There's no shortage of awesome looking swords, but here's some you may not know about.



It's worth mentioning that a few swords are very popular because they sheathe on your back, crossed. I'm not going to go into full detail about these swords unless they're also nice unsheathed, but a few examples of this are the Ginn-Su Sword (BoE), Heavy Copper Longsword (Blacksmithing), and Phantom Blade (Blacksmithing).



Non-Raid One-Hand Swords

Rune Sword

Required Level: 46

Source: Bind-on-Equip



This sword looks plain, but it is actually one of the only easy-to-get swords with detailed etching on the blade. The other swords that use this model have plain blades. Easy to find on the AH, and it's likely you won't see many others using it.



Speedsteel Rapier

Required Level: 36

Source: Bind-on-Equip



There are a few rapier models, but this one has a special built-in animation! A small glowing white orb circles the blade. I'm not sure how it will look when transmogrified, however.



Blazing Rapier

Required Level: 51

Source: Blacksmithing



This rapier model has a built-in fiery glow. Not sure how it will look when transmogrified. Also, the pattern is no longer in the game, so it might be hard to find someone who can make it.



Phantom Blade

Required Level: 44

Source: Blacksmithing



A very cool ethereal, translucent blade. There's a few swords that use this model, but this is probably the easiest to obtain.



Pilfered Ethereal Blade

Required Level: 67

Source: Quest



This and the Phantom Blade are the only one-handed (not Main-Hand) swords that use this model that you can really farm by yourself. Others exist, but are next-to-impossible to find or farm solo, being either ultra rare or from Heroic Zul'Gurub.



Dragon's Call

Required Level: 50

Source: Sunken Temple



This awesome, unique sword can be farmed from the final boss in Sunken Temple. It has a HORRIBLE drop rate - a measly 4% - but in my opinion is one of the best looking swords in the game.



Avool's Sword of Jin

Required Level: 80

Source: Bind-on-Equip



Weird-looking, but unique. BoE so you may be able to find it on the AH every now and then.



Corpseweed Sickle

Required Level: 22

Source: Quest



This low-level sword has a very sweet unique model. Some NPCs use it, but this is the only option available to players. It is Alliance-only.



Crystalline Kopesh

Required Level: 66

Source: Quest (Horde, Alliance)



Bright pink with a built-in glow. Also available as a green-quality Bind-on-Equip, Skettis Curved Blade, which is slightly more rosy-colored and does not have the glow.



Dark Iron Reaver

Required Level: 60

Source: Blacksmithing



This unorthodox sword requires some awful materials to craft, but makes up for it by having a completely unique model.



Edge of the Cosmos

Required Level: 70

Source: The Mechanar (Normal or Heroic)



14% drop rate on both Normal and Heroic.



Felsteel Longblade

Required Level: 70

Source: Blacksmithing



Very expensive mats, kind of a plain model, but a very attractive color. It also sheathes to the back. Finding someone who can make it might be difficult.



Ghoulslicer

Required Level: 80

Source: Halls of Reflection



Huge sword model, unique. Falric is the first boss, so it should be fairly easy to farm. 27% drop rate.



Honor's Call

Required Level: 70

Source: Vendor (Alliance)



Alliance-only, requires Exalted with Honor Hold. Base price 201g 15s 8c.



Illidari-Bane Broadsword

Required Level: 67

Source: Quest



Nice purple crystal model. Its twin, Shaarde the Lesser, can also be farmed from Auchenai Crypts at a 17% drop rate.



Sang'thraze the Deflector

Required Level: 44

Source: Zul'Farrak



22% drop rate. Shares a model with Jang'thraze the Protector, a Main-Hand sword. In the picture, Sang'thraze is in her right hand, Jang'thraze in her left.



Legacy of Teronis

Required Level: 19

Source: Quest (Alliance)



This Alliance-only sword is is very nicely detailed, and elegant. Shares a model with some swords out of the Onyxia raid.



Peacekeeper Blade

Required Level: 80

Source: Heroic Trial of the Champion



It's almost impossible to solo Heroic ToC (because of the jousting) but I still had to include this sword because it is SO AWESOME. You can do it with 2-3 people without trouble. There's also some Main-Hand versions listed below.



Revenger

Required Level: 70

Source: The Botanica (Normal and Heroic)



Completely weird looking purple sword, but that might be exactly what you're after. There is a blueish version, Crystalblade of the Draenei, that is Bind-on-Equip. Both are pictured.



Revilgaz's Cutlass

Required Level: 31

Source: Quest



This classic pirate sword is simple but nice, and it's also unique!



Rimefang's Claw

Required Level: 80

Source: Heroic Pit of Saron



Very cool unique model. Drops from the last boss at a 27% drop rate.



Soul Blade

Required Level: 85

Source: Bind-on-Equip



Unique model. This sword is a BoE from Bastion of Twilight, and is both semi-rare and still semi-expensive. It is steadily decreasing in price on the AH, though, and will only continue to get cheaper when 4.3 hits. (It will also be rarer though, since less people will be doing Bastion of Twilight.)



The Butcher

Required Level: 26

Source: Bind-on-Equip



This massive blade is fairly common on the AH, so it shouldn't be too hard to get. It is also a unique model.



The Sun Eater

Required Level: 70

Source: Heroic Mechanar



Besides having maybe the coolest name ever, the blade on this hefty, unique sword also ripples as if energy were constantly flowing up from the handle.



Vindicator's Brand

Required Level: 70

Source: Vendor



Requires Exalted with the Aldor, base price of 207g 27s 20c. Shares a model with a Main-Hand sword, Mana Wrath, which is listed below.

