 As bizarre a name as it is in design, we have the Makawit. Now this sword is far from your traditional variety. It is made primarily of wood and instead of a blade, it is embedded with a dozen or more sharpened obsidian stones, which is volcanic glass, and can be sharpened in razor blades. Now, this dance is on the line of qualifying as a sword or not, but regardless, there's no question of its nastiness. We're the like a blade and so unlike an axe, the Makawit was designed to inflict severe damage in a single swing. Unlike a traditional sword, which leaves a clean, deep gash, the obsidian teeth of the Makawit bury themselves into an opponent's skin and they rip away flesh as it's pulled away. As a result, wounds were not cleaned but jagged and torn. The Makawit did cut as deeply as a traditional blade, but there is no question of the damage that it can inflict upon its opponent. Now, its name means handwood, but I would hate to know what it would translate to if it was called the Aztec Obsidian Death Paddle.