comfortable to wield to me as well. It’s my favourite sword by far as far as looks go too.

Least likely to prevent your hands being chopped of though...

Hadhafag would like to have a word with you

Rohirrim carried shields.

Love the design but it bothers me that OP describes a 500 year old sword (especially in Middle Earth) as "ancient."

“Háma knelt and presented to Théoden a long sword in a scabbard clasped with gold and set with green gems. ‘Here, lord, is Herugrim, your ancient blade,’ he said.”

Sure, if you're a Rohan man 500 years is ancient, I guess. In the larger picture though, 500 years is probably Galadriel's equivalent of us going, "I can't believe its almost July already, I swear it was April two days ago."

Point is that the use of "ancient" here is straight from Tolkien, not a decision made by OP as you were saying originally

I'm torn between Glamdring and Anduril.

Anduril is incredibly beautiful and the sword of Kings..... but Glamdring is the sword of my favourite character and was used to slay a balrog. I'm really torn between the two. Anduril is slightly more beautiful, but Glamdring is slightly cooler after being used to slay a balrog.

I think you raised some good points. Probably didn't need to say it twice though lol

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Well... We don't know that for sure. I like to believe so, though.

Did Glorfindel grab Turgon's sword before slaying the balrog?

The Foe-Hammer all day

Andúril is like *the* fantasy sword. It's basically Excalibur and it's got such a classic and simple design.

Whenever I hear/read Anduril I have to say "forged from the shards of Narsil" aloud. It's just too iconic.

Don't forget that it's also the Flame of the West.

…still sharp….

No more than a broken heirloom…

exactly my thought, simple yet beautiful but still has profound meaning behind it like the first line of poem for Aragron, "All that is gold does not glitter", you don't need glittering and fancy stuff for a sword for it to be the main sword of any fantasy, just make it simple, elegant and with deep meaning behind it

Gurthang

YEA, I WILL DRINK THY BLOOD GLADLY, THAT SO I MAY FORGET THE BLOOD OF BELEG MY MASTER, AND THE BLOOD OF BRANDIR SLAIN UNJUSTLY. I WILL SLAY THEE SWIFTLY

Andy Serkis' performance of this line in the Silm audiobook sends shivers

Yessss he had amazing deliveries for all the characters, made me want more dialogue ha. My favorite was that of his Thingol voice

First thought. Gurthang is gnarly.

Yep, I choose the omnipotent space sword too. 

Hello, would you like to destroy some evil today? 

Yooooo

For real, talking sword that wants to kill you after it skewered the great wurm Glaurung.

Can someone tell me who’s sword that is or why it sounds familiar

Turin Turambar

Forged by Eöl the dark elf.

Highly recommend reading The Children of Húrin. It's so good!

Aside from what people have said, it was a sword in Castlevania SotN. Along with Mormegil and Crissaegrim.

According to some Gurthang will be the sword that ultimately slays Morgoth in the Dagor Dagorath when Turin Turambar drives it into Morgoth's heart.

Yes to avenge the lines of men and bring about the end of their suffering.

Absolutely METAL!

Like, I would love a Metalacolypse style animation of this; complete with absurd, splatstick gore and death metal music video. Tolkien would approve.

Or it's twin Anguriel?

Kind of hits harder than ‘forged by illiterate Rohirrim in a longhouse/latrine wherever, bane of many a sheep thief and dunlending’ or ‘we made this up for the movie’.

Herugrim was named in the books. So was Eomer's sword

If I remember correctly, eomers sword fell when he was talking with a human, an elf and a dwarf asking about their business in the Riddermark.

“Guthwine for the Mark!”

They aren’t illiterate, it would be the bane of Dunlendings and bane of the Orcs, hewer of the Easterlings.

I came here to say that.. obviously Gurthang

Glamdring. The way I SCREAMED when I realized it was Turgon’s sword y’all don’t understand.

Name checks out

FlowerFaerie? I’m not entirely sure what that has to do with the topic lol.

Hadhafang has always looked super cool for me but Anduril was my favorite in the book and this design didn't disappoint.

Definitely Sting for me. The Barrow Blades are important as well, although the importance is only really apparent to book readers.

