I will handle that delicate knowledge with the utmost care that you expect from a great detective! [ ... Comforting, right? But no, he files that information away in his brain attic. Maybe he'll find it again. ]

You truly think I would forget the name of such a stately blade? Like many swords of legend—Excalibur, Durendal, Zulfiqar—it carries a name that strikes fear in the hearts of any who would wrong the honorable Asogi clan ... [ Is he yammering to buy more time to think?

Is this long, dramatic pause strategic? Yes.

Finally, with admirable confidence, he declares: ]

Caramba!