I have called this a Kusari-Gama.
Yet it is not a Kusari because it comes with rope not chain, on top of that it is more a Jin-gama than a Kusari-Gama. Yet I feel it is best called a Kusari-Gama because it is the familiar name.
Yet it is not a Kusari because it comes with rope not chain, on top of that it is more a Jin-gama than a Kusari-Gama. Yet I feel it is best called a Kusari-Gama because it is the familiar name.
A Jin-Gama was a Kama, chain and weight that was made for the battle field, the blade was heavier and straighter and the weight was attached to the top of the blade for one hand use.In the Ninja museum in Iga province of Japan there is a Kama-Bo that has a natural branch for the handle in stead of carved handle found on Jin-Gama and Kusari-Gama.
I wanted a Kama that had the battle field properties of puncturing and a heavy weight yet it needed to look like a Kama. It needed to have the ability to harvest yet it needed a top mount for chain or rope for fighting. So I end up with a Kusari-Gama that could pass as a farming tool yet had the capability to fight on the battle field like a Jin-Gama
This piece was born.
This piece was born.
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