"This is Glamdring." Elrond explained as he handed Orcrist back to Thorin and took Gandalf's blade to examine it. "Orcrist's brother blade, the Foe Hammer. This was the sword of the great Elf king Turgon, lord of the High Elves of the First Age."

"I wouldn't bother with that laddie." Balin leaned over to mumble to Bilbo. The blade was so small he wasn't sure it would have ever been in a battle worthy of note. "Swords are named for the great deeds they do in war," he explained to the hobbit.