Let's start this off right. The quintessential sword, the image of the Dark Ages. Badassery. I think when everyone was a kid they beat the crap out of each other with a stick or a rolled newspaper. My friends and I used oak ax handles (I never claimed I was smart!). I think we all grew up with swords in some way, whether they were in our playtime, books, movies, or shows. They are embedded in our culture now as much as they ever were in the past. Of course, they were once use