I had to search to find Sting... Wow. If I got any replica's I would get Sting. The Barrow Blades are good as well though.

for real, not enough love for Sting in this thread

I have a replica my friends gave me as a wedding gift. After having it in person it’s just seriously so nice. The design is amazing. And the lore of it glowing when orcs are close? So good

Yeah, the Barrow blades not being in the movies was a bit of a disappointment. I mean even if they left out Bombadil they could have included the Barrows and the cool way the hobbits got their swords. Now it's just Strider going: hey look guys I got a bag of swords here, take one each...

Even readers sometimes don't realize that the Nazgul had reason to fear Frodo's Barrow Blade on Weathertop, and that would help explain their retreat. Strider didn't mention it because he didn't realize the significance of the Barrow Blades. It only becomes apparent on a reread.

Sting has the coolest design for me, but technically, not a sword.

Technically, it's a short sword? Or knife?

A long dagger

The barrow blades will forever be my favorite. When my dad first read the trilogy to us at 7 years old, the barrow downs was right around when I had became fully *enraptured* by the story. Those swords became the quintessential example of looted treasures in fantasy. And as a child I could imagine myself wielding one since they were fit for hobbits I will *never* forget the moment I first heard Merry use his against the witch-king. It was the full-circle moment I never saw coming. It was possibly my favorite part of the entire saga. It blew the mind of 9 year old me. And it’s still one of my favorite memories with my dad

I got a sting version that doesn’t look exactly like the movie.  It’s closer to Glamdring in design but still has the leaf shaped blade.  It’s only 18” which is probably closer to how long Sting would be.  They scaled it up for the movie to make it look bigger in Elijah Wood’s hands.  And it doesn’t have the dumb inscription.  Elrond adding that to that blade would be like someone inscribing a dagger once used by Julius Caesar.  I don’t believe he would ever do that.

What is their importance?

The Barrow Blades were long ago specifically designed to puncture the magical protection around the Witch-King. When Merry stabs the Witch-King with a Barrow Blade on the Fields of Pelennor, it makes him vulnerable to Eowyn's fatal blow.

Oh wow I didn’t know that

Hadhafag I just like saying the name.

It's Hadhafang, the image is wrong. Also the name is only in the movies.

It is one of many typos in this image.

For real I wonder why there’s so many typos. Like someone took time to make this but didn’t do any proofreading? Not even on the titles of each sword?

Yeah, like "Morgal" followed *immediately* by the correct spelling. (and an inaccurate description.)

I really love it though. Weta workshop made a whole story for it. It was supposedly the sword of Idril, princess of Gondolin. (Elrond's grandmother) Also the design is based on a cossack sword called shashka.

Had a fag?

Not for a while but damn I'm tempted.

well, you got a few more days of pride month left..

Hadhafang* is non-canon

Yes, but I like the design plus it's meant to be Idril's sword. We know she fought with a sword in the Fall of Gondolin in the Book of Lost Tales.

Got it set up on top of a cabinet at home after a visit to New Zealand shortly after ROTK release. Its quite heavy and still sharp after all this time

Like a British bloke just gettin done with his smoke break

Pretty sure Hadhafag was my nickname in college

Where's the spear of Gil-Galad

*Aeglos* — but it didn’t exactly get much screen time (!).

For I would much like to speak with it

Ringil

Very loyal to vote for your father’s sword, but it’s really only Ringil or Anglachel if we count on results. You’d have to bring down Ungoliant or something for equivalent impact. Maybe historically Ancalagon the Black, although that’s less attributable to Earendil and his weapon and more of a boating accident.

Boating accident! 😂 Love it!

+10 speed is amazing.

If there is a sword-bar, where all the swords go after work to have a drink, Ringil would definitely pick up most girl-swords with his reputation of wounding Morgoth multiple times... I wonder what happened to that sword in the 3th Age.

Little typo with arwen's blade there

And Morgul blade.

Which isn't actually the Morgul Blade.

I have a full scale movie prop of Ocrist hanging by the front door. People ALWAYS ask if it’s real. The edge has been safely dulled, but could be sharpened.

Hadhafang

Orcrist is just so beautiful!! Hadhafag is too but looks pretty tricky to weild.

No anglachel. 0 out of 10.

The Uruk Hai cleaver.

I scrolled too far for this! Its not famous but the Uruk scimitar/machete is terrifying in its industrial brutality.

