G.I. Joe Classified Series

I am not 100% sure, but I think his sword is custom. It looks more like a combination of a couple different swords. But again, I'm not 100% sure.
 
One of my mom's friends had a scimitar on the wall and my seven year old brain categorized it as that and I've never updated it.
 
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AceofKnaves said:
Serious question: what would you classify his v2/iconic blade as, then? I haven’t found anything it matches closer than a falchion. Some of the falchion pictures I’ve found appear to be pretty dead-on, but they could certainly be mislabeled and I’m no sword-scholar. I know he is frequently accessorized with other types of blades, however, including the general “ninja swords” of various types and whatever that double-edged claw-pommeled thing v3 had was . . .

And I cannot stress how much I think the Ninja Force Snake-Eyes design is amazing and probably the most underserved design of any main ARAH character. It’s NEVER gotten a good figure representation. Not once. And it so deserves it!! That spooky Batman-eyed faceplate alone is worth the price of admission.
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Actually... now that I'm looking at it again I guess falchion is appropriate enough. In my little world of sword nerds we'd probably just say 'fantasy sword' because it doesn't necessarily have a direct parallel. I'd tend to push more towards saber just because falchions usually have much wider blades that are more.. consistent. They gradually widen out (if they widen at all) and then have their clip point or drop point or whatever they have. SE's sword is more like a fantasy version of certain types of 18th-19th century saber, which are far narrower and so they actually have to widen out in the last third in order to have enough meat to then go into a clip point shape.
So I would argue the closest real world parallel is actually one of a few different versions of saber, but those sabers are themselves somewhat reminiscent of certain types of falchion.
The handle is also a bit reminiscent of a fantasy-ized saber, with its forward-canted pommel and more 'ergonomic' or 'locked-down' grip shape over something more traditionally medieval.

The double-edged claw thing was just a fantasy sword. I always liked that one because it was like the knight-visor dude finally embraced having a fantasy knight's sword. Although I guess you could argue it could be considered more of a fantasy jian, given the very short quillons and assumption that 'ninja' characters would be more likely to be carrying Asian-style weapons.

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AceofKnaves said:
And I cannot stress how much I think the Ninja Force Snake-Eyes design is amazing and probably the most underserved design of any main ARAH character. It’s NEVER gotten a good figure representation. Not once. And it so deserves it!! That spooky Batman-eyed faceplate alone is worth the price of admission.
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Hard agree.
 
AceofKnaves said:
This was absolutely my “bitch Duke” who I used as the butt of all my “‘Murican douchebag” jokes as a tween. He has THEE most punchable face under that helmet, too. 100% looks like a Proud Boy.
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It's Dukes cousin, Chaz, who sneaked his way into the Pit and posed as Duke for about 13 hrs before Stalker put him in a choke hold.
 
That figures. I've never known a Chaz who wasn't a total poser! Come to think of it I haven't actually known a Chaz at all.
 
I have decided that that is Dook, the Conrad Hauser from the dark dimension.

And yeah, no sword expert but the curved tip was what made me kind of think that fit the bill, but also, if we've never seen a real-world equivalent, it's totally a sword that some metalsmith made for him he took a liking to without any basis in reality. And given he can kill a man with a pencil nib, historical accuracy probably wasn't high up on Snake Eyes' wishlist.
 
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