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Post by Jim K on Mar 26, 2014 15:00:02 GMT
I have been trying to find a Sho Kosugi ninja to for a long time and have had no luck. It was produced by Sho Kosugi Enterprises in the 80's. Does anybody have one of these swords that they want to sell, or could give me some information on where I might be able to find one. It would be much appreciated, thank you. Attachments:
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Post by Beholden on Mar 27, 2014 15:23:55 GMT
Now *that* is Old School - Ninja 3: The Domination! :-D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2014 15:27:21 GMT
Those were the days we believed anything....
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Post by uchiha998 on Mar 27, 2014 20:17:13 GMT
For real I had a stainless steel but full tang ninjato at one point in about 1996 or so. I never really cut much with it, perhaps that is why it never broke on me. But I did have a lot of fun twirling it around and such. It was a fast little thing but weighted entirely wrong now that I think about it.
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Post by Jim K on Mar 27, 2014 20:19:30 GMT
Was it the sho kosugi sword like in the pics?
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Post by Jim K on Jun 24, 2014 15:42:59 GMT
Anybody have one of these they want to sell?
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Post by creeky73 on Jun 25, 2014 16:57:37 GMT
loved me some Sho Kosugi back in the day. If they had made a ninja movie where Sho squared off against Michael Dudikoff I would have been in ninja heaven!
loved the ad for the sword. says it has all these fantastic features, then at the very end you get the old "not intended for actual combat" disclaimer lol
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Post by Jim K on Jun 25, 2014 17:11:53 GMT
Yeah I had one custom made after the original, but I'm still in the hunt for an original. Attachments:
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Post by Wakizashi Simpson on Jun 26, 2014 17:00:49 GMT
My understanding is that almost all Ninja swords were junk swords used as a tool more than a combat weapon. They frequently used them for pry bars, step ladder, and when combined with the scabbard, antenna for probing in the dark. A Ninja would throw his sword away if bent or broken beyond repair.
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Post by creeky73 on Jun 26, 2014 23:31:38 GMT
I could be mistaken on this, but isn't the perfectly-straight, tanto-tipped "ninja sword" or "ninjato" pretty much a Hollywood prop? Most of what I have read about what ninjas might have actually carried suggests they were basically short-bladed katana, that was sometimes kept in full-length sayas.
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Post by Aurélien on Jun 27, 2014 0:39:54 GMT
You're right Creeky. Real historical evidence of ninja-to has never been found. ... But you can find one in the Koga Museum. Where's the truth with Masters of lies and disguise?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 12:50:34 GMT
Most people think that Cheness hit the right direction with their Oniyuri-Shinobigatana thing; a solid, square-tsubaed shortened katana in standard length scabbard. Attachments:
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