The Passion of Swords

As child I often dreamed i was a ninja, but apart of being a black dressed warrior a had no idea what real ninja were all about.

As an avid sword collector, especially Japanese swords, i have been doing some research and some of that research as led me to better understand the mystical warrior called the ninja. A lot remain unknown about these fearsome warrior apart from the fact they were believed to be skilled assassins and chaos agents.

By that i mean that ninja are suspected of being a special unit sent into the enemy camp to create social chaos, assassination mission and sabotage.

Ninja were known to use a wide variety of weapons but the most common of them all remains the Japanese ninjato swords. Other weapons that could have been part of the ninja weapons arsenal are:

Gunpowder

Smoke bombs

Firecrackers (escape and diversion)

metsubushi “eye closer” - bombs filled with sand or metal dust

And many more weapons.

If you are interested in learning more about the ninja i would highly recommend doing your own research, this is a fascinating subject for the Japanese sword collector.