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On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:27:54 -0400, Bill DeWitt wrote...
> "ian" <ian### [at] aol com> wrote :
> >
> > Also, why has the Shuriken more than 4 points? My real ones have four,
> > because of the way they are to be used; held in the hand and not throwing.
>
> I've seen and made real ones with any number of blades, including one.
> IIRC, shuriken is any throwing blade. A more proper term might be shuriken
> star. there is another term that I can't call to mind right now that means a
> held blade that is not a sword.
IIRC, a shuriken is a single pointed throwing weapon, and the name for a
multi pointed throwing weapon is a Shaken. Of course this being an
english translation of Japanese, it's easily open to confusion.
Bye for now,
Jamie.
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