Famous Sword

Biodata

Grades and Known Swords

Supreme Grade Swords are described as harder than Great Grade Swords. Ares refers to the Twelve Supreme Grade Swords as the standard he hopes to surpass with his own body 1 221.

• Wado Ichimonji — A Great Grade Sword forged and carried by Shimotsuki Kozaburo. He says it has remained free of chips through repeated clashes 220 221.
• Sakura Ten and Withered Tree — Shiki the Golden Lion’s swords, described together as Great Grade Swords. A later passage calls Withered Tree a Supreme Grade Sword, leaving its grade inconsistent in the provided account 3 26.
• Murakumogiri — Whitebeard Newgate’s Supreme Grade Sword 362.
• Rayleigh’s sword — Ares recognizes it as a named sword during their fight; the chapter summary identifies it as a Supreme Grade Sword 113 114.

Forging and Black Blades

• Craftsmanship — Ares’s father, Junichiro, forged several Great Grade Swords but pursued a Supreme Grade Sword as his life’s goal. Kozaburo likewise forged Great Grade Swords 220.
• Armament Haki — Shiki demonstrates how Haki can blacken a blade and strengthen its cutting power and toughness 21.
• Lasting tempering — Shiki says forging a true Black Blade requires repeated honing and exceptionally powerful Armament Haki. He has not achieved it with his own swords 201.

Ares’s Pursuit

Ares treats a famous sword as a model for body tempering: he wants to become a blade sharper and harder than the Twelve Supreme Grade Swords, one that cannot be lost or stolen 1 95. After learning Shiki’s Black Blade method, he experiments with channeling his Blood-colored Armament Haki into an arm bone and notices a small increase in hardness. His goal of forging his entire body into such a blade remains unfulfilled in the provided account 201 208 254.