Switchblade Ninja Star

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May 27th, 2011 14

Cool mechanical toy made by Thingiverse user Zach Redding for his little brother, who requested “a ninja star where the blades pop out.” I want one water-jet-cut from stainless steel.

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14 thoughts on “Switchblade Ninja Star”

Jonathan Falkner says:

May 27th, 2011 at 1:06 pm

I want one that is tension spring loaded, such that the act of throwing it is what extends the blades… so they’re safe to handle but deadly when thrown :-)

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Shawn Blaszak says:

May 27th, 2011 at 1:36 pm

You’ll poke yer’ eye out kid.

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Shawn Blaszak says:

May 27th, 2011 at 1:36 pm

You’ll poke yer’ eye out kid.

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Shawn Blaszak says:

May 27th, 2011 at 1:36 pm

You’ll poke yer’ eye out kid.

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Shawn Blaszak says:

May 27th, 2011 at 1:36 pm

You’ll poke yer’ eye out kid.

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Dave Brunker says:

May 27th, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Didn’t the weapon from the 1980s B-movie Krull do the same thing? (SPOILER: While the Krull weapon was a bit larger it was about equally useful.)

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1. Sean Michael Ragan says:
  
  May 27th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
  
  Ah, yes. The “Glave,” if memory serves. I remember the knife but have largely forgotten the movie. I think there was a big evil castle that was never in the same place on two consecutive days or something. Probably had a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, too…. =]
  
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