Sword

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Swords are a catagory of long metal blade weapons. Swords first emerged in the Bronze age and remained a primary weapon of war until they were gradually displaced by Firearms.

Swords are the first, if not the only, human hand tools designed exclusively for killing other human beings. Knives, axes, spears, bows, and firearms all have legitimate alternative uses for hunting or gathering, but swords are really only useful in battle. As such, they have have acquired a great deal of symbolic meaning in human culture.

Swords in Fiction

Obviously swords figure prominently in fantasy writings, but they are also quite common in science fiction. Science fiction swords typically have special technology to make them more dangerous than a mundane steel sword.

Examples of sci-fi swords include: