King Arthur's Sword(s) Question?

the sword in the stone wasn't Excalibur it was just a random sword that merlin put into the stone. on Arther first quest it broke and he used a dagger to finish the quest and he almost died. merlin brought him to the Lake and he had to take a boat to the middle of it where he found the Excalibur and the scabbard the scabbard was more important because if you wear it you can die and the sword is just an awesome sword, very smiler to the singing sword.

There are many tales of Arthur and Excalibur. Some are very different from each other. The Lady of the Lake entrusted the sword to Merlin. In some tales Merlin have the sword first to Uther; but in other versions he kept the sword secret and eventually placed it in the sword, where it stayed until Arthur was of an age to draw it out.

In a modern retelling, the Lady of the Lake is the name of the statue of 'sky stone' (iron from a meteor) that was found and melted and forged by Merlin's grandfather and kept by Merlin until such time as Arthur was ready for the sword. You can read this version in a series of books called The Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte. Good reading, unless you are a puritan about Arthurian legend.

Yes it is the same sword. actually it was Merlin that was given the sword by the lady of the lake. merlin gave it to author's dad, who used it horribly, so Merlin took it back and embedded it into the stone.

Whoever gave it to him, there's two really nice books on the subject and highly readable.

The Sword in the Stone and The Once and Future King, by T.E.White.