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Many legendary swords, such as Excalibur or Kusanagi No Tsurugi are described as being used by the same individual or even the same dynasty for their entire existence. How does this compare to the survivability and symbolic value of practical historic weaponry?

by /u/N0thingtosee in /r/AskHistorians

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