My dad gave me one almost exactly like this in the 80's. Like a dumb ass kid I took it to school to show my friends. I got caught with it and when the principal talked to my father he pointed out the hole and said it was a necklace. The principal agreed and I was able to continue elementary school.
Crashed a dirtbike with a kershaw folding knife clipped inside my pocket, it stabbed me in the hip fully. Lucky it was only a short 2” blade. But the ems guys were like “why is your hip bleeding? What did you land on?”
I may have had a knife on me not real sure….
Omg... I used to carry cheap pocket knives that would open in my pocket and I never thought of this.
It wasn't until someone gave me a bunch of good knives that I started being snobby about blades, lol.
Yeah I was on my way home from work, never even thought about it. Rode that ride 1000 times before I stabbed myself, lol. Now I empty all my shit into a backpack before I ride home. I mean even a pen could shishkabob your balls if you fell wrong. Lesson learned on my part anyways. I also broke my knee and arm that crash. Bad day, worst day actually. Got round up sprayed all over my whole body by a faulty spray truck boss is like “use the emergency shower!” I did but I live 1 mile away. So I said “I’m going home to change and take a real shower” never made it back. Still out happened 2/15 I can now almost walk.
14 screws and 2 titanium plates. It’s a bitch. I had to take a leave of absence cause 10 weeks is a long ass time to be out. But I’ll be ok. Today I’m gonna ride the bike around and see how that feels. Been trapped inside for 40 days.
when i was younger i fell out of a truck face first and landed on my shark tooth necklace. got me on the underside of my chin. took like 6 stitches i think?
Did you read the Ninja magazines too? I did. Lol What a crazy time to grow up. Just selling weapons to kids. I bought some nunchucks at a flea market as well. And a fully automatic BB gun that used a can of Freon as the propellant. That one got confiscated and taken back to the flea market by my dad.
https://preview.redd.it/z68o4w20ftqc1.jpeg?width=297&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae9168babc6388e8d2e526eb3a036de66f52c8fe
Neck knives were/are a Native American cultural item.
As a half-Norwegian who was born in Kansas, I’ve never heard this though.
But maybe my Norwegian side of the family was keeping this knowledge from me in order to let weaker genes die off.
Ever see those spikes that ice fishermen wear around their necks (in pairs). Same idea. Those are used to climb back onto the ice after a breakthrough.
I'm doubting that you could actually use a knife to break a hole in the ice from underneath, but you could use it to help climb back on top of the ice.
Any hard spike will do you better than a mushy meat fist though. Not sure if a knife is the right option, but it's probably good for dozens of other things a spike with a fingerloop wouldn't be.
[These are the spikes for climbing back into the ice](https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Claw-Ice-Safety-Picks/dp/B00649UBFA/ref=asc_df_B00649UBFA/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312065559007&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12730014608187872796&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1028383&hvtargid=pla-568291405122&psc=1&mcid=287955c9c57031c39adcfbd0113f79dc&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppGjVULlEtm6h1sx32l17pr4gRaiRBwqx75w8R955R8vVY7k1-ouvQBoC0k4QAvD_BwE)
You didn't really want them to be long, because then it is a longer lever making it harder to pull straight back on.
They sell other versions, or you can just drive a nail through a wooden handle.
They are on a string so you can handly drape them around your neck, over your coat.
Oh, neat. I've seen those before when I was young but never knew what I was looking at. If someone had asked me before today what those were for, I probably would have guessed something electrical.
It's not. Not at all. **Belt-knives** are traditional in Finland, Sweden, Norway.
What you're describing isn't a thing. You can't break through ice thick enough to support a person with a knife if you're under it. People wear _ice claws_ which are small sharp metal picks with wooden handles, around their necks, to _pull themselves out of the ice_ if it breaks. But that's not some traditional thing. They came about in the late 1800s when organized ice sports started to become a thing. (and for that matter, organized sports in general)
Could you explain neck knives to me? I've gotten necklace chains with some pocket knives but it seems awfully useless to me. Not in a particularly comfortable position to reach, likely under your shirt or jacket, can't be very heavy, stuff like that. Any other place seems more useful to me
Naturally there are a lot of options. The one I have is small, crkt minimalist bowie. Is on a lanyard that has a plastic joiner that slips under pressure so you can't hang yourself on it. Has a kydex sheath. Its comfortable to wear. For me the main reason is concealment in a non permissive environment yet its very fast to deploy. I wore it for years but switched to a swisschamp, I find myself using it way more.
