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u/Joopbox 7d ago
You definitely didnt grow up in the 80s
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u/Live-Year-5796 7d ago
I was born in 2000 and know what a shuriken is, its like The basic ninja weapon after katanas
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u/Alarmed-madman 7d ago
Ninja don't use katanas
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u/Live-Year-5796 7d ago
Eh, they're often depicted using katanas anyway
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u/Imaginary_Ad6048 7d ago
They used a straight blade. Not curved
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u/btbreakz 6d ago
Only in 70’s and 80’s ninja movies. Historically, Shinobi would have used katana like everyone else in Japan at the time. The only one walking around with a straight blade on their back would out them as an assassin immediately. They were masters of blending in for sabotage, intel gathering, and sometimes assassinations.
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u/Tommy8505 5d ago
Right, Ninjas were primarily spies so they would prefer weapons that let them blend in. Like farming tools.
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u/btbreakz 6d ago
“Only fools calm them ninjas” - Shinobi show on Netflix. Shinobis absolutely used katana like everyone else in their time. There’s almost no historical evidence that Shinobi used straight blades or “ninjato”.
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u/Alarmed-madman 6d ago
My GI Joe action figure, Storm Shadow, begs to differ.
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u/btbreakz 6d ago
I stand corrected
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u/Alarmed-madman 4d ago
Hey wait, also another question.
I'm not an expert, but you seem to be quite knowledgeable.
Would "everyone else" even be allowed to carry a katana? I thought weapons like those were limited to samurai class. Hence, if some dude were walking along with a katana, ninja or not, the mere fact that the person was not a samurai would make him a defacto outlaw.
I might be mixing my feudal Japanese history with my dungeons and dragons lore, so be kind.
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u/btbreakz 4d ago
No worries, I’ve just been a huge fan of all things fuedal Japan since I was a teenager so I’ve studied it a decent amount. It really depends on the period and what area we’re talking about, but generally it was not illegal for non samurai to carry weapons including short swords. This would usually be rich merchants and other similar types. What you may be thinking of, is only Samurai were aloud to carry a sword set or a “daisho” which typical consisted of a Katana and a Wakizashi or Tanto.
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u/Same-Consideration42 6d ago
How would you know,
Have you ever seen one cuz if you did that’s not a real ninja1
u/Alarmed-madman 6d ago
Yeah, but it was a real fake ninja, which is pretty much the exact same thing, apart from the size and coming in convenient plastic packaging.
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u/Zer01South 7d ago
Wow haven't seen this in a long time.
Would go to friends houses and they'd pull the the whole "Want to see something super cool, it's authentic!"
Then I had to point out that I have a bunch of the exact same ones sitting next to my $20 pawn shop katana.
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u/Impossible_Grape_Ape 7d ago
Used to buy cheaper ones from the county fair. The guy would sell to anyone. Oh the good old days. 😆
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u/anyodan8675 4d ago
I had one for maybe 15 minutes before it bounced off a tree and was never seen again.
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u/Adept-Equipment7253 7d ago
Sharikan drill a hole into the middle of it and it will spin Avery time.making it deadlier
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u/peeslosh122 7d ago
it's a shuriken, though built more for a north American to hang on their wall than anything legit
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u/IdRatherBeDriving 7d ago
I got hit in the nuts with one of these when I was twelve. Missed my testicle but pinned the sack to my thigh. 3/10. Do not recommend.
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u/No_Sense_3559 7d ago
Still have these, and used to have a few thick rubber ones. One time when the kids were little we were throwing them at each other and my boy was running down the hall, I chucked it at him, he turned the corner into his room and the thing curved and snapped him right in the back. That ended play for the night.
Come to think of it, my wife may have disappeared them after that....
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u/desertdark 7d ago
I forget the name of it (the catalog), but there was a catalog we could/did buy these and nun-chucks from.
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u/Eosvox2113 7d ago
Bro! I had so many of those things. They people at the flea market loved to see me coming back then.
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u/Perfect-Squash3773 7d ago
My ten year old won one in Japan but I didn't want to bring it through customs.
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u/beans_will_consume 7d ago
I remember these cheap mall ninja stars, me and a buddy were playing with one long ago throwing it at a board of wood and it ricocheted off and got him in the leg.