Post by Reese on Nov 30, 2011 22:46:35 GMT -5
Any one of thousands of styles of combat knives. Worn openly in a belt-sheath or concealed beneath one's clothing, often strapped to the wrist beneath the sleeve, tucked into the collar behind the neck, or hidden in a boot. Used by many free women as a personal means of self-defense.
Quotes:
All men of Torvaldsland, incidentally, even if otherwise unarmed, carry a knife at their master belt. --- Marauders of Gor, p 50
At her waist she wore a jeweled scabbard, protruding from which I saw the ornamented, twisted black of a Turian dagger; Free Women in Torvaldsland commonly carry a knife ---Marauders of Gor, p 156
Quiva:
A flat bladed double edged knife balanced for throwing, about a foot in length, used with great skill by the Wagon Peoples, but also found throughout Gor. commonly found strapped to a Rider's kaiila in a set of seven. The quiva of the Wagon Peoples is a fast and efficient weapon, normaly thrown but also used in hand to hand combat.
Quotes:
I was most fond perhaps, of the balanced saddle knife, the quiva; it is about a foot in length, double edged; it tapers to a daggerlike point. ---Nomads of Gor, p 67
the quiva itself is regarded, on the whole, as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife ---Nomads of Gor, p 124
Most quivas, incidentally, are wrought in the smithies of Ar. ---Nomads of Gor, p 124
in the saddle itself, on the right side, indicating the rider must be right-handed, were the seven sheaths for the almost legendary quivas, the balanced saddleknives of the prairie. ---Nomads of Gor, p 11
Hook Knife:
What we know of the hook knife, is that its blade is short, thick, rasor-sharp and as the name indicates, curved. There is no description of the hook knife supplied other than the fact that it is used in close, duel type combat.
Quotes:
Then the large man with missing teeth seized Hup's hair and pulled up the head, to expose the throat, holding in his right hand a small, thick, curved blade, the hook knife of Ar, used sheathed in the sport of that name, but the knife was not now sheathed. ---Assassin of Gor
Panga:
Bush knife of the jungle region of Schendi, used both as a weapon and as a trail cutter. It is described as being sharp enough to slice through small trees with ease.
Quotes:
The Pan ga is defined, by most dictionnaries of Earth, as a hacking tool, a broad sword made for cutting down heavy vegetation such as sugar cane or thick brush. The word Panga or Pan ga itself is of Swahili origin, and is synonympus to the Spanish word machete.
The results of our trading had been two baskets of dried fish, a sack of meal and vegetables, a length of bark cloth, plaited and pounded, from the pod tree, dyed red, a handful of colored, wooden beads, and, most importantly, two pangas, two-foot-long, heavy, curve-bladed bush knives. ---Explorers of Gor, 27:287
Snow Knife:
Large bone knife of the Red Hunters, used both as a weapon and building tool.
Quotes:
I did as I was told, and Imnak, with a large, curved, bone, saw-toothed knife, a snow knife, began to cut at a nearby drift of snow. ---Beasts of Gor, 26:
He continued to cut blocks of snow, though he now made no effort to place them in the walls. One normally places such blocks from the inside. When the domed shelter is completed, as ours was not, the last block is placed on the outside and the builder then goes within, and, with the snow knife, trimming and shaping, slips it into place. A hole is left for the passage of air and smoke. Imnak's walls were rough, and not too well shaped. The snow knife suffices, when there is time, to shape the dwelling. Chinks between blocks are filled with snow, as though it were mortar. ---Beasts of Gor, 26:
Sleen Knife:
This would apear to be a huntsmen's knife, mentioned at the waist of Panther girls and Hunters throughout the Northern Forest episodes of the Chronicles of the Counter-Earth. There is reference to its use in carving symbols on tree bark which would indicate a fine, sharp point.
Quotes: They stopped only long enough to lift aside some branches and take up the light spears, and bows and arrows, which they had hidden there. Each girl wore, too, at her waist, a sheathed sleen knife. ---Captive of Gor, 9:122
Tarn Knife:
No specific description is given for this knife, which would apear to be part of the Tarnsman's saddle pack gear.
Quotes:
I saw that he had been given another knife, a tarn knife, of the sort carried by riders. ---Assassin of Gor, p 363
Throwing Knife:
As the name indicates, this weapon is primarily used as a missile weapon, thrown from any distance the arm can manage. It is also refered to as a 'killing Knife', clearly placing it in a category other than the more commonly seen hunting and utility tools.
