在The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)电影中有一段
Lord Marshal: What do you think of this blade?
[Riddick grabs it, spins it around over and under his hand; catches it blade facing him and offers it back to the Lord Marshal]
Richard B. Riddick: I think it's a half-gram heavy on the back end.
劍和匕首應是一家的；輕薄不等於靈巧，厚重也不代表遲緩。

使用劍時手指會在護手前後移動，所以護手的穩固和光滑非常重要，喜歡轉筆的刀友應該就可以體會，當然動作上不可能把劍像筆那麼轉，但是一般在說的劍走輕靈，講的就是那種透過手指所展現的隨心所欲輕鬆迴轉之意境。