I’m trying to explain the way a sword sounds when it’s pulled from a sheath. Is there a word for that?

[Guest]

I need help!!

[Carol]

It also depends on the scene is it sexy or is it in a rush like going into battle. Ex. She pulled his sword from his sheath so slowly and the seductive hiss it made had him mesmerized and he knew he was her captive. My mind wonders

[Shephard]

Sing or ring are my usual go to’s. You could go darker and use scream, wail, shriek. There’s also the visual aspect rather than auditory, like using flashing sword or naked blade to describe it.

[Nick]

Swords in real life that aren’t explicitly for ceremony generally make little to no sound being drawn, because the vast majority of scabbards are leather and pretty much all the rest are wood. If you take a knife from your kitchen and, flat side down, draw it along a piece of leather, you’ll see that it makes very little sound. In the movies and TV when you hear that “shnik” sound that’s entirely added in because it’s what people expect to hear.

[Mara]

Swords don't make sound when drawn. In movies the sound is added. The reason is that sword scabards are made of leather, not metal. There are exeptions to this, usually ceremonial swords (I have drawn such a sword) which they make a cold, hissing sound, like knife on knife but is very low.

[Brian]

The Schwing sound is a Hollywood trope. You would not want to draw metal against metal. The civil war swords that my parents have are metal scabbards, but they have leather at the top to guide the sword and keep the blade from grinding on the steel.

[Dana]

According to Google… It depends on the scabbard. The classic Hollywood sound is produced by drawing a sword from a steel scabbard. With a scabbard, if it's the wood core making contact with the blade it makes a sort of dull rasp. If there's a leather throat, or you have a leather sheath, it makes a sort of soft hiss.

[Wilyard]

Everyone knows that sound. Just show the draw without telling. The last thing you need is an onomatopoeia.

[Burkley]

My broadsword makes a very distinct light ring when it's pulled out. The blad wobbles and it makes a very noticable sound. You also hear the sliding sound from the sheath to. It's not loud, but it definitely makes a raspy, swooshing sound. The blade is large enough that you can hear the swing too. A sword acts sorta like a giant tuning fork when it 'warbles'.

[Austen]

Depends on the kind of sheathe, but it can rattle if there's lots of space, hiss or rasp if it's something softer like cloth or leather. Or if you want to get flowery you could come up with a metaphorical comparison. I'm a nature dolt, so I'd compare the drawn sword to a scorpion baring it's stinger.