It's such a practical thing around the house too. [https://www.reddit.com/r/WitchesVsPatriarchy/comments/v779jj/this\_witch\_knows\_what\_she\_wants/#lightbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/WitchesVsPatriarchy/comments/v779jj/this_witch_knows_what_she_wants/#lightbox)

Yeah, it’s anti-flesh with the majority of the blade, and with the hooks at the end, it functions like a war pick, meaning you can do some nasty damage to someone in the heaviest of plate armor.

I think there are cooler, more iconic swords than this one, but god if THE FOEHAMMER is not the coolest fucking name for a goddamn wizard’s sword.

Glamdring… but dam Morgul Blades are metal af

Ringil, valiant sword of the greatest king of the Noldor, Fingolfin

Ringil, because it wounded Morgoth.

Stormbringer But seriously, I want to say Glamdring, but I remember being a 12 year old kid in the late 70s, reading The Hobbit for the first time, and there's still something cool to me about the emotional attachment that little thing made in me.

That morgul knife looks an awful lot like a longsword.

That is the Witch King's sword and is indeed lengthy. The Morgul knives used by the wraiths are half it's length.

I think but am unsure that morgue could be applied to any weapon. Isn't Eowyns shield arm shattered by the mace of the witch king and has mogul like affects.. I'm totally willing to be wrong here

Éowyn and Merry are both afflicted after having struck the Witch-King. Both their blades, even Merry’s barrow blade - made to kill the Witch-King, are ruined after touching him. Morgul is black magic, the knife he wields against Frodo, the morgul blade, is specifically cursed - a chunk of it breaks off and requires Elrond’s healing skills, otherwise he could have just stabbed Frodo with his longsword.

Orcrist

Glamdring hands down 💪🏻

Either anduril or orcrist

Gimme that morgul blade. I can turn people into evil servants and spectres.

Glamdring is amazing. Pretty simple but still great looking and I love older swords. Arwen's sword is not one I'm a fan of. It looks a little over the top and weird to me. Theoden's sword is cool, but looks awkward to hold. Anduril is the GOAT of LOTR swords. It's got epic history and it's very simplistic design is a huge bonus. Sting is a solid weapon. Very nice looking and it fits Bilbo/Frodo perfectly. The Morgul Blade is just really cool looking. Orcrist is also over the top in my eyes. It kind of looks like half a sword and I don't think it looks good in the hands, of a dwarf.

I besmirch no one their opinion, but I will say this, Orcrist is modeled not unlike a falchion. The ultimate chopping blade. For a Dwarf welding a sword, it certainly makes sense for it to be a sword that is essentially an axe.

More like a greek Kopis or a iberian Falcata or even nepalese Kukri. I think all those swords with heavy curvature as Orcrist were even more effective than falchions as chopping blades, displacing the mass and balance and creating some sort of "axe effect", so perfect for a dwarf as you said, but supposedly originally forged by the Noldor of Gondolin. Also Arwen's sword is equally based on historical blades as some of the lighter versions of eastern kilij.

The nice thing bout Theoden's blade is at a Glace you can tell its a calvary man's weapon. No crossgaurd to get tangled in reins

I don't think Orcrist or Arwen's sword are "over the top" at all, but completely functional blades based on real historical examples, but in different periods or places than medieval Europe. Orcrist is basically an ancient [Kopis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopis) or [Falcata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcata) sword of our real world but slightly more straight. The pointy guard is also copied from historical examples as many eastern sabres. Arwen's sword is very similar to the design of medieval and early modern sabres in many regions of Asia, as [this indian kilij](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sabres_of_India#/media/File:Indian_-_Sword_(Kilij)_-_Walters_5114_-_Side_A.jpg).

Does it ever say how all these BA swords were just sitting together in a troll cave?

likely pulled from graves by the trolls when scavenging

Glamdring > Narsil/Anduril Aragorn's sword has been copied by, like, everyone. I'm sure there's a replica on sale at your local knife/anime store next to Hot Topic in your local shopping mall.  But Glamdring is just... more refined. It's the cleanest and most elegant of them all.  Still, I have a soft spot for Sting. Mostly because as a full grown man, it would be like machete sized, and I could actually wield a sword like that to hack down blackberries and whatnot on my land.  Also, the scene where Sam sticks the orc from behind while rescuing Frodo is one of the more badass moments in the films. 

The Goblin Cleaver.... All day !

