A Really Sweet Japanese Rifle Blade…
October 28th, 2009 | 
Author: I have yet another rifle blade for you today, and it is just a beauty:
Tanegashima Sword
I’d like you to meet the tanegashima rifle blade! Much like the other rifle blades I’ve posted in the past, this one is essentially a non firing replica of an classic, beautiful rifle design, modified to house a sword.
In this case the rifle is based on an old Japanese design, the Tanegashima, a smoothbore muzzle loading matchlock rifle used in Japan in the early 1500s. But even the rifle on it’s own, while quite simple, I still find to be quite elegant. A study in simplicity and practicality of design.
Tanegashima
The smooth, beautifully curving stock, a deceptively simple combination of flat surfaces and mild curves runs gracefully from the butt stock up the almost the tip of the barrel, and just looks beautiful.
But where, back in the old days, lead ball used to travel at high speeds towards unfortunate targets, we now have a shiny blade. A straight blade. A Japanese Ninjato. A rather fitting combination if you ask me.
Tanegashima Ninjato
In fact, I’m willing to bet that if you were to give this to a ninja, they’s figure out a way to make it shoot stuff. Perhaps bo shuriken. Possibly highly trained ninja rats. Maybe better yet, they could fire small ninjas. Genetically engineered mini-shinobi specially bred for the purpose.
Yeah… That’s it… A mini-ninja firing sword Tanegashima. Awesome!
I think I’m going to have to patent that idea before someone steals it.
Tanegashima Ninjato Sword – [Knives Deal]
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Tags: Arquebus, Japanese, Matchlock, Muzzle-Loading, Ninja, Ninjato, Rifle, Shinobi, Smoothbore, Spanish, Straigt, Sword, Tanegashima | 
6 Comments »
I have something against gun concealed blades in general, not that they aren’t cool. But it seems like you’re more likely to be shot by police if you’re carrying a gun than if you were carrying a sword. But if you can get this to fire mini-ninjas, I’ll buy one! (:
NOOO! My Beta is almost out! You can’t patent it before it’s ready! . . . . . . . . . I mean uuuuuuuuummmm . . . .
While i do like smaller Gun blades this one takes the cake in coolness, its stylization mixed with its all wood stock is just….Beautiful. Thanks for bringin’ this cool piece of art to my PC!
@Retribution
I agree with you about concealing blades within firearms… It’s just a rather bad idea from a practical perspective. However gunblades, on the other hand… An awesome idea.
@TheHat
Lol… whut?
@Malfurax45
You are welcome!
ahhhhh you posted it ^^ kudos man told ya i saw it somewhere!
LOL yes indeed… It is actually quite a cool sword… Thanks!!