Alex A Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 From Lanes "A Most Unusual Antique, Ceremonial, Edo Period Samurai's Weapon Representation of a Ninja's Kama, the Hook or Sickle" Thoughts?, i dont know anything about these, looked in stones glossery and cant find any with a short stumpy blade like this. The Lanes Armoury | A Most Unusual Antique, Ceremonial, Edo Period Samurai's Weapon Representation of a Ninja's Kama, the Hook or Sickle 1 Quote
Alex A Posted February 16 Author Report Posted February 16 Thanks Malcolm, fire fighters stick! How have they arrived at that write-up??????? 1 1 Quote
Brian Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 Lol. Lanes strikes again. These are one of the things you see lots of in Japan in antiques stores. 1 Quote
Alex A Posted February 16 Author Report Posted February 16 Some poor soul going to buy that thinking they have whatever the Lanes described it as, whatever that is. I stopped reading near the top, looks like someone got carried away, the opposite of writers block, lots and lots of caffeine maybe 3 1 Quote
Shugyosha Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 Logorrhea or something more vulgar. Fairly typical for the Lanes Armoury though - who could fail to be enchanted by the image of them pesky fireman ninja sneaking around in their black pyjamas, assassinating people, pausing briefly to put out some fires and then disappearing noislessly into the smoke. The Lanes Armoury - the place where they never let reality stand in the way of making a sale. 1 7 Quote
Shuko Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 I want to know what drugs they issue to The Lanes Armoury staff or are they having a contest to see which one of them can conjure up the most absurd article on a fireman's hook. 3 1 Quote
Davis Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 Alex, At first glance it seemed to me to be a repurposed broken polearm. My second thought was a firefighting axe. However, it's too ornate and not robust enough to create firebreaks or hacking away burning material. I can't see that it would have any practical use in firefighting and would not last five minutes. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 As Brian says above you see lots of these in Japan. They were used to pull thatch off a burning roof I believe, well, the longer ones certainly were. The shorter ones may have been more symbolic for a leader, carried pushed into the obi or belt. You get a variety of buzzard beaks (tobiguchi), including fakes, or real ones extra decorated offered for sale since most people do not know what they are. (I have a nice old example that looks pretty genuine to me, a solid wood shaft bound in iron.) 2 Quote
KungFooey Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 Who'd a thought it? Mary Poppins - a ninja. Explains a lot. 1 3 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 Must be what the Lanes staff use to extract the descriptions from their rear ends. 2 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 Less decorative, less symbolic, more practical? 1 Quote
Davis Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 Much more practical Piers. Something like the "ceiling hooks" once used by British fire brigades. These were almost identical to a yari, long pole, spear shaped blade and with a small blade set at right angles. They were thrust into a ceiling and twisted, in those days ceilings were lathe and plaster and when the lathes were brought down whole sections of plaster would fall. Very messy! Another method of use was to find a joist and thrust the right angle blade against the nearest lathes working along the joist 'till all the lathes were cut. The example from The Lanes certainly isn't practical . As you say it might be symbolic. 1 Quote
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