Kanabo Vs Mace
Iron covers either one of both ends of this weapon.
Kanabo vs mace. The kanabou is a mace either made of hardwood like oak or forged iron although the latter is more likely to be hollow or wood encased with iron due to weight s issues. Kanabo are spiked club or truncheon used in feudal japan as a weapon used by samurai and their retainers. A club is a thick stick used as a melee blunt weapon. The following points seem very arguable to me.
Little finesse was needed for this brutal mace and a warrior strong enough to wield it could crush helms and break swords with the heavy blows it could deliver. Metal stick is a spiked or studded two handed war club used in feudal japan by the samurai other related weapons of this type are the nyoibo konsaibo tetsubō 鉄棒 and ararebo. The simplest description for kanabo would be club like weapons. Heavy branch could be a club.
The tetsubo or kanabo is a japanese war club used by the strongest samurai. I would rate this list as semi accurate. Age of mythology has hercules wielding his trademark wooden club. It is often associated with the mythical oni.
The cyclops and mountain giant myth units also wielded clubs. This war hammer has a head langets and pommel cap of. Obviously you can t cut an armored opponent with a sword but you can use. The cross section of the shaft is polygonal or rounded and it could be tapered like a baseball bat.
Police baton could be considered a club a mace is a medieval weapon in the form of a heavy club most often made of steel. Our hand made octagon tetsubo is made of laminated oak slabs embedded with steel rivets. The medieval war hammer was used mainly in the 15th and early 16th centuries. The kanabō 金棒 literally.
While the weapon saix uses in the kingdom hearts series is referred to as a claymore it s actually closer to a mace or a kanabo. Baseball bat could be considered a club. Close up picture of the iron spikes of a kanabō tetsubō. Ineffective against armoured opponents.
Related solid iron weapons with no spikes or knobs are the kanemuchi kanamuchi and the aribo gojo kirikobo. This is the kanabo shown on spike tv deadliest warrior viking vs samurai. This also comes. In the titans we have the atlantean katapeltes infantry who wields a mace.
This massive weapon can weigh over 10 lbs and are custom made to your specifications. Usually it has iron spikes studs or a plain surfaces.