Naming your weapons

[yamesu]

I am a firm believer that a rifle should have a female name for reasons only Gunnery Sergeant Hartman should be able to explain.

:D

Agreed, and for the record, unless I have an esoterical Japanese name for them (as I do for my katana), they usually end up with female names.

I name my weapons, always have. There was never a reason, just a sentimental thing. In the long run I respect the weapon more. As humans we grow attached to things we name and therefore attempt to take more care of them.

^^^ THIS!

I am the same, all of my weapons have a name that I have found befitting of their intended purpose, or the way they feel when I handle them.

I feel it instills a level of realism to the weapon, further begetting respect, that just calling them "bo" or "katana" does.

[Spodo Komodo]

My Katana is called "Dragonfly" because that is the design of the tsuba, my Iaito is "Monkey" for the same reason. My hand-and-a-half sword is called "Arsebane", it got its name when I used to spar against a regular partner who always left his right unguarded so I could slip around and give him a good whack across the buttocks. "Prepare to meet Arsebane again" became the prelude to every duel.

I don't name anything else apart from a very heavy wooden nunchaku called "Mr Smashy" because I have broken many things around the house while twirling it without due care and attention.