Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-24260323-20140404170059

107.10.179.115 wrote: the truth is that it's Excalibur I'd be disappointed if it was Excalibur. There are literally thousands of different swords to choose from such as Attila the Hun's Sword of Mars, Roland's Durendal (or Durandal), Sigurd's Gram or maybe even an Ulfberht sword.

Excalibur is a bit too easy to recognize culturally even though Arthur also had a Magic Spear that he used. To be honest, I would prefer more religous references in RWBY like the Lance of Longinus or having a character based on Saint George appear.