My sword arrived today! 12-12-12! Awesome weapon. Highly pleased with the quality!

I had a Japanese sword some years ago. Gave it to my cousin as a gift. 48 inch blade! They don't even ship swords that long to Canada.

You should name your sword "Delila". :P

If your looking for a survival sword try getting a replica machete from the movie "Book of Eli". I seen one online and was real sharp.

orcrist, the goblin cleaver

ディック チョッパー

Tridodeca? 'Trido' for short ? is three 12s, so...

unless you're of nipponian descent, there is not much need to keep the name to that place - 'san ju ni'? - 3 12s again...

call it MANOWAR

Call it Barael's Blade!!!!!

Dave.

Slicer

What about non Japanese names!?!

Otis

LOL!!!

Zipperhead

cx7 wackster.This is stupid.

Thank you everyone for your replies ... (idiots and tards included!) Actually you all really did help, especially those saying the name needed to come from the heart.

I have decided. My sword will be named Kamaitachi, or "Spirit of the Wind". Japanese legend is that the wind spirit was a TRIO of lightning fast weasels. (12/12/12 TRIO ... Hello!)

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Odd animal, and one that I wouldn't have chosen normally ... but read this Wikipedia entry:

Kamaitachi is a Japanese kai (or spirit), most common in the shin'etsu region.

There are several conceptions of how it looked or operated, but the most common is one of a trio of weasels with sharp claws, riding on a gust of wind and cutting people's skin on the legs. According to this interpretation, the first weasel knocked the unsuspecting victim down, the second cut the victim's flesh and the third applied medication to the wounds, so that at the time the victim realised what was happening they were left only with painful wounds that weren't bleeding. Sometimes the three are described as brothers, sometimes as triplets. This account can be traced back to Toriyama Sekien, who was presumably also the first to imagine the apparition to have the form of a weasel. The weasel was a typical Toriyama pun - one of the folk names for the apparition was kamaetachi, meaning "attacking" which he changed slightly to mean "sickle weasel".

The idea of lightning fast weasels wielding razor-sharp claws appealed to manga and anime artists and the kamaitachi often appear in those media.

Thank you Swordsmen and women!

Nice OP. I'm still fond of Larry.

I got a good one how about Jesus is Lord.

Check this out:

"Matthew 26:52

King James Version (KJV)

52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword."

LOL. Get your own damn sword!

Exactly!

Articulus....

blowing devine wind

I'll probably end up naming mine 'Plough' and giving it to the horse...

Tensa Zangetsu sounds like a good name!

Yep! Kamaitachi!

I gotta admit when I read the title earlier I was thinking lame. But I'm glad I opened it and saw the sword. It looks just like one my best friend gave to me years ago. Mine is razor sharp and the one possesion ive held onto through the years. Very nice. I vote for talon.

name it QWERTY

Don't end up like this guy.

Hey OP if your going to study aikido you should name it "grabmywrist".

Enjoy

Jezz, I'm an old gal, but not THAT bad!

Kung Fu 70's, Ninjitsu 80's, Materialism 90's, Spiritualism 00's, ... empty cup 2012

Tasasha

Gaylord. Swords are for queers