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<blockquote data-quote="BookBarbarian" data-source="post: 7848602" data-attributes="member: 6802553">We only know for sure that that's the specific weapon we carried for the campaign in the Lord of the Rings. When he knew from Gandalf that the Ring had been found which was the sign that it was time to reforge his sword and reclaim his birthright and claim the united throne of Arnor and Gondor or die in the fight against the Shadow.Mind you there was only one Combat encounter before the sword was reforged in that Campaign, where he wielded torches to scare off the 5 Ringwraiths because those dudes were totally weak against fire.As far as the 20 or so years spent as a soldier in Rohan and victorious Captain of Gondor I I think it unlike that he would wield something as recognizable as the broken blade of Narsil in battle while being so careful to hide his identity with a pseudonym. Likewise the next 40ish years of journeying of wandering the wild.I think it most probably that he got the shards from wherever he was hiding them (maybe in his pack?) and strapped it to his waist shortly before going looking for some shire hobbits in Bree town. Now remember Frodo was supposed to receive a letter introducing Aragorn which starts of with a poem about a broken blade being reforged. So he could have been carrying it as a sign to show Frodo (which he does, having some fun at the same time) that he is who Gandalf said he is.Likely at the same time (or upon reaching Rivendell) retiring his mundane weapon(s) in favor of the soon to be reforged legendary weapon from the First Age.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BookBarbarian, post: 7848602, member: 6802553"] We only know for sure that that's the specific weapon we carried for the campaign in the Lord of the Rings. When he knew from Gandalf that the Ring had been found which was the sign that it was time to reforge his sword and reclaim his birthright and claim the united throne of Arnor and Gondor or die in the fight against the Shadow. Mind you there was only one Combat encounter before the sword was reforged in that Campaign, where he wielded torches to scare off the 5 Ringwraiths because those dudes were totally weak against fire. As far as the 20 or so years spent as a soldier in Rohan and victorious Captain of Gondor I I think it unlike that he would wield something as recognizable as the broken blade of Narsil in battle while being so careful to hide his identity with a pseudonym. Likewise the next 40ish years of journeying of wandering the wild. I think it most probably that he got the shards from wherever he was hiding them (maybe in his pack?) and strapped it to his waist shortly before going looking for some shire hobbits in Bree town. Now remember Frodo was supposed to receive a letter introducing Aragorn which starts of with a poem about a broken blade being reforged. So he could have been carrying it as a sign to show Frodo (which he does, having some fun at the same time) that he is who Gandalf said he is. Likely at the same time (or upon reaching Rivendell) retiring his mundane weapon(s) in favor of the soon to be reforged legendary weapon from the First Age. [/QUOTE]

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