Photos Can someone please Identify this Sword for Me

[Sir Radovid Sharpston IIX]

https://imgur.com/tsz2ouU

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[BladeScout]

Cant see the pic ...

 

[Sir Radovid Sharpston IIX]

Cant see the pic ...

https://imgur.com/tsz2ouU here is the link

 

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[Sir Radovid Sharpston IIX]

Here is another photo https://imgur.com/a/vQu6Zj2

 

[Henry Beige]

Looks more like a garden tool than a sword.

 

[Hickory n steel]

https://imgur.com/tsz2ouU

link to the image is above

It looks like a simple Japanese garden sickle or at least heavily based on one.

 

[Sir Radovid Sharpston IIX]

Looks more like a garden tool than a sword.

the guy from the movie uses it like a boomerang and chops peoples heads off so it might just be like a common tool or something huh? but i still think that this forum is the only place i'm proly gonna find out what it is.

 

[b00n]

Agreed it's a sickle repurposed as a weapon.

 

[danbot]

the guy from the movie uses it like a boomerang and chops peoples heads off so it might just be like a common tool or something huh? but i still think that this forum is the only place i'm proly gonna find out what it is.

Try posting about it HERE.

 

[Hickory n steel]

the guy from the movie uses it like a boomerang and chops peoples heads off so it might just be like a common tool or something huh? but i still think that this forum is the only place i'm proly gonna find out what it is.

Throughout history garden tools were used as weapons in Japan , as I'm sure you're aware from old Kung Fu type movies or really any action movie theatrics are heavy and realism isn't the goal.

 

[b00n]

Lots of variation of:

It was most likely just made for the movie and based on the gardening tool.

 

[Sir Radovid Sharpston IIX]

Looks more like a garden tool than a sword.

here is a good image of how long it is https://imgur.com/a/u4HE4jN

 

[Sir Radovid Sharpston IIX]

Lots of variation of:

It was most likely just made for the movie and based on the gardening tool.

here is a good image showing how long the blade is https://imgur.com/a/u4HE4jN

 

[b00n]

here is a good image showing how long the blade is https://imgur.com/a/u4HE4jN

It's certainly longer than most sickles, if nobody can help you here, you could check on https://www.therpf.com/ (Replica Prop Forum) , just a suggestion though. My best guess still is that it was made for the movie and simple based on the garden tool. But I am no sword expert.

 

[evltcat]

It looks like a prop version of a Kama to me.
Kama were based on farming implements.

 

[Deinos]

It looks like a prop version of a Kama to me.
Kama were based on farming implements.

Beat me to it! Also, I agree

 

[KenHash]

Yup a kama. As pointed out a farming tool still used today and found in any "Home Center*" in Japan. Also used for gardening to clear weeds. But it is an established weapon, particularly with a chain and weight attached. If anyone is interested they can look up Shishido Baiken, a master of the Kusari-gama (chain-sickle) who dueled the master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
The Kama is part of the weapons system known as Kobudo, or sometimes Ryukyu Kobudo which is part of Okinawan Karate.

* "Home Centers" are the Japanese equivalent of Home Depot type mega hardware stores.

 

[Lapedog]

https://imgur.com/tsz2ouU

link to the image is above

Judging by the Japanese movie this picture seems to based on I would say it is a fantasy version of a Kama.

A kama is a “ninja weapon” that was originally used as a garden sickle.

 

[Mecha]

Looks like a Japanese corn hook.



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