Tech Ninja: Shiriken from computer parts

Hmmm.......seems to have too much time on his hands to make a proper website, a classic ninja in the making:rolleyes:

The bo-shuriken[2 pointed] are way to thin and not long enough also the spikes are not pointed enough.
It would have been more realistic to use say a longish 6-8 inch heavy nail with the head cut off.
The second shuriken would have been more use as a senban-suriken [4- pointed star] as these are the most appropriate for attack/defence and are more likely to stick into a target as the more points there are the more they obtruct the depth of the blow,these were carried in sets of nine this being a holy number to the Ninja.
The shuriken were usually "poisened" by leaving in featal matter for several weeks prior to use to give a deeply infectious cut to the defender [this being the time of no anti-biotics] and could be used in several different ways the last resort being to use it to scar the users face prior to capture to prevent recognition.:eek:
Suriken were not only used by Ninja but also by Samurai as both a defencive and an attacking weapon with a maximum accurate range of about 30 feet but more usually used in close quaters battle.
One such attack being to throw several at a range of 3-4 feet at the defenders face to distract them whilst using your main weapon to despatch them quietly.
One classic defence from a shuirken attack is to kneel down behind your katana [sword] with it upright in an outstretched hand and fend the suriken of to the sides. ;)