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<blockquote data-quote="Syunsuke" data-source="post: 888557" data-attributes="member: 3443">About war fan;OA lists tessen as shield, so war fan and tessen aren't same.Tessen do exist, but it's not like OA tessen .Historically, there were two type of tessen .1. Fan with steel vane.&nbsp;But, this is a blunt weapon without &quot;needle-sharp tip&quot;.&nbsp;And some of this type tessen is too tightly bonded to spread easily.<img src="http://www.n-p-s.net/image/goods/tessen4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> (This is spreadable type, of course.)2. Iron bar shaped like foled fan.&nbsp;This is a blunt weapon but it's basically training tool.&nbsp;It's obviously weapon, but in some case samurai was allowed to wear it where weapons are restricted.<img src="http://www.nebulas.com/shureido/images/kobudo/kobudo20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> &nbsp;Well, some inventers might make OA-like tessen , but it's not a historical tessen .About OA tessen&nbsp; &nbsp;OA lists tessen as shield, but it's (histrically) untrue.<img src="http://web3.incl.ne.jp/gakuen/images/gunpai1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> This is gunbai or gunbai uchiwa .&nbsp;Gunbai is a mere &quot;commanding tool&quot;. Commanders point direction or such with this.&nbsp;It's made by wood or paper in most case, so you can't use this as sheild or weapon.About ninja-to Yeah, this is supposed to be a kind of katana used by ninja.But, there some argument about credibility about this weapon.So, I have some doubt about ninja-to .I think these weapons are fine and interesting as fantasy/D&amp;D equipment.But, historically, some of them aren't &quot;correct&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Syunsuke, post: 888557, member: 3443"] [B]About war fan;[/B] OA lists [I]tessen[/I] as shield, so [I]war fan[/I] and [I]tessen[/I] aren't same. [I]Tessen[/I] do exist, but it's not like OA [I]tessen[/I] . Historically, there were two type of [I]tessen[/I] . 1. Fan with steel vane. But, this is a blunt weapon without "needle-sharp tip". And some of this type tessen is too tightly bonded to spread easily. [IMG]http://www.n-p-s.net/image/goods/tessen4.jpg[/IMG] (This is spreadable type, of course.) 2. Iron bar shaped like foled fan. This is a blunt weapon but it's basically training tool. It's obviously weapon, but in some case [I]samurai[/I] was allowed to wear it where weapons are restricted. [IMG]http://www.nebulas.com/shureido/images/kobudo/kobudo20.jpg[/IMG] Well, some inventers might make OA-like [I]tessen[/I] , but it's not a historical [I]tessen[/I] . [B]About OA tessen[/B] OA lists [I]tessen[/I] as shield, but it's (histrically) untrue. [IMG]http://web3.incl.ne.jp/gakuen/images/gunpai1.jpg[/IMG] This is [I]gunbai[/I] or [I]gunbai uchiwa[/I] . Gunbai is a mere "commanding tool". Commanders point direction or such with this. It's made by wood or paper in most case, so you can't use this as sheild or weapon. [B]About ninja-to[/B] Yeah, this is supposed to be a kind of [I]katana[/I] used by ninja. But, there some argument about credibility about this weapon. So, I have some doubt about [I]ninja-to[/I] . I think these weapons are fine and interesting as fantasy/D&D equipment. But, historically, some of them aren't "correct". [/QUOTE]

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