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A Kunai is an ancient kind of Trowel , originated during the Tensho Era in Japan . The kunai was normally Wrought of iron, not steel, cheaply forged and unpolished. The size of most kunai ranged from 20 cm to 60 cm, with the average at 40 cm. The kunai was used by common folk as multi-purpose Gardening tools and by workers of stone and Masonry . The kunai is not a knife, but something more akin to a wrecking bar. The blade was soft iron and unsharpened because the edges were used to smash plaster and wood, to dig holes and to pry. Normally only the tip would have been sharpened. The uses to which a kunai was put would have destroyed any heat-treated and sharpened tool like a knife. Contrary to popular belief, they were not designed as throwing Weapon s. Of course, they can be thrown, but any weapon can be thrown. Ninjutsu is very versatile in the way it employs weapons and non-weapons. A ninja could work as a gardener during the day and use a kunai without raising suspicion. Kunai normally had a leaf-shaped blade and a handle with a ring on the Pommel for attaching a rope. This would allow the kunai to be strapped to a stick as an expedient spear, to be tied to the body as a hidden weapon, or to use as an anchor or Piton of some kind. In Hatsumi Sensei's ''Grandmaster of the Togakure Ryu school of Ninjutsu'' collection there are examples of short kunai, long kunai, narrow bladed types, saw-toothed types, and wide bladed types. In some cases, the kunai and the Shikoro are hard if not impossible to distinguish. A shikoro is a wide bladed saw with a dagger-type handle. FICTION
Kunai are aptly used in many fighting styles and are sort of a Japanese pocket knife. |
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