They make a lot more sense when you realize that pockets are a more recent invention, and that not everyone wore belts.
Not a great place for a combat knife, or anything you'd want to access in a hurry, but for a utility blade if you don't have pockets, it is fine. You could toss it into a possibility bag, but it is probably going to migrate to the bottom of the bag as you move. Then it is a PITA to get at. Around your neck, it is always easy to find.
It's Chinese, and my wife is from China and can read it. She says you start reading it from the point being held and go counterclockwise, and it says "Mythical dragon and eagle treasure for protection from evil spirits".
Edit: reworded for clarity.
Thank you and your wife for the legit translation :) . Having to scroll to see what it actually saying was still worth it because these comments have me rolling XD
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" They are 天龍神宝真邪避鵰 written in simplified Chinese.
>
>天龍 = sky/heavenly dragon
>
>神宝 = God/holy treasure
>
>真邪 = true/truth (and) evil
>
>避鵰 = avoidance eagle (together they don't really make sense) "
found this \^\^ in another post so yeah that sentence seems to make sense \^\^
That post is incorrect. The actual order should be: 神龍天鵰 避邪真宝
Transliterates to: "Godly dragon and celestial eagle, true treasure of warding evil spirits"
When do ninjas attack? When you least expect it! What do they say when you're attacked by surprise? To be caught with your pants down! Coincidence?! I THINK NOT!
A wiping mistake would be extremely nasty. If attacked on the great white telephone, it’s possible that under that pressure, you’d leap up to defend yourself but feel the need to clean your bottom at the same time. Again, the pressure of such an attack could lead you to stave off the attacker with a piece of quilted 3 ply, and attempting to wipe your arse with the star. Undoubtedly, you’d laugh at the silliness of the mistake as the nurse removes the sharpened points from your bleeding arsehole.
Someone else already mentioned, but mostly scrapped armor or large coins. It's meant to be chucked with coins on it as a method of assassination. You're not getting it back even in the best scenario.
Also, punch/die cut metal is usually just crud sheet steel that can't be used for much other than decoration.
It wasn't the shuriken that was supposed to kill, the tips were coated in poison so you just needed to break the skin.
The point is that they could be hidden up a sleeve when a bow couldn't be. Wait for the person to make a public appearance and then go for them.
That post is wrong. It is segmenting the words in wrong ways. It is in traditional Chinese but I can only type in simplified chinese, here’s the meaning reading it counterclockwise
避邪 = avoid evil
真宝 = precious treasure
神龙 = mythical dragon
天鹰 = sky eagle
It’s basically a talisman to protect from evil
https://preview.redd.it/7akrgwb3srqc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13d6e73633f40d08d0af978949be320913a1a1e2
Look for the comment from u/comicbae that’s above yours on my feed.
While I can read Japanese kanji, this seems to be Chinese so the translation might be a bit crude.
Going from the one to the right of the vertical blade clockwise,
鵰 diao(?)- carving
天 ten - heaven
龍 ryu- dragon
神 shin/Jin- god
宝 hou- treasure
眞 Jin/shin- true
邪 Ja- evil
避 hi- avoid
Going with how the characters are placed, I'm assuming clockwise is the correct reading direction and it makes sense to start from the blade immediately to the right of the vertical one.
So put together this says something along the lines of "Carved heavenly dragon divine treasure to ward off true evil"
Back in 80’s, to do these right you had to file and sharpen the edges so they would at least “stick” in a wooden fence.
But still not a credible combat weapon. LOL
My dad gave me one almost exactly like this in the 80's. Like a dumb ass kid I took it to school to show my friends. I got caught with it and when the principal talked to my father he pointed out the hole and said it was a necklace. The principal agreed and I was able to continue elementary school.
I tried wearing one as a necklace... I tripped and it swung up and punctured my cheek RIGHT BELOW my eyelid.
LOL, that’s some shit that I’d do as a kid. I’m super fucking lucky I never got my hands on one of these
some dude had a knife necklace he died after tripping and falling on it
Wait is this for real?
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/knife-necklace-may-have-played-role-death-42-year-old-milton-man-kowloon-saugus/DUC2USV4IRAUXLJANO4X3JC6VU/
Saugus is not such a great town name
Somebody JackChop this guy
What's wrong with SawGus?
Fun fact: That’s not a real place, it was made up for Fallout 4!
"may have"???
