10 Iconic Fictional Swords!

Freelance illustrator and animator Robert Shaw created an infographic displaying 10 of the most iconic swords in fiction. It's a great list, although it does rather prompt a "What, no Excalibur?" response. The graphic includes swords from The Hobbit, Highlander, Thundercats, Kill Bill, Conan, and more.

Other than Excalibur, what other swords would you include on this list?

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[Sir Brennen]

Yeah, no Excalibur OR Stormbringer. Epic Sword Fail

 

[delericho]

No lightsaber either.

 

[machinelf]

Terminus Est, please.

 

[Wolvercote]

If Excalibur and Stormbringer are not included, this list is void.

 

[Dioltach]

The Sword of Shannara, and/or perhaps the Sword of Leah -- love him or hate him, I reckon Terry Brooks has had a greater impact on fantasy than Thundercats.

 

[grizzo]

How can you take his list seriously. On top his top ten Flattop list he lists Herman Munster instead Frankenstein's monster.

 

[MagicSN]

Missing: Excalibur, Stormbringer, Durandal (Roland's Sword),
Gram (Siegfried's Sword) - and probably some more Swords from northern legend
Which more or less formed our image of "magic swords".

 

[Hand of Evil]

Stormbringer missing, is the greater fail, it being the sword with the iconic personality. Just don't think someone knows his swords.

 

[Umbran]

I think he's limiting himself to swords with fixed images that we have seen in media - we all agree what they look like.

Excalibur and Stormbringer have not had highly popular visual media representations, so he cannot draw such representations for us.