Hmm...I ken only think o' two daggers tha' come to mind - the kris and the dirk, and I honestly don't know if either's even close.
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Hmm...I ken only think o' two daggers tha' come to mind - the kris and the dirk, and I honestly don't know if either's even close.
The Dirk it is! Specifically a Sgian Dubh Scottish Dagger.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../SgianDubh.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...tishDagger.jpg
I actually have a Kris as well, they are generally thought of as Maylasian, but since you already brought it up, I have to scrap using that one!
I do have a grand small sword that sometimes is used as a jungle knife. It has come to be known by the name of the people who had it first made. Of the blade is used to be said "Draw not except for battle and sheath not unless blooded." I cannot be much more revealing, without giving up real kept hidden arts. First letter to the winner! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...es/Friends.gif
Obviously, upon the word "jungle," I think "machete," but I am unsure as to whether it is meant for combat applications...hmm...
Oh, to be sure, "machete" would pop to mind. But I know no people named the Machete. And you cannot get under rules, keeping hope alive. The best way to hide something is in plain sight, like a first letter in the pile, right?
Methinks you've spent too much time in the Acronym Game, brother. :cool: Is there really a people called the gurkha?
A simplistic weapon Donned by virtually every warrior culture in existence. Less than a "bow", Little John all the same found it the bane on his bridge over water, the big ox. Speak softly when you answer!
Indeed.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...-Kukri-www.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...ane/Gurkha.jpg
The top is one of them with their big blade, actually called a Kukri, but known to collectors as a Gurkha after the brave people who welded them in battle. I knew you wouldn't miss that first letter thing a second time! The people of Nepal have a neat one also, but I do not have one. Your turn for a brainteaser, I think.
Excuse me. I see you did have a riddle. Yes, a bo, makes a fine weapon, and I used to be fairly skillful with one. Now, my illness has progressed to where I have trouble with my balance, so some of the spinning movements are beyond me, and I never had a proper one anyhoo.
Yes, indeed - alas, I'm only slightly more proficient with a bo than, say, the Star Wars Kid, but all the same, Donatello is my favorite Ninja Turtle, after all. It takes a manful turtle to wear a purple bandana. Your turn, brother!
OK. I should be getting a new set of bladed weapons this week for which I must care a lot or I may reap what I sow badly...
Scythes - the weapon of choice of the ever-so-stylish Grim Reaper!! :D
Sort of. Kama. Reaping Blades. My set looks like these, as I don't have anyone here to snap a picture for me today...
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...mKane/kama.jpg
Your turn, I think.
Oooh, very cool. I've seen them a lot in martial arts exhibitions - not my favorite, alas.
Yet another farm implement-turned-weapon, using this weapon looks as easy as one-two-three, yet is arguably one of the most difficult to handle. Hand this weapon to your average flailing idiot, and he'll render himself unconscious before you can say "Michelangelo derivative." What is it?
A flail. Yet another weapon we owe to the people of Okinawa. Truncate a flail, you get nunchaku. Now we have passed through the 5 major weapons of the Okinawa people, all but one: I do not have a pair. There is the bo, full name rokushakubo, sai, nunchaku, kama, and what is the missing weapons, used in pairs. You like tufu? I gave two clues in this paragraph. Good luck.
Pen
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Close enough, brother - the three-section staff was what I was thinking of (I confess, my clues could have been better). =)
http://www.wle.com/media/W050-T.jpg
As for your puzzler - could it be the tonfa, popularized in the Western world as an upgrade from the traditional policeman's nightstick?
http://indianama.com/osCommerce/images/tonfa1.jpg
Dang, I forgot the three-part-staff! They do use a flail, however, I have seen it done.
Absolutely. That is the missing weapon. To a policeman, it's a truncheon, thus my clue "truncate a flail". "Tofu" is also like "tonfa". They are used in pairs, and there are a number of ways they can be used. I may yet get me a set. Your move.