History WebVideo / ManAtArms

* DropTheHammer:
** Thor's Mjölnir, latter joined by Stormbreaker.
** The ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' Gravity Hammer.
** Poppy's Hammer of Orlon.
** Ghal Maraz, THE titular TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} of ''Warhammer Fantasy Battles'' and ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar''.
** Hand of the Patriarch, a massive hammer in the shape of [[RuleOfCool a pair of fists]].

* Tomahawks from ''Film/ThePatriot2000'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''

* A Blood Angels Chainsword from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

* Tomahawks from ''Film/ThePatriot'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''

* DoingItForTheArt:[[invoked]] There's little other reason for things like the way they forged Ryuko's Scissor Blade, Kennosuke's Katana, the Ulfberht Sword, or Narsil/Anduril. They go absurdly far out of their way in the process of making these weapons, and their efforts are entirely invisible in the completed weapon. But anybody who watches the videos know, and more importantly, THEY know.

* ThisIsReality: The team notes again and again that some of the more [[{{BFS}} gigantic builds]] are AwesomeButImpractical. Also, Ilya explains in the historical build episodes and Q&A that making traditional blades will [[DoingItForTheArt require more time and effort]] compared to the standard, run-of-the-mill production blades (to circumvent this with the time constraint, the team admits they must compromise by "cheating", as in using more modern techniques and tools).

* Kirito's Elucidator from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''

* Asuna's rapier, the Lambent Light, from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''

* Jeanne d'Arc's flagpole lance, Luminosité Eternelle, from ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha''

* BladeOnAStick:
** Edward Elric's spear from ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''.
** The ''Reforged'' series "[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]] Super Weapon" combined the weapons of all four ninja turtles into a double-sided polearm.
** Ruler's Luminosité Éternelle from ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha''.

* Drax the Destroyer's daggers from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''

* Gamora's Godslayer Sword from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''

* ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s claws and foot blade from ''Film/{{Logan}}''.

* Alucard's Heirloom Sword, from ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017''

* Drax the Destroyer's daggers from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

* Gamora's Godslayer Sword from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

* StaringThroughTheSword: Another obligatory pose, with the Sword of Omens' hilt.

* NamesTheSame: Ilya is a fan of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', which features a character named Ilya; not only does he [[LampshadeHanging bring this up]], but there's a shade of NeverHeardThatOneBefore in his voice when he does so.[[invoked]]

** Creator/MatthewMercer, voice of Tygra in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'', gets to try the Sword of Omens.

* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: OncePerEpisode, one of these gets {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed.

* [[invoked]]NamesTheSame: Ilya is a fan of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', which features a character named Ilya; not only does he [[LampshadeHanging bring this up]], but there's a shade of NeverHeardThatOneBefore in his voice when he does so.

** Stabbing X-23's claws (while dressed as Wolverine) through a copy of ''Film/Deadpool2016''.

** Stormbreaker is, once again, a weapon requiring Asgardian strength to wield. Despite having a hollow head, it takes lots of efforts to just lift, and it is dropped rather than swung. They even end up breaking the thick wooden table used for the demonstration!

** The Gravity Hammer is another weapon that's too heavy to be wielded efficiently by one person, and is just dropped on the target rather than swung. Clearly, you'd need a PowerArmor for the added strength boost in order to lift it.

** The Chainsword is a truly impressive weapon that cuts through ''everything'' the team throws at it... but it's still a weapon that was designed to be wielded by 7-8 foot tall {{Transhuman}} [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]] in full PowerArmor. A regular human just ''can't'' wield it like a proper sword.

** He-Man's Power Sword and ''Reforged'''s Iron Man sword are more mundane large swords, the former being long enough that they had to forge it bit-by-bit and almost couldn't reach high enough to put it into his vertical heat-treating tank, and the latter described as something that would only be practical if you were actually wearing PowerArmor.

* AnAxeToGrind:
** Gimli's axe, the Orcish battleaxe, and the Power Axe.
** The Keyblade is of course a giant key, but Tony chooses to interpret the ward as a blade, making the weapon most similar to an axe.
** Divine Axe Rhitta is another large axe.
** Stormbreaker, as in its movie of origin, is a mix of a battleaxe and hammer.

* NiceHat: Ilya Alexseyev from the ''Reforged'' crew has a leather top hat.

* ProngsOfPoseidon:
** Finnick's trident. It's a bit different from the ubiquitous design but it still fits.
** ''Reforged'''s Ninja Turtles mash-up weapon evokes the appearance of a trident by sticking Raph's sai on the end of Don's staff.
** Aquaman's Trident -- or rather "Quindent".

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: One episode of ''Reforged'' has the team creating [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim's]] Iron Helmet, which doesn't even have any pointy bits to maim things with, and the ending montage has them attacking the finished piece with various weapons to show off its durability. This trend continues with every other piece of armor they make afterwards.

* BadassBeard: More than a few of the blacksmiths have beards as impressive as their skills.

* Hand of the Patriarch from ''VideoGame/Wasteland3''[[note]]First episode after returning from hiatus[[/note]]

* RealityEnsues: The team notes again and again that some of the more [[{{BFS}} gigantic builds]] are AwesomeButImpractical. Also, Ilya explains in the historical build episodes and Q&A that making traditional blades will [[DoingItForTheArt require more time and effort]] compared to the standard, run-of-the-mill production blades (to circumvent this with the time constraint, the team admits they must compromise by "cheating", as in using more modern techniques and tools).

* DoingItForTheArt:[[invoked]] There's little other reason for things like the way they forged Ryuko's Scissorblade, Kennosuke's Katana, the Ulfberht Sword, or Narsil/Anduril. They go absurdly far out of their way in the process of making these weapons, and their efforts are entirely invisible in the completed weapon. But anybody who watches the videos know, and more importantly, THEY know.

** Aquaman's Trident -- or rather "Quintident".

* Pale Spear of Alpharius from ''[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Warhammer]]'' ''[[Literature/HorusHeresy'' 30,000]]

* Luck/Pluck from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood]]''

* Luck/Pluck from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood''