User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/SWORDS for thought ../@comment-3425840-20120104154358

Well mdm, first of Hi5 :D then, here are my thoughts. Actually I wanted to make a blog like this (delayed because of all the prediction writing), and even after you made this I will still have to make it because there are some points that are not here in your blog (of course some new are also here :D, so great blog, thumbs up!). Now for the discussion: Aside for the ones you named we also know the existence of the Shodai Kitetsu (1st grade, in my humble opinion which will replace the Sandai Kitetsu from Zoro's Arsenal, I have used this idea in both my predictions) and the Nidai Kitetsu (2nd grade). Also Shiki himself claimed his blades were named swords (although the grades are unknown). I think if Rayleigh's weapon is a named blade then its of the 1st class although it may as well be a random weapon as he has been seen wielding different blades in different occasions (I actually have a blog about this, http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Blackendedsoul/Rayleigh%27s_Sword). Aside from that, I think it's unlikely that Shanks' Sabre is a inhertance from Gol D. Roger because he had been shown carrying a different sword in Foosha village and that was as you know after Roger's execution, it seems unlikely that he kept his Captain's heirloom in a box an brought it out recently. Also I agree with most of your guesses about the grades of Swords carried by great figures, I would like to add that the sword wielding Gorosei might have a 1st grade blade. Thank you for the nice blog.