Anyone keep a sword handy near their bed?

Before I got married and had a kid I used to keep an Atlanta Cutlery "Qama" by my bed, in addition to a 9mm Glock. At 17-1/2" of blade, and 2" wide, I suppose that qualifies as a short sword. Not necessarily the best choice of bladed weapons, since it has even less of a guard than a Roman Gladius (easy to cut yourself in a combat situation), but I really didn't know any better than that back then. I AM considering finding someone I can learn sabre techniques from, though. I think that, if I was going to have a sword as a backup or alternative to my pistol, I'd pick a cutlass. Short blade makes it more maneuverable in tight quarters, and the half or full basket handguard could be a substitute for a knuckleduster in a pinch.

I keep a windless parazonium under my pillow and a russian kindjal under my couch coushion and my lucerne sword is hung on the wall where i sit so I can get it like it's on a back scabard oh and my last legends blind worrior zatochi is ALL WAYS next to me my rule is "if kick in MY door I leep the leg"

Now I keep the Oniyuri and my new M&P 9mm next to the bed.

Remember Mr Bloodwraith. Our ancestors in America were kicked out of every decent country at the time.

The most interesting thing about Americans? Somewhere in our families, a family member got the living crap beat out of him by a foreign government. That's why he/she came here.

We're a nation of mutts (or "blended lineage" as some people will say) who are making sure we don't get our butts kicked again.

I have my Cheness shura Wakizashi and my CS Gurkha kukri under my bed, all my other swords and knives are elsewhere in my room. If a robber came in ofcourse i would be a little frightened. I would pray and stay behind a wall and look at the robber to try to anticipate his paths. When he comes near the corner where i'm hiding, He would most likely be pointing his gun somwhere as an act of being prepared, once i see the hand appear i will take a hack at it with the sword, I would kick i'm to the ground and stab him in the leg. I would tell him to not move or else ill stab him again, then I would yell at my mom to call the police. When police come they will probly send me in to the office using the sword as evidence. Then my mom will be my witness to help explain to police that it was total self-defense.

haha lock and load ur whole family with AK's, MP5's and Mac 10's

oh, why do they put bastard in bastard sword? Is the sword a bastard or something?

What you think you will do and what you will do are two completely different things unless you train to react without thinking. I know practically what I would do in situations because I have been in them, I think the majority of you would be p****ing yourselves in terror hoping the guy went away. Unless you have been in a situation where the SHTF you can't know what you will and will not do. It is all well and good to say that you would try and take the hand off but it is much harder to fight someone or even take a swing at them than you think. First of all if you have a conscience it will be saying "I really don't want to kill this guy" which will make you hesitate and possibly cost you your life, second your opponent will be moving around possibly in a dark room and you won't know until the last second how they are armed or what they are going to do. Like I said if you don't drill or you haven't been in the situation then you don't know if you will act. Another problem with swords and knives is cutting someone who may be infected with HIV or something nasty. Better to hit them with a club or something than cause open wounds also with a club you can strike without hesitating.

I grow up in the ghetto getting shot at is just part of life I gave up fearing death a long time ago death is just a consequence of birth ...... if I die protecting my family than I did my duty as a father and husband and can die with honor ....... how do you think I got the name "swordboy" I didn't give it to my self ....... I've starred down a mugger with a 32 and made him bite off part of his tongue with the butt of my katana ........ in short I know how I will react ...... calmly with deliberate intent I did all my fearing and crying when I was a child ........ now I have some thing more than my self to fight for I will attack with no regard for pain or my own survival ..........

older I look younger than I sound (26)