Timeline for Realism of throwing knives or daggers
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| Jul 7, 2021 at 5:17 | comment | added | Fluidized Pigeon Reactor | @vsz contrary to popular depictions, ninjas are not assassins. Their job is to gather information, and rarely to kill people. | |
| Feb 26, 2020 at 2:12 | comment | added | jw_ | This happen even in modern times when you have gun. In Die Hard 1988 a bullet is put into the guard. But in GAME OVER, MAN! 2018 which is a tribute to Die Hard a knive is thrown at the guard, much more dramatic. Sometimes the worrior is just trying to be dramatic. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:10 | comment | added | RomainL. | Franc (precusor of french) had the francisq a short axe design to be throw that they extensively used in combat. for real knife I don't know =S | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 10:05 | answer | added | Tom | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 8:47 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 4:10 | comment | added | Li Jun | @vsz yeah thats what i mean with the assassin thing. | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 13:31 | answer | added | Scott Hammer | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 8:04 | comment | added | vsz | Contrary to popular depictions, ninjas didn't cartwheel around dressed in black pajamas while throwing knives and shurikens all around. If they wanted to assassinate someone, they dressed as a common peasant, a gardener, a cook, and waited for an opportunity when they were alone with the target. And if you are alone with an unaware target, you don't throw knives at him, you just stab him in the back or slit his throat. Carrying a bunch of throwing knives is risky. If they search you and find a single small knife on your person, it's just a tool of your trade. Not so much if you carry dozens. | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 4:29 | comment | added | Adam Reynolds | One point that serves as evidence against the idea is that in modern times hunting with knives is extremely difficult and dangerous, only really used against boars that will charge. While there are cases of throwing knives being used successfully, they are extremely uncommon weapons in comparison to bows or guns. Also, even assassins still carried swords or daggers of some kind, which tells you something else about their effectiveness. | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 1:02 | answer | added | dave.c | timeline score: 69 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 22:44 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Feb 23, 2020 at 18:43 | comment | added | Matthew | While there are many examples of characters carrying a ridiculous number of weapons, of my favorites remains: "If he’d known there were going to be that many monsters he would have brought more than seventeen weapons." (From Larry Correia's short story, Tanya: Princess of the Elves) 😀 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 16:42 | answer | added | Daron | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 16:33 | answer | added | David Hambling | timeline score: 12 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 16:06 | answer | added | Ted Wrigley | timeline score: 45 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 16:01 | comment | added | Li Jun | of course this excluding eropean and india duel which sometimes bring shield such as buckler or small shield and armor at least before european sabre and rapier duel become a thing | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 15:46 | comment | added | Li Jun | remember though for martial arts throwing weapon such as throwing needle is a hidden weapon, most of the time the duelist dont bring shield or armor, while in case of assassin if you start throwing your dagger, thats mean you already discovered and thats mean you need to run, so throwing dagger in that case is for distraction or hopping for lucky hit to stuck or slice to enemy eyes or throat | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 15:42 | comment | added | Li Jun | miyamoto musashi is an expert throwing wakizashi to win his duel, thats count right? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi#Teachings "Musashi was also an expert in throwing weapons. He frequently threw his short sword, and Kenji Tokitsu believes that shuriken methods for the wakizashi were the Niten Ichi Ryu's secret techniques." | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 15:31 | answer | added | Plutian | timeline score: 35 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 15:14 | answer | added | Pahlavan | timeline score: 14 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 15:09 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 15:02 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 23, 2020 at 14:34 | history | asked | Dragongeek | CC BY-SA 4.0 |