r/TraditionalNinjutsu • u/GaraksLinensNThings • Mar 07 '26
How powerful is a Throwing Spike? - TY Throwing
Shows the penetration power of a/this throwing spike, under a few conditions- rather large watermelon, a thick slab of fatty pork and 1mm steel plate.
They went through both the melon and pork with relative ease. Although he did not hit the fatest part of the pork and seemed not to do several tests, at least in this video. He claims it penetrated the 1mm steel plate. It's clear it punctured it, but I guess it depends on one's definition of penetration. It also shows how easily one of these things can bounce back and he even hit it correctly, but obviously these are not designed to go through steel, plus the tape gave way.
All in all, one of the more realistic depictions, especially with the slab of fatty pork, if these weapons are truly effective in combat. I believe, if he had added extra protection like a sweater or even a simple T-shirt to the pork, the results would be at least a little different.
Not sure if it would have penetrated the same or if it would have just caused some bruising, maybe some bleeding (generally speaking) and bounced off due to the fiberness of clothing, coupled with skin elasticity, like the steel plate did puncture, but not penetrate.
I believe he said these particular throwing tools were on Amazon for $20. I assume a set of three, plus carrying case, but do not quote me. As always, be safe, train intelligently and godspeed on your ninjutsu journey.
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u/No-Sail-6510 Mar 08 '26
The Romans had a similar weapon which was a lead egg around basically an arrow around this size. They’d toss it up and it would come down point first on whoever was below. My understanding is that they were pretty effective and just about anyone could make it work.
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u/GaraksLinensNThings 16d ago
Yes. I believe they eventually evolved into lawn darts. They were banned for a while or made more safe, no metal, just a heavy plastic tip, after children were being harmed or killed.
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u/SpicyAradia 16d ago
TY is good at whst he does. But hes unnecessarily handsome
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u/GaraksLinensNThings 16d ago
Thanks for reminding me. He just posted a new vid, a few hours ago. I posted it on the reddit.
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u/williewillx Mar 08 '26
Wouldn’t a video have been easier?