Kunai

A //kunai// is an ancient kind of trowel, originated during the Tenshō era in Japan. The //kunai// was normally wrought of iron, not steel, cheaply forged and unpolished. The size of most //kunai// ranged from 20 cm to 60 cm, with the average at 40 cm. The //kunai// was used by common folk as multi-purpose gardening tools and by workers of stone and masonry. The //kunai// is not a knife, but something more akin to a wrecking bar. The blade was soft iron and unsharpened because the edges were used to smash plaster and wood, to dig holes and to pry. Normally only the tip would have been sharpened. The uses to which a //kunai// was put would have destroyed any heat-treated and sharpened tool like a knife. //Kunai// normally had a leaf-shaped blade and a handle with a ring on the pommel for attaching a rope. This would allow the //kunai'//s handle to be wrapped to act as a grip, or when used as a weapon; to be strapped to a stick as an expedient spear, to be tied to the body for concealment, or to use as an anchor or piton. Contrary to popular belief, they were not designed as throwing weapons, though they can be thrown and cause damage. Instead, they are a thrusting and stabbing tool.

//(Note: Its hard to find videos of authentic Kunai use... all becuase of that ninja-slaughtering show Naruto.)//