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Originally Posted by The Might
Nope Morwen, I believe he was given both the Shards of Narsil as well as the Ring of Barahir as he left Rivendell and carried them around on his voyages through Middle-earth.
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Because he's a gangsta and does what he wants.
We can talk about practicality all we like, but ultimately one of the things that sets heroes apart is that they do things that are impractical for normal people. Like traveling enormous distances by foot in short periods of time, or summoning dead warriors, or mastering Palantiri, or carrying around one's shattered ancestral blade. It's a myth. Heroes do crazy stuff.
If we are going to be all realistic, though, then I'd bet that Aragorn had a short bow along with him and a hunting knife. If he did carry a "useful" sword with him in addition to Narsil, it probably would have been something short, and he probably would have only brought it with him on particular journeys.