What is Worf's new sword called?

[JRoss]

I've been trying to look it up, and it doesn't seem to be on Memory Alpha in the Klingon Bladed Weapons article. I'd like to know its name and get a better look at it.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Supposedly a kur'leth. No MA page for it yet (though it's listed in "Disengage"'s references section)

 

[James Cole]

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YouTube interview with Doug Drexler and Dan Curry from a virtual convention last week. Curry talks about how he designed the new weapon and has a close look at a mock up if you'd like to know more.

 

[JRoss]

Thank you both

 

[Tosk]

I really like that it is "kinda sorta" a half-way weapon between Bat' and Mek'.

 

[NCC-73515]

Mostly mek, just a bit longer with a hole at the end, probably for the other hand.
If the betleH is the sword of honor, and the meqleH the loyal sword, then the qurleH could be the greedy sword, so it's fitting that he

Spoiler

beheaded a Ferengi

with it

 

[C.E. Evans]

I figured it was a ba'sMf (bad-ass mutherfer).

 

[Tuskin38]

YouTube interview with Doug Drexler and Dan Curry from a virtual convention last week. Curry talks about how he designed the new weapon and has a close look at a mock up if you'd like to know more.

Wow. Michael Dorn is the reason Dan Curry was brought on to design the kur'leth. Dorn didn’t like the design the Picard artists had designed him. So he called up Dan.

I also didn’t know this, but Dorn is also responsible for the Mek’leth in DS9, he asked Dan to design a sword he could hide on his back. He even went over to Dan’s house to look at different sword designs and test swing them in his backyard haha.

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Did something happen to Worf’s bat’leth in media? It was one of his few family heirlooms IIRC, but it was rarely actually used. And did he need dispensation to carry around his mek’leth on missions? It’s not like it’s standard issue.

Mark

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

It could be a weapon that better fits his current status/needs.

 

[The Wormhole]

I also didn’t know this, but Dorn is also responsible for the Mek’leth in DS9, he asked Dan to design a sword he could hide on his back. He even went over to Dan’s house to look at different sword designs and test swing them in his backyard haha.

I have a vague recollection of Dan Curry telling the story about the minute Michael Dorn was signed onto DS9, he immediately called Curry up and said "Daniel, I need a new sword."

 

[Nerys Myk]

B'hed'with

 

[fireproof78]

Wow. Michael Dorn is the reason Dan Curry was brought on to design the kur'leth. Dorn didn’t like the design the Picard artists had designed him. So he called up Dan.

I also didn’t know this, but Dorn is also responsible for the Mek’leth in DS9, he asked Dan to design a sword he could hide on his back. He even went over to Dan’s house to look at different sword designs and test swing them in his backyard haha.

That's a fun job.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Rosebud

 

[Yistaan]

Worf: This weapon was taken by the High Council from your Hall of State during the fall of the Romulan Empire. Since then, many Romulans have died upon its blade. Prepare yourself to join them!

Laris: I told you not to have an Enterprise reunion here!

Picard:

 

[Mudd]

"Brad."

 

[NCC-73515]

Wow. Michael Dorn is the reason Dan Curry was brought on to design the kur'leth. Dorn didn’t like the design the Picard artists had designed him. So he called up Dan.

Were they similar to Disco Klingon 'swords'? XD

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

"Hey, Worf, what's your new sword called?"
"Twee-nerIBHs."
"I don't get it."
"Hope to Kahless you don't."

 

[ToddCam]

Masamune.

 

[JRoss]

Did something happen to Worf’s bat’leth in media? It was one of his few family heirlooms IIRC, but it was rarely actually used. And did he need dispensation to carry around his mek’leth on missions? It’s not like it’s standard issue.

Mark

I don't know about in-character, but actual bat'leths are very impractical weapons. They might look long, but they're not. When you swing one you often end up pointing one of the blades at your own body. If you use it in a two-handed defensive grip (one hand on either side of the back) that is good at blocking things, but then your only real option for offense is to shove forward, putting yourself off balance.

What's funny about the mek'leth is that it is probably the best weapon for countering a bat'leth. It has that hooed by, so you can just catch the bat'leth as it comes at you. If you've got one in each hand you can then stab your opponent after you bind or disarm them.