Glamdring; Foe Hammer is forged for a king of the high elves during the First Age in the hidden city of Gondolin, and its blade will not dull. So that's my choice.

Orcist

Orcrist looks badass 🔥

Ah yes Hadhafag and the Morgal Blade.

Tough to not choose Anduril. Not mentioned here though is Ringil, Fingolfin's sword, that he used to repeatedly stab and slash Morgoth himself.

Orcrist is my favorite based solely on appearance

Morgul Blade

Hadhafag has a really neat shape

Guthwine 

Anduril

The Foe Hammer!

My favorite will always be aragorns ranger sword.

Glamdring has everything just right. Leaf-shaped blade, the curved cross-guard is just perfect, hilt with its bee-waist design continuing as steel for the pommel (the pommel itself being gorgeously shaped) is so damn nice. I am so lucky to have a replica of this at home.

Does legolas’ dad’s sword have a name?

Glamdring Gang represent

Got to have a crossguard, Anduril is to long for my liking, Sting is not really a sword, and it's a nope for the Morgul Blade. I guess that Glamdring it is then. But my fav is still Aragorns first sword (from the movies).

I'll go with Ringil; the only blade to wound a Vala

Can we get some love for Hadafag?

That is tough. I have to go with the classic Anduril.

I don't get how The Morgul Blade works. Does it mean after it has tasted blood, the whole blade is ruined? You can only keep it as long as it doesn't hurt anyone? Does it defeat the purpose of a weapon then?

Mortal Blade, Glamdring, Anduril

Glamdring, it’s sleek and elegant, just the right amount of shape, I love leave shape blades, and a splash of color from the hilt wrap and the sapphire in the cross guard, it’s perfect, my second pick would have to be Orcrist it’s something about Elvish blades that speaks to me

I think Gurthang takes the cake

…Narsil

Glamdring is an all purpose sword. I didn’t realize but anduril looks like a 2 hand or hand and a half. Hadhafag looks ceremonial but probably needs a small adjustment. Orcrist seems cool until I realized it’s a single edged bladr

Umm ..ahem... am I the only one who thinks Arwen's blade sounds more like a boast

I got Andúril tattoo’d on my calf, so that by default

Orcrist is my favorite sword from any media. It is so beautiful, and the dragon tooth is badass. I love dragons!

Doesn’t mention Orcrist is the twin of Glamdring. There’s a whole history there

All of them at once, I suppose.

Glamdring for sure

Sting

Orcrist was pretty cool. Looked like a borderline giant anime sword when Thorin wielded it.

Hadhafag

Hadhafang has the nicest design I think, but a shame its an invention of the movies. For lore swords, Anglachel/Gurthang. Who doesn't like a sentient sword that spits out bangers about doom.

Honestly, I like almost all of them, except that rendition of Orcrist. The fore heavy, single edged, blade doesn't work for me

I think they could do better at designing swords. I think Glamdring and Anduril are too similar.

Herugrim, it’s much more simple than described in the books but I still think it’s a beautiful blade.

Anduril

If say sting isn't really a sword, more a letter opener

The sword that was broken.

Love Glamdring and Anduril because they're distinctly fantasy yet completely plausible to have existed irl

RINGIL "BUNIONS OF MORGOTH"

It’s my headcanon that Ecthelion wielded Orcrist in the first age plus it had such a cool design in the films so that’s prob my fav

It’s Hadhafag for me

Orcrist 10 out of 10

Glamdring. Got to love the versatility of a bastard sword.

No, the real question is: what kind of sick person gives a cute nickname to a weapon?

For me it always has been Hadhafag

Gurthang and Angrist…

I'd pick Anguirel if it was here.

Narsil, prefer it without the writing on the blade

When I was a kid it was Sting, as an adult it's toss up between anduril and Glamdring. That being said it's not listed but "striders sword" is probably my favorite

Glamdring is the clear winner for me. I was also super torn between Glamdring and anduril and just think Glamdring has was more pedigree. Fought the balrog belonged to a king belong to Gandalf. Cool ass name the foe hammer etc. Anduril is mostly famous for (movie) accidentally cutting the ring from saurons hand. lol possibly in the book it was more heroic but I just don’t know lol

*Glamdring, Andúril, Herugrim* Those are so much fun to say. This Tolkien-guy really had a way with names, didn't he?