Quotes:
It was a throwing knife, of a sort used in Ar, much smaller than the southern quiva, and tapered on only one side. It was a knife designed for killing. ---Assassin of Gor, 1:42
In Mip''s hand I saw a small dagger, a throwing knife, of a sort manufactured in Ar; it was smaller than the southern quiva; it was tapered on only one side. "It is an interesting knife," I said. "All Tarn Keepers carry a knife," said Mip, playing with the blade. "This afternoon," I said, "at the races, I saw a rider cut the safety straps and free himself from a falling bird." "It was probably with such a knife as this," said Mip. He now held it by the tip. I felt the breeze pick up, moving past me, cool and fresh that summer evening. "Are you skilled with such a knife?" I asked. "Yes," said Mip. "I think so. I could hit the eye of a tarn at thirty paces." "You are skilled indeed," I said. "Are you familiar with such knives?" asked Mip. "Not particularly," I said. My body was apparently relaxed, but each nerve was alive and ready. I knew he could throw the knife before I could reach him, before I could hope to unsheath the sword at my side. I was keenly aware of the height of the perch, the street far below. I heard two men hailing one another below. The sound drifted up. "Would you like to examine the knife?" asked Mip. "Yes," I said. I tensed myself. Mip tossed the knife underhanded to me, and I caught it. My heart had nearly stopped beating. I examined the knife, the balance of it, the hilt, the tapered blade. ---Assassin of Gor, 13:
Turf Knife:
Sharp, shovel-like bladed tool of the Red Savages.
Quotes:
The turf knife is a wooden-bladed, saw-edged, paddlelike tool. It is used to cut and saw sod and, when the handle is held in the right hand and the blade is supported with the left,it may be used, also, rather like a shovel, to move dirt. Blood Brothers of Gor, 36:311-312
Ulo:
Woman's knife of the Red Hunters.
Quotes:
The ulo, or woman's knife, with its semicircular blade, customarily fixed in a wooden handle, is not well suited to carving. It is better at cutting meat and slicing sinew. Also, carving ivory and bone requires strength. ---Beasts of Gor, 20:262
Whip Knife:
Said to be a weapon unique to Port Kar, the whip knife is described quite simply, as a rather complex arrangement of blades set at the tips of the whip.
Quotes:
To my surprise I noted, coiled at the side of his saddle, in four loops, was a whip knife, of the sort common in Port Kar, a whip, but set into its final eighteen inches, arranged in sets of four, twenty thin, narrow blades; the tips of whip knives differ; some have a double-edged blade of about seven or eight inches at the tip; others have a stunning lead, which fells the victim and permits him, half-conscious, to be cut to pieces at the attacker''s leisure; the whip knife of Menicius, however, held at its tip the double-edged blade, capable of cutting a throat at twelve feet. ---Assassin of Gor, 22:
The two drunken seamen were now cutting away, wildly, at one another, with whip knives. They fought in the square of sand among the tables. The girl, who had danced there, she who had worn the delicate vest and belt of chains and jewels, with shimmering metal droplets attached, with the musicians, had withdrawn to one side. Men were calling odds in betting. The whip knife is a delicate weapon, and can be used with elegance, with finesse; it is, as far as I know, unique to Port Kar. ---Raiders of Gor, 9:107
Quotes:
All men of Torvaldsland, incidentally, even if otherwise unarmed, carry a knife at their master belt. --- Marauders of Gor, p 50
At her waist she wore a jeweled scabbard, protruding from which I saw the ornamented, twisted black of a Turian dagger; Free Women in Torvaldsland commonly carry a knife ---Marauders of Gor, p 156
Quiva:
A flat bladed double edged knife balanced for throwing, about a foot in length, used with great skill by the Wagon Peoples, but also found throughout Gor. commonly found strapped to a Rider's kaiila in a set of seven. The quiva of the Wagon Peoples is a fast and efficient weapon, normaly thrown but also used in hand to hand combat.
Quotes:
I was most fond perhaps, of the balanced saddle knife, the quiva; it is about a foot in length, double edged; it tapers to a daggerlike point. ---Nomads of Gor, p 67
the quiva itself is regarded, on the whole, as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife ---Nomads of Gor, p 124
Most quivas, incidentally, are wrought in the smithies of Ar. ---Nomads of Gor, p 124
in the saddle itself, on the right side, indicating the rider must be right-handed, were the seven sheaths for the almost legendary quivas, the balanced saddleknives of the prairie. ---Nomads of Gor, p 11
Hook Knife:
What we know of the hook knife, is that its blade is short, thick, rasor-sharp and as the name indicates, curved. There is no description of the hook knife supplied other than the fact that it is used in close, duel type combat.
Quotes:
Then the large man with missing teeth seized Hup's hair and pulled up the head, to expose the throat, holding in his right hand a small, thick, curved blade, the hook knife of Ar, used sheathed in the sport of that name, but the knife was not now sheathed. ---Assassin of Gor
Panga:
Bush knife of the jungle region of Schendi, used both as a weapon and as a trail cutter. It is described as being sharp enough to slice through small trees with ease.
Quotes:
The Pan ga is defined, by most dictionnaries of Earth, as a hacking tool, a broad sword made for cutting down heavy vegetation such as sugar cane or thick brush. The word Panga or Pan ga itself is of Swahili origin, and is synonympus to the Spanish word machete.
The results of our trading had been two baskets of dried fish, a sack of meal and vegetables, a length of bark cloth, plaited and pounded, from the pod tree, dyed red, a handful of colored, wooden beads, and, most importantly, two pangas, two-foot-long, heavy, curve-bladed bush knives. ---Explorers of Gor, 27:287
Snow Knife:
Large bone knife of the Red Hunters, used both as a weapon and building tool.
