Explanation of Sword Chucks

XJapan-EndlessRain · 11-06-2004, 03:46 PM

Many people assume using sword chucks would be hacking ones own limbs, but with creativity it would be rather easy, so easy in fact no wonder Fighter made them once (if you remember, he even had design after his memory was wiped but Black Mage destroyed)

First off, you would need a solid, heavy chain. If it were not heavy the blades would bend the chain back and THEN there would be some limb removal on the wrong end. In the EXACT centre of this chain you would put the handle, big enough to hold with both hands and have some sliding room, a good distance would be shoulder-to-shoulder length. Then, at the end of each chain you would have two IDENTICLE blades, with the exact same weight and properties. This creates balance between them. Then weilding this weapon it would be usable in one MAIN way, and that would be acrobatically. You could spin in a circle and therefore annihilate a 360 degree radius surrounding you. While not the most graceful way to fight, it is magical in the fact that you would be pretty deadly to foe.. AND friend. Still, that would be the most, sane way to do it, to keep your own bodily harm to a minimum.

VA_Ninja · 11-06-2004, 04:04 PM

I always considered swordchucks highly plausable and useable. My thoughts on how it would work stem directly from the comic: two identicle swords attached to chain, no extra handle(that would make it into some sort of bizzare 3-section staff of death).

Usage of the weapon would concentrate highly on wrist strength, especially if useing two at once. You would give a very hard and quick snap of the wrist, pulling the chained sword in the desired direction. When the chain begins to slack as the back blade advances, you can then thrust with the sword in hand. This would allow you to thrust with 4 blades at once.

The trickiest part of this is determining the correct length of chain. Too long a chain would make the wrist movements pointless, too short and there will be no slack to allow double attacks. I think normal nunchuck length would be appropriate.

The Dark Mage · 11-06-2004, 07:15 PM

I agree normal nunchuck length, but I'd hold them with the flat of the 1 blade against the arm using that blade for if someone comes up behind you, wrists would be important, but not the only thing. Using 2 at once would not be hard at all when u think about it.. you would only need to worry about 2 things...

the blade on the end of the chain hitting u in whiplash, and the blades on ur arms stabbing ur back.. I'd say shorten the blades on ur wrists an inch or 2..

I might make a flash movie on this...

Napoleon98 · 11-06-2004, 10:34 PM

I always figured them to be just like those ninja sword you always see where a talisman or something is hanging from the handle. Except obviously switch the talisman/tassle with another sword, and make the chain longer so they aren't handle to handle.
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God, does that look ANYTHING like sword-chucks? lol Hold onto one handle, swing them so that one blade spins in a nice circle around the other(parallel to each other) and attack like you normally woudl with the main sword, making sure that the swing back won't hit you of course, and htere ya go... or atleast thats how I think they'd work...
*tried to make one look like it spinning, but every time i tried the spacing went all weird and I could never get the cursor udner the right spot.... so yea

The Dark Mage · 11-06-2004, 11:17 PM

meh, someday I'll make a swordchuck simulator in 3dmax

VA_Ninja · 11-06-2004, 11:41 PM

I'm wondering: why hasn't anyone actually made a pair of swordchucks yet? 8BT is quite popular and I think someone would have access to the tools to make a pair or two.

Well, I'll eventually make them. Too bad weaponsmithing isn't a high school elective.

Klyco · 11-06-2004, 11:43 PM

The blades hitting your back are a concern, as normal chucks always hit your back or something.

Massacre · 11-06-2004, 11:51 PM

There is only one way that I can see the back/blade problem solved. Wear thick armor, like the real Armor of Invincibility.

As to the making of them, I thought I saw a Fighter-cosplayer at an E3 Con once, with Sword-Chucks.

Klyco · 11-06-2004, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Massacre

There is only one way that I can see the back/blade problem solved. Wear thick armor, like the real Armor of Invincibility.

As to the making of them, I thought I saw a Fighter-cosplayer at an E3 Con once, with Sword-Chucks.

Were they metal though? or just plastic.

Myst · 11-07-2004, 12:20 AM

I've seen pics of real sword chucks (sadly I no longer have the links) but they were decorative, not for use.

11-06-2004, 03:46 PM	#1
XJapan-EndlessRain Troopa Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 84	Explanation of Sword Chucks Many people assume using sword chucks would be hacking ones own limbs, but with creativity it would be rather easy, so easy in fact no wonder Fighter made them once (if you remember, he even had design after his memory was wiped but Black Mage destroyed) First off, you would need a solid, heavy chain. If it were not heavy the blades would bend the chain back and THEN there would be some limb removal on the wrong end. In the EXACT centre of this chain you would put the handle, big enough to hold with both hands and have some sliding room, a good distance would be shoulder-to-shoulder length. Then, at the end of each chain you would have two IDENTICLE blades, with the exact same weight and properties. This creates balance between them. Then weilding this weapon it would be usable in one MAIN way, and that would be acrobatically. You could spin in a circle and therefore annihilate a 360 degree radius surrounding you. While not the most graceful way to fight, it is magical in the fact that you would be pretty deadly to foe.. AND friend. Still, that would be the most, sane way to do it, to keep your own bodily harm to a minimum. __________________ "Days of joy, days of sadness slowly pass me by As I try to hold you, you are vanishing before me You are just an illusion... As I awaken my tears have dried in the sands of sleep I'm a rose blooming in the desert" Poetic exerpt from Endless Rain by X Japan Lyrics by Yoshiki

