Geek Syndicate Issue 9 March 2014 | Page 38

Geek Syndicate The “Best Good Old Fashioned Steel” Award: The Kurgan’s Sword – Highlander Swords, sabres, claymores – there’s a variety of swords that feature in genre films, with very little that separates them, and whilst I’ve already given a mention to Blade’s Samurai for pure gadget power, the Kurgan’s sword must get a mention. Yes, it weighed a tonne and you needed to be a man-giant to wield it, but it separated into two parts for easy carriage and had two extra dagger blades that flicked out of the hilt. “Hello Pretty”! Ron “SilverFox” Singh 38