Kanabo Tetsubo

Our hand made octagon tetsubo is made of laminated oak slabs embedded with steel rivets.

Kanabo tetsubo. Bo means staff or stick. Kanabo no one could answer this there is no difference same thing different name. This massive weapon can weigh over 10 lbs and are custom made to your specifications. Metal stick is a spiked or studded two handed war club used in feudal japan by the samurai.

Some were heavier some were lighter. The tetsubo or kanabo is a japanese war club used by the strongest samurai. The kanabo is a mythical weapon often found in tales involving a fight against demons. It is often associated with the mythical oni.

This weapon is said to be strong enough to conquer a japanese demon. Related solid iron weapons with no spikes or knobs are the kanemuchi kanamuchi and the aribo gojo kirikobo. It is a fact though those to be able to master this weapon the samurai as an elite warrior must learn the techniques of kanabo jutsu. The spikes can mow down armed peasants.

The tetsubo or kanabo is a japanese war club used by the strongest samurai. It is a japanese wooden metal club with either studs or spikes. Almost all metal staffs were made from iron so they are really the same thing. The kanabo also known as a tetsubo is a blunt melee weapon featured in dead island.

This kanabo weighs just under 2 5 lbs and is around in the average weight range for historical kanabo of its length. Maybe at one time there was a difference but with so few actual examples in existance the terms gradually ended up meaning the same thing a llong large club studded with iron spikes knobs. So the tetsubo is an iron staff and the kanabo is a metal staff. Our hand made octagon tetsubo is made of laminated oak slabs embedded with steel rivets.

They can be sold by traders and a special one is rewarded from the quest the green mile. Other related weapons of this type are the nyoibo konsaibo tetsubō 鉄棒 and ararebo. The kanabō 金棒 literally. Kana also spelled kane means metal and tetsu means iron.

It is often associated with the mythical oni. Related solid iron weapons with no spikes or knobs are the kanemuchi kanamuchi and the aribo gojo kirikobo.