11-06-2004, 07:15 PM	#3
The Dark Mage Otherwise known as Disco Stan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: In Hell, on My Throne of Darkness. aka. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada Posts: 141	I agree normal nunchuck length, but I'd hold them with the flat of the 1 blade against the arm using that blade for if someone comes up behind you, wrists would be important, but not the only thing. Using 2 at once would not be hard at all when u think about it.. you would only need to worry about 2 things... the blade on the end of the chain hitting u in whiplash, and the blades on ur arms stabbing ur back.. I'd say shorten the blades on ur wrists an inch or 2.. I might make a flash movie on this... __________________ "Then again,the truth and I always had a testy relationship." - Apropos Sir Apropos of Nothing ======= RaiRO Characters ======= Telra - Alchemist Mylan - Knight Guybrush Threepvvood - Gunslinger =========================== 98% of the internet population has a Myspace. If you're part of the 2% that doesn't, copy and paste this into your sig.

11-06-2004, 10:34 PM	#4
Napoleon98 He Who Is Called I Were Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 252	I always figured them to be just like those ninja sword you always see where a talisman or something is hanging from the handle. Except obviously switch the talisman/tassle with another sword, and make the chain longer so they aren't handle to handle. <==\|=~~~~=\|==> God, does that look ANYTHING like sword-chucks? lol Hold onto one handle, swing them so that one blade spins in a nice circle around the other(parallel to each other) and attack like you normally woudl with the main sword, making sure that the swing back won't hit you of course, and htere ya go... or atleast thats how I think they'd work... *tried to make one look like it spinning, but every time i tried the spacing went all weird and I could never get the cursor udner the right spot.... so yea __________________ :bmage: That Was Amazing. :thief: Oh, We've Done Better... Plus, Red Mage? You CanNOT Tell Him This, But He's Not Actually A Cross Dresser And He Has No Daddy Issues, I've Just Been Messing With His Head. :bmage: Wow

11-06-2004, 11:17 PM	#5
The Dark Mage Otherwise known as Disco Stan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: In Hell, on My Throne of Darkness. aka. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada Posts: 141	meh, someday I'll make a swordchuck simulator in 3dmax __________________ "Then again,the truth and I always had a testy relationship." - Apropos Sir Apropos of Nothing ======= RaiRO Characters ======= Telra - Alchemist Mylan - Knight Guybrush Threepvvood - Gunslinger =========================== 98% of the internet population has a Myspace. If you're part of the 2% that doesn't, copy and paste this into your sig.

11-06-2004, 11:43 PM	#7
Klyco Look'nForAGood WhiteMage Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: West Covina, California Posts: 1,625	The blades hitting your back are a concern, as normal chucks always hit your back or something. __________________ :bmage:When I was the Hell King, We'd feast on the souls of the gluttons. It was like eating murder marinated in sin. It was bliss. Guard:Look at those Cure albums! No emotionally balanced, healthy person wold listen to THAT! :bmage: check out my page at klyco.1up.com

11-06-2004, 04:04 PM	#2
VA_Ninja :3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 395	I always considered swordchucks highly plausable and useable. My thoughts on how it would work stem directly from the comic: two identicle swords attached to chain, no extra handle(that would make it into some sort of bizzare 3-section staff of death). Usage of the weapon would concentrate highly on wrist strength, especially if useing two at once. You would give a very hard and quick snap of the wrist, pulling the chained sword in the desired direction. When the chain begins to slack as the back blade advances, you can then thrust with the sword in hand. This would allow you to thrust with 4 blades at once. The trickiest part of this is determining the correct length of chain. Too long a chain would make the wrist movements pointless, too short and there will be no slack to allow double attacks. I think normal nunchuck length would be appropriate.

11-06-2004, 11:41 PM	#6
VA_Ninja :3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 395	I'm wondering: why hasn't anyone actually made a pair of swordchucks yet? 8BT is quite popular and I think someone would have access to the tools to make a pair or two. Well, I'll eventually make them. Too bad weaponsmithing isn't a high school elective.

11-06-2004, 11:51 PM	#8
Massacre Evil Madman and Writer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In a shadow behind every human's mind... Posts: 388	There is only one way that I can see the back/blade problem solved. Wear thick armor, like the real Armor of Invincibility. As to the making of them, I thought I saw a Fighter-cosplayer at an E3 Con once, with Sword-Chucks. __________________ *I am the thing the Darkness fears.*