Flame-bladed sword

The style of blade can be found on swords from modern-day Germany, France, Spain,[1] and Switzerland.

[5] Flamberge ("flaming"), from the French "flamber", is a term with many connotations, including swords without the flamed-blade.

Castle makes note of this being the case of certain Swiss rapiers, but flamberge quickly became a disdainful term in France to refer to flamboyant swords.

[8] This comes from the French expression "Mettre flamberge au vent", meaning "To put [the sword] in the wind".

Freemasonry sources suggest a symbolic connection to the ‘flaming sword’ from the Book of Genesis 3:24.