Quotes:
I did as I was told, and Imnak, with a large, curved, bone, saw-toothed knife, a snow knife, began to cut at a nearby drift of snow. ---Beasts of Gor, 26:
He continued to cut blocks of snow, though he now made no effort to place them in the walls. One normally places such blocks from the inside. When the domed shelter is completed, as ours was not, the last block is placed on the outside and the builder then goes within, and, with the snow knife, trimming and shaping, slips it into place. A hole is left for the passage of air and smoke. Imnak's walls were rough, and not too well shaped. The snow knife suffices, when there is time, to shape the dwelling. Chinks between blocks are filled with snow, as though it were mortar. ---Beasts of Gor, 26:
Sleen Knife:
This would apear to be a huntsmen's knife, mentioned at the waist of Panther girls and Hunters throughout the Northern Forest episodes of the Chronicles of the Counter-Earth. There is reference to its use in carving symbols on tree bark which would indicate a fine, sharp point.
Quotes: They stopped only long enough to lift aside some branches and take up the light spears, and bows and arrows, which they had hidden there. Each girl wore, too, at her waist, a sheathed sleen knife. ---Captive of Gor, 9:122
Tarn Knife:
No specific description is given for this knife, which would apear to be part of the Tarnsman's saddle pack gear.
Quotes:
I saw that he had been given another knife, a tarn knife, of the sort carried by riders. ---Assassin of Gor, p 363
Throwing Knife:
As the name indicates, this weapon is primarily used as a missile weapon, thrown from any distance the arm can manage. It is also refered to as a 'killing Knife', clearly placing it in a category other than the more commonly seen hunting and utility tools.
Quotes:
It was a throwing knife, of a sort used in Ar, much smaller than the southern quiva, and tapered on only one side. It was a knife designed for killing. ---Assassin of Gor, 1:42
In Mip''s hand I saw a small dagger, a throwing knife, of a sort manufactured in Ar; it was smaller than the southern quiva; it was tapered on only one side. "It is an interesting knife," I said. "All Tarn Keepers carry a knife," said Mip, playing with the blade. "This afternoon," I said, "at the races, I saw a rider cut the safety straps and free himself from a falling bird." "It was probably with such a knife as this," said Mip. He now held it by the tip. I felt the breeze pick up, moving past me, cool and fresh that summer evening. "Are you skilled with such a knife?" I asked. "Yes," said Mip. "I think so. I could hit the eye of a tarn at thirty paces." "You are skilled indeed," I said. "Are you familiar with such knives?" asked Mip. "Not particularly," I said. My body was apparently relaxed, but each nerve was alive and ready. I knew he could throw the knife before I could reach him, before I could hope to unsheath the sword at my side. I was keenly aware of the height of the perch, the street far below. I heard two men hailing one another below. The sound drifted up. "Would you like to examine the knife?" asked Mip. "Yes," I said. I tensed myself. Mip tossed the knife underhanded to me, and I caught it. My heart had nearly stopped beating. I examined the knife, the balance of it, the hilt, the tapered blade. ---Assassin of Gor, 13:
Turf Knife:
Sharp, shovel-like bladed tool of the Red Savages.
Quotes:
The turf knife is a wooden-bladed, saw-edged, paddlelike tool. It is used to cut and saw sod and, when the handle is held in the right hand and the blade is supported with the left,it may be used, also, rather like a shovel, to move dirt. Blood Brothers of Gor, 36:311-312
Ulo:
Woman's knife of the Red Hunters.
Quotes:
The ulo, or woman's knife, with its semicircular blade, customarily fixed in a wooden handle, is not well suited to carving. It is better at cutting meat and slicing sinew. Also, carving ivory and bone requires strength. ---Beasts of Gor, 20:262
Whip Knife:
Said to be a weapon unique to Port Kar, the whip knife is described quite simply, as a rather complex arrangement of blades set at the tips of the whip.
Quotes:
To my surprise I noted, coiled at the side of his saddle, in four loops, was a whip knife, of the sort common in Port Kar, a whip, but set into its final eighteen inches, arranged in sets of four, twenty thin, narrow blades; the tips of whip knives differ; some have a double-edged blade of about seven or eight inches at the tip; others have a stunning lead, which fells the victim and permits him, half-conscious, to be cut to pieces at the attacker''s leisure; the whip knife of Menicius, however, held at its tip the double-edged blade, capable of cutting a throat at twelve feet. ---Assassin of Gor, 22:
The two drunken seamen were now cutting away, wildly, at one another, with whip knives. They fought in the square of sand among the tables. The girl, who had danced there, she who had worn the delicate vest and belt of chains and jewels, with shimmering metal droplets attached, with the musicians, had withdrawn to one side. Men were calling odds in betting. The whip knife is a delicate weapon, and can be used with elegance, with finesse; it is, as far as I know, unique to Port Kar. ---Raiders of Gor, 9:107