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Can anyone name this weapon?

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What's the name of the weapon some of the dark elf / skaven assassin models have please, the one which is like claws or a blade attached to the wrist?

eg - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/272 ... 86ddd2.jpg
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Fighting Claws.

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A variant of Katars
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So Variant Katars / Fighting Claws?

Thanks. My RPG character is after some is all, and I wanted to know what to ask for at the market ;)
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Isn't Katar another name for a punching dagger? The type our new corsairs can have?

These are secured to the wrist and back of your hand, instead of being held in your hand (like Katars)
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Yeah I am talking about the ones strapped to your forearm, so you can still hold a dagger at the same time.
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Katars look very different from the Eshin Fighting Claws and work in entirely different ways (such as different anchor points etc). There's no real-world analogue that I'm aware of, and the closest I can find in fantasy elsewhere is the Claw Bracer from D&D.
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It's called a 'Simon' and it has a nice respectable day job as a brush salesman, morphing into it's fighting form when the moon is full.
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Like Dalamar said a katar is punching dagger that I suppos eyou could say is worn similarly to a knuckle duster. I'm assuming you're more interested in something along the lines of the predator wrist blades? No idea what to call them other than big frikkin scary badass wrist blades though.
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big frikkin scary badass wrist blades


Generally, that would work for me, people would get the message.

If a consensus can't be made, then I guess 'wrist blades' work pretty well, it's descriptive and simple.

I'd say go with Fighting Claws/Wrist Blades, whatever suits your taste.
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Cestus is the name for an african claw weapon held in the fist like a knuckle duster but with curved blades projecting between the fingers. There is no historical analog for the weapon as it wouldn't physically be possible. It would need at least a strap running across the palm to stop the thing on the arm sliding up.
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Rabidnid wrote:Cestus is the name for an african claw weapon held in the fist like a knuckle duster but with curved blades projecting between the fingers. There is no historical analog for the weapon as it wouldn't physically be possible. It would need at least a strap running across the palm to stop the thing on the arm sliding up.


o_O Actually a caestus is an ancient form of boxing glove used by the Romans consisting of leather straps sometimes reinforced by metal bands or spikes.
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Cenyu wrote:
Rabidnid wrote:Cestus is the name for an african claw weapon held in the fist like a knuckle duster but with curved blades projecting between the fingers. There is no historical analog for the weapon as it wouldn't physically be possible. It would need at least a strap running across the palm to stop the thing on the arm sliding up.


o_O Actually a caestus is an ancient form of boxing glove used by the Romans consisting of leather straps sometimes reinforced by metal bands or spikes.


Cool, that will be where the name came from. No idea what the africans actually called it.
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The Indians (not the American kind) had a similar weapon called a Tiger Claw, I think, except in this case the claws protruded between the fingers.

Edit: just looked on wikipedia: I was correct, called a bagh nakh working as I described.
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http://www.trueswords.com/images/prod/c/cmaz_540.jpg

if this is anything like what you are looking for, this is called "battle katars".
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It looks like she could hurt herself with that, easily.
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Kheel wrote:http://www.trueswords.com/images/prod/c/cmaz_540.jpg

if this is anything like what you are looking for, this is called "battle katars".
Those look... impractical. There's also a matter of source. Ain't really going to put much stock in what they say to be honest.
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Post by Kurl-soulrender »

Try check out some ninja weapons, think they got one like that. Cant remember the name, but it can be found if you look at stores selling such weapons i think...
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