Bizarre (ancient) weapons

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Lectori salutem.......

here you can post all images of bizarre ancient weapons stretching a period period to 1800....

no firearms, rockets (unless classical ones) machine guns mines etcetera...

bizarre pictures, reliefs, photos, archaeological finds etcetera..

here is a Japanese to begin with:



The Oo Dachi....... some of these were actually used in battle!!!.....

This Ôdachi was made by Norimitsu of Osafune in August 1447.

Specifications are as follows:

Total length - 377 cm.

Nagasa (cutting edge) - 226.7 cm.

Sori (curvature) - 5.0 cm

Nakago (tang) - 151 cm.

Thickness - 2.34 cm.

Habaki (collar to hold blade in scabbard) - 5.85 cm.

Weight - 14.5 kgs.





forged as ONE piece......... not several pieces attached to one another....

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[Ioannis]

Whera are the pics?? :?

[Titus Martius]

This is really BIG sword! :lol:

[Paullus]

Ridiculous weapon of epic proportions. How exactly would one use that thing? Obviously dropping it down like a hammer on the other guy, maybe in a spear-like motion. But at 14.5 kilos you'd have to be a gorilla to actually do anything with that thing

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on the site it says:

How to use Ôdachi

Ôdachi that were used as weapons were too long for Samurai to carry on their waists like normal swords. There were two methods in which Ôdachi could be carried. One method was to carry it on your back. This was impractical however, as it was impossible for the Samurai carrying the sword to draw it quickly. The other method was simply to carry the Ôdachi by hand. The trend during the Muromachi era was for the Samurai carrying the Ôdachi to have a follower to help him draw it.

Ôdachi swordplay styles focused on downward chops and different wields to that of normal swords.


the site can be found here:

http://japantrip.tripod.com/nodachi/nodachi.html

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[Magnus]

That particular sword was likely a temple offering. Most No-dachi or O-dachi were in the range of 36 - 40 inches in blade lenght, and were used as a shock weapon to disperse formations of spearmen, or as anti-cavalry weapons.

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this one probably was....

but there is a substantial difference between no- and o-dachi!

2 meter long o-dachi were used in battle.

any other bizarre weapons feel free to post pics!!

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