is the hiden blade based on a real design?

[mattig]

I'm not sure why it never occured to be in the past, but givien this game popularity I figured I had ask if anyone on the teams ever took the time to figure out how this weapon would work? Or if they just simply thought it would be a good idea and ran with it.

And has anyone actually created a functional retractable blade, like those in the assasins creed series?

[Ashmedai]

The hidden blades aren't based on anything historical, at least that I'm aware of. Several people have made their own after being inspired by the games, though.

[Chef GrumpyBlitz]

dude gotta warn people before you post weapon porn

[mattig]

aww, are we not allowed to see that here?

[Ashmedai]

Originally posted by mattig89ch:

aww, are we not allowed to see that here?

Not sure. I didn't see anything about that kind of stuff on the forum rules but I removed it just to be safe. Can't be too careful.

[Chef GrumpyBlitz]

lol that was a joke man

[Ashmedai]

Originally posted by TakesOneBullet:

lol that was a joke man

Heh. No harm done. In my defense, it can be difficult to pick up on sarcasm and the like through text sometimes.

[Tikka Qrow]

double action out of front spring blades didn't really exist until the end of the 19th century, springs were very hard to make and quite delicate and often reserved for things like clocks and such, taking care of something with next to impossible to replace parts just wouldn't have been unefficient before the late 19th century, so most blades were made with as few as 2 parts so they could last a lifetime without needing maintainence beyond sharpening and rust prevention.

people did have hidden blades on their forearms though as early as the ancient greeks, but they were just regular daggers, which is how handshakes got invented, two people meeting would grasp each others forearms as a sign of trust and to show they didn't have hidden daggers

[mattig]

hm, heres some food for thought. would it have been possible for someone to have a single spring loaded blade? one that only poped out.

Based on what you said, it'd be expensive to maintain, but its not impossible.

[Tikka Qrow]

yes, single action blades existed first and are most common, you'll know them as switch blades, they are illegal in some places, whether flip blade or front loaded you have to then use your fingers or something to sheath them, double action ones have a second spring to retract the blades too, it was because of how expensive they were to maintain that no one used them, or ever created them til the industrial revolution made replacable parts cheap. people into self defence found it just as fast to simply have a cheaper regular hidden dagger on their person

*want a cheap Assassin's hidden blade?? buy a long switch blade and glue it to a forearm brace*

[Leonydus]

It's practically a stilletto blade hidden under your hand. The fancy little extending the wrist action probably wasn't real, but you can nab a cheap stilletto at the Mexican border for 20 pesos flat ($1 and some change).

[mattig]

I was thinking. Maybe they didn't use springs. If they used some sort of pulley system. where you extended your hand and the blade would pop out, and when you put your hand to its normal resting position the blade retreats back into its sheath.

I know they show a balde that pops out when its convinent in the game, but I'm thinking in more realistic terms.

[Senior Tartini]

Originally posted by Chik'Tikka Quick:

double action out of front spring blades didn't really exist until the end of the 19th century, springs were very hard to make and quite delicate and often reserved for things like clocks and such, taking care of something with next to impossible to replace parts just wouldn't have been unefficient before the late 19th century, so most blades were made with as few as 2 parts so they could last a lifetime without needing maintainence beyond sharpening and rust prevention.

people did have hidden blades on their forearms though as early as the ancient greeks, but they were just regular daggers, which is how handshakes got invented, two people meeting would grasp each others forearms as a sign of trust and to show they didn't have hidden daggers

Can you confirm that? I am writing a novel that takes place in the 19th century, and I have got to be sure.

[Horcerer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fd1ZX8HqVI&ab_channel=Skallagrim

[Wytho]

Originally posted by 32nd Rct52ndNYDavid Dire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fd1ZX8HqVI&ab_channel=Skallagrim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESFewdU0JcA
skip to1:35

[Horcerer]

Re-watch the video I posted.