Talk:Kama/@comment-220.255.1.69-20131002062152/@comment-188.168.215.53-20131020153722

"Kama's supposed to be a dual weapon ;-; The word 'kama' itself describes both weapons."

You are watching anime too much.

Historicaly Kama is a farming tool, basicaly a sickle.

Kama as a weapon is a sickle with long chain and small weight on its end. Weight is used to smash bones and armor, and chain to disarm swordsmen. Blade was used ONLY to finish off wounded or when oponent was skillfull enough to get past chain's range.

It was used by shinobi and bandits after Bakufu banned the carrying of weapons for anyone but warrior class. After all it was merely a "farming tool" and easy to conceal.

Killed many arrogant samurai this great weapon of trade.