I'm sure most of you know that SE tends to take real life legends and incorporate them into Final Fantasy games in one way or another.
So I was browsing Wikipedia since I'm bored and FFXI is unavailable, and here's a few weapons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:M ... al_weapons
Alot of fun to read, I found it particularly interesting that some swords are real (like Tizona, which looks nothing like the in-game model).
