Tiger Claw
- Other Names: bagh nakh; wagh nakh
- In Redwall: N/A
- Origin: India
- Time Period: From the Stone Age through the Middle Ages
- Description: A metal bar with three to five blades curving like
claws from the base. Two rings on either side of the bar were for the
forefinger and the pinkie.
- Use: The tiger claw was a favorite weapon of assassins and thieves
in India and other parts of the Middle East. It was used against
unarmored opponents for hand-to-hand combat. It was held facing outward
with the bar in the palm of the hand (not the fist), and used with a slapping
motion that would tear and rip unprotected skin. Quite a nasty weapon.
If one wanted to kill rather than just maim, poison could be placed on the
claws, though that was dangerous as a wrong move could kill the wielder as
well.
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