Strangest weapons
These weapons you will see are all real and people really used them. Dont freak out! So guys I hope you like these gruesome weird weapons. I like them only beacause they look cool or stupid. Just too bad that us humans wasted lots of our creativity to make better violence weapons. We should have used it for better things like to promote peace. Go to Home for more info about: Firearms, ancient weapons and swords!!! If you like grusome stuff go to Evil looking weapons.
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Hi here are some new weapons in filipino culture! Enjoy! For more info go to Traditionalfilipinoweapons.com
Down here we have a Filipino ironwood Gijo sticks they are made from the sturdiest and hardest wood called ironwood. Inside there is a thin steel leaf. The steel coming out of the top is used to give a deadly touch to this weapon of the Philippines.
This Ginunting is a genuine Filipino sword. They were used more for hunting than for war but it can perfectly slaughter you too. They were also throwable. They are still used in the Philippine marine. It is common to see someone in the Philippines with a Ginunting. The police has them and they are as well used as machetes to cut open coconuts.
The Eskrima sticks are also made from an extremely hard wood called Filipino rattan but are most used as training weapons because they're not so dangerous. They're well know to have broken other sticks apart. They are one of the few sticks that if you set fire to them they only become a tiny bit brittle. The Filipino rattan is my far the strongest kind of wood. When Filipino tribes faced off the Spanish many of the Spanish swords were bent by these sticks!
Karambit knives are seriously sharp don't play with them. Karambit are all purpose knives that Filipinos and Indonesians carried around with the since the 11th century. It was not meant to be used in combat because it was originally designed to be a tool. But it proved itself to be more than capable to slit someone's throat. It was first used in combat when European invaders came to conquer the Philippines and Indonesia. It is made using the same treatment for steel that is used in making Japanese weapons like swords. Karambit' can actually be bought on EBay for 6 dollars.
The Filipino main sword and dagger(Espada y Daga) are the most genuine Filipino weapons. They are the main weapon in Filipino martial arts. The wielders were professionals that trained hardly many years to wield two weapons at the time. You have to be extremely light footed and strong to fight with these.
The MInashabad sword is very famous for the carvings on the hilt and the pommel. It is special because they were one of the oldest swords. Filipinos had them before the Spanish colonised the Philippines. The Espada and Daga were in fact made in the era when the Philippines was Spanish even the name is Spanish meaning "Sword and dagger". The Bicol warriors in the Philippines had the reputation of the best warriors there. They forged the MInashabad swords which Spaniards admired. The carving is made out of aluminium and the hilt is ironwood.
Bowie knives are Filipino. You'll be like what? Aren't they American? They originally were Filipino, actually the Filipinos made them differently because they were ancient the original model is unknown. A man called Jim Bowie copied them from the Filipinos and made it with the same steel as Katana's and renamed it Bowie Knife. It is now used by the American army as a melee weapon.
As other Filipino weapons the Sansibar knife was not designed to kill but it has proven to be very capable of doing it. This knife was originally designed before the Philippines became American in 1881. It was invented by the river men to cut bamboo so they could use it to build and stuff.
There are about 5 different Sansibar sword models. Its name is in Tagalog (The language they speak in the Philippines). The name Sansibar is a another way to say "Pang Sibar" which means "for chopping".
There are about 5 different Sansibar sword models. Its name is in Tagalog (The language they speak in the Philippines). The name Sansibar is a another way to say "Pang Sibar" which means "for chopping".
The Kriss knife, probably the most well known Filipino weapon that I reserved for last, has a very strange shape. Supposedly the shape of writhing cobra the Kriss was usually dipped in lethal poison and was used by skilled assassins. In the late 19th century in the Wild West, many Kriss assassins were sent there to do discrete murders.