japanese iron claws

[loiner1965]

seen a few of these now and wondered are they just ninja / fantasy items or did they really exit?

[Dr Fox]

Steve

 

I am also wondering what they are too, and I don't think I am alone!

[1tallsword]

Ive seen sellers asking in the hundreds for a pair,trying to hand them off as old "ninja" and fool some poor individual. LOL.. made yesterday in china.i believe what you are asking about are the fantasy chinese steel claw gloves, correct? if so they are pure fantasy and you see a lot in cosplay ect...

[Lance]

Couple links below from Ninja Museum in Japan, and an image o an iron claw

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/marley1/1434678435/

 

 

http://mie.portalmie.com/en/exploring-m ... index.html

with video ( pretty impressive, and looks like it would be a neat place to visit just wait for the sound effects! )

 

My impression is the likelyhood of finding authentic examples are very slim, far less than finding a good sword as there were y probably very few made in comparison,.

 

Regards,

Lance

[loiner1965]

Many thanks for clearing this subject up as the ones I've seen look like they belong to Freddie Kruger