{"id":2824,"date":"2021-03-19T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2021-04-13T08:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:58:58","slug":"blog-a-little-something-extra-pcrs-favorite-swords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"[BLOG] A Little Something Extra, PCR’s Favorite Swords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey hey Somethings!\u00a0 PCR here, and today I’m listing out my “Top 5 Favorite Swords”!\u00a0 These could be from movies, TV, Comics, Video Games… not limiting myself here.\u00a0 I am also grouping “Lightsabers” as an honorable mention as a whole.<\/p>\n

On to the list in no particular order!<\/p>\n

5 – D’Artagnan’s\/Top Dollar’s\/Inigo Montoya’s Rapier
\n<\/strong>While not the same prop, they all have an amazingly similar style and look to them.\u00a0 The large, swept-hilted basket hilt is very distinctive and back in my Ren-Faire days, it was my favorite kind of weapon to wield.<\/p>\n

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4 – Highlander’s Ivory Katana
\n<\/strong>While there should have been only one (movie), this sword quickly became iconic.\u00a0 I know when that movie came out, if you picked up *any* katana, you were immediately acting out one of the many scenes from “Highlander”<\/p>\n

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3 – Vanth Dreadstar’s Sword
\n<\/strong>The title character from First Comic’s “Dreadstar”, Vanth’s weapon was more than just a sword, it was a part of him.\u00a0 Made of energy, he could manifest the sword as a weapon of unbelievable power, or he could absorb it into himself to become nigh invulnerable.<\/div>\n
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2 – The Bride’s Katana
\n<\/strong>Forged by legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzo from 1000 layered Japanese steel, this sword was able to dispatch the Crazy 88, O-Ren Ishii, and undoubtedly been able to, as Hanzo stated when presenting it to her… cut God himself.<\/div>\n
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\n1 – Sword of Omens
\n<\/strong>Able to grant “sight beyond sight”, Lion-O’s sword.. containing the Eye of Thundera was more than just a mere sword.\u00a0 Nearly a sentient being in it’s own right, The Sword of Omens was instrumental in defeating Mumm-Ra on many occasions, as well as summoning the ThunderCats to Lion-O’s side when needed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Honorable mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Lightsabers<\/li>\n
  • Kurgan’s Sword<\/li>\n
  • Excalibur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hey hey Somethings!\u00a0 PCR here, and today I’m listing out my “Top 5 Favorite Swords”!\u00a0 These could be from movies, TV, Comics, Video Games… not limiting myself here.\u00a0 I am also grouping “Lightsabers” as an honorable mention as a whole.<\/p>\n

    On to the list in no particular order!<\/p>\n

    5 – D’Artagnan’s\/Top Dollar’s\/Inigo Montoya’s Rapier
    \n<\/strong>While not the same prop, they all have an amazingly similar style and look to them.\u00a0 The large, swept-hilted basket hilt is very distinctive and back in my Ren-Faire days, it was my favorite kind of weapon to wield.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    4 – Highlander’s Ivory Katana
    \n<\/strong>While there should have been only one (movie), this sword quickly became iconic.\u00a0 I know when that movie came out, if you picked up *any* katana, you were immediately acting out one of the many scenes from “Highlander”<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    3 – Vanth Dreadstar’s Sword
    \n<\/strong>The title character from First Comic’s “Dreadstar”, Vanth’s weapon was more than just a sword, it was a part of him.\u00a0 Made of energy, he could manifest the sword as a weapon of unbelievable power, or he could absorb it into himself to become nigh invulnerable.<\/div>\n
    \"\"<\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
    2 – The Bride’s Katana
    \n<\/strong>Forged by legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzo from 1000 layered Japanese steel, this sword was able to dispatch the Crazy 88, O-Ren Ishii, and undoubtedly been able to, as Hanzo stated when presenting it to her… cut God himself.<\/div>\n
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    \n1 – Sword of Omens
    \n<\/strong>Able to grant “sight beyond sight”, Lion-O’s sword.. containing the Eye of Thundera was more than just a mere sword.\u00a0 Nearly a sentient being in it’s own right, The Sword of Omens was instrumental in defeating Mumm-Ra on many occasions, as well as summoning the ThunderCats to Lion-O’s side when needed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    \n

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    Honorable mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Lightsabers<\/li>\n
    • Kurgan’s Sword<\/li>\n
    • Excalibur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[215],"tags":[224,216,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2847,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions\/2847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}