What is shuriken? How to make it yourself?

Shuriken is an old Japanese weapon. It is intended for hidden wearing. In Russia shuriken is better known as "Zvezdochka", although the name is rather generalizing. This throwing weapon can take many forms. These are pointed or figured stars with different number of rays, and throwing knives or blades, and sharpened coins, and even nails.

Dream of boys and criminal elements

The art of possessing this weapon was brought up in Japan for years. Russian teenagers learned about him from films in which heroes masterfully defeat enemies by throwing an asterisk in them. Of course, after watching such films every boy wanted to have his own shuriken. How to make it, no one knew, so in the course were the records, pieces of tin in the form of stars, sometimes even ordinary plates. In troubled perestroika years, weapons attracted the attention of criminal elements. And although the unit was able to correctly cast this terrible weapon, almost every "boy" or "brother" dreamed of having a shuriken. How to make it, invented themselves. Sharpened knives, spoons, flattened nails, jigged bicycle gears, circular saws, pieces of reinforcement, made something out of steel remotely resembling a throwing weapon. Incidentally, this item is considered a cold steel, and for its wearing you can get a significant punishment. Today in our country, even teenagers make shuriken. The most suitable material for them is computer disks.

How to make shuriken by yourself?

To complete the rolls, you need a four-gun Eccentric stars. For "stars" you need to find a hard metal that can not be bent. Only such a shuriken will fly. How to make it at home? You need to follow the instructions.

• To begin with, the workpiece is drawn on paper. Its shape must fully correspond to the finished product.
• Pattern glued to the metal and using a hacksaw saws shuriken.
• Polished the finished product, and its tips are sharpened so that they are stuck in the target.

Warning: practice shots with real metal shurikens can only be at home: the wearing and use of cold steel in Russia is prohibited.

How to make a paper shuriken

For children's games, not real, but paper shuriken is more suitable. If it is painted, for example, silver (or other paint), then the weapon will look like the present.

• To begin with, a square of paper must be cut into two equal rectangles. Remember: the more precise the work, the more beautiful the shuriken will be. How to make the cuts smooth and the parts smooth? Use sharp scissors and a ruler.
• One of the rectangles is bent once more in half, and the angles of the resulting figures are bent in different directions.
• At right angles to the first folds make the second. There should be two triangles (rectangular and isosceles).
• The same, but in the mirror image is done with the second rectangle.
• The resulting triangles overlap. The corners of the lower are set under the upper triangles. Then the figure turns over and the action repeats. The simplest shuriken with four corners is ready.