The executioner uses a sword known as a sulthan to remove the criminal's head from his or her body at the neck.

The system teaches battojutsu using very long swords known as choken.

Some schools study the Way of the short sword, known as kodachi.

Some weapons which need special attention are the Jamadhara and a bifurcated sword known as Zulfikar.

A sword or a ritual knife, commonly known as an athame, is often used in Wiccan ritual.

The Byzantine cavalry was armed with a long sword, known as the spathion.

The first part, on the upper left shows a sword, known as an okyeame, which is used at ceremonies.

He then gives Eragon an old sword, known as Zar'roc in the book series .

Nobutsuna created the ancient schools of sword known as satsujin-ken, or the killing swords.

Hanging on the wall above was a weapon of Turkish origin, a double-curved sword known as a yataghan.