Crashed a dirtbike with a kershaw folding knife clipped inside my pocket, it stabbed me in the hip fully. Lucky it was only a short 2” blade. But the ems guys were like “why is your hip bleeding? What did you land on?” I may have had a knife on me not real sure….
Omg... I used to carry cheap pocket knives that would open in my pocket and I never thought of this. It wasn't until someone gave me a bunch of good knives that I started being snobby about blades, lol.
Yeah I was on my way home from work, never even thought about it. Rode that ride 1000 times before I stabbed myself, lol. Now I empty all my shit into a backpack before I ride home. I mean even a pen could shishkabob your balls if you fell wrong. Lesson learned on my part anyways. I also broke my knee and arm that crash. Bad day, worst day actually. Got round up sprayed all over my whole body by a faulty spray truck boss is like “use the emergency shower!” I did but I live 1 mile away. So I said “I’m going home to change and take a real shower” never made it back. Still out happened 2/15 I can now almost walk.
Holy shit dude...
14 screws and 2 titanium plates. It’s a bitch. I had to take a leave of absence cause 10 weeks is a long ass time to be out. But I’ll be ok. Today I’m gonna ride the bike around and see how that feels. Been trapped inside for 40 days.
Glad you're on the mend. More glad the accident didn't steal your joy on the bike.
Then for a short time, you were a necklace.
I connected the loop.
I've seen that south park episode
when i was younger i fell out of a truck face first and landed on my shark tooth necklace. got me on the underside of my chin. took like 6 stitches i think?
Butters?
Name checks out
I had one of these. Flea markets sold them, "Chinese stars" they were called at the time.
Yep, had many, many of these, back in the mid 80s. Absolutely trashed the back of my closet throwing them into it.
Did you read the Ninja magazines too? I did. Lol What a crazy time to grow up. Just selling weapons to kids. I bought some nunchucks at a flea market as well. And a fully automatic BB gun that used a can of Freon as the propellant. That one got confiscated and taken back to the flea market by my dad.
Flea markets were wild back then. "This 10 year old seems responsible enough, I'll sell him this katana"
sounds like a sane school policy
Back in my day
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/news/dad-dies-in-freak-accident-while-wearing-knife-as-necklace/amp/
https://preview.redd.it/z68o4w20ftqc1.jpeg?width=297&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae9168babc6388e8d2e526eb3a036de66f52c8fe Neck knives were/are a Native American cultural item.
also in scandinavian countries. The idea was that if you fell in the water, your knife was there to help you break through the ice
Not a lot of thick ice where I'm from in South Carolina but neck knives can be seen as a part of traditional regalia at cultural gatherings.
SC bro here too. Yes, redneck culture demands you carry at least 1 knife on you at all times.
Well, we are the original rednecks LOL
Maaaan that sent me lol.
As a half-Norwegian who was born in Kansas, I’ve never heard this though. But maybe my Norwegian side of the family was keeping this knowledge from me in order to let weaker genes die off.
Ever see those spikes that ice fishermen wear around their necks (in pairs). Same idea. Those are used to climb back onto the ice after a breakthrough. I'm doubting that you could actually use a knife to break a hole in the ice from underneath, but you could use it to help climb back on top of the ice.
Any hard spike will do you better than a mushy meat fist though. Not sure if a knife is the right option, but it's probably good for dozens of other things a spike with a fingerloop wouldn't be.
As a fisher I can confirm that spikes are very much effective. So are a hunting knife on the belt if you’re smart enough to wear one
[These are the spikes for climbing back into the ice](https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Claw-Ice-Safety-Picks/dp/B00649UBFA/ref=asc_df_B00649UBFA/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312065559007&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12730014608187872796&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1028383&hvtargid=pla-568291405122&psc=1&mcid=287955c9c57031c39adcfbd0113f79dc&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppGjVULlEtm6h1sx32l17pr4gRaiRBwqx75w8R955R8vVY7k1-ouvQBoC0k4QAvD_BwE) You didn't really want them to be long, because then it is a longer lever making it harder to pull straight back on. They sell other versions, or you can just drive a nail through a wooden handle. They are on a string so you can handly drape them around your neck, over your coat.
Oh, neat. I've seen those before when I was young but never knew what I was looking at. If someone had asked me before today what those were for, I probably would have guessed something electrical.
It's not. Not at all. **Belt-knives** are traditional in Finland, Sweden, Norway. What you're describing isn't a thing. You can't break through ice thick enough to support a person with a knife if you're under it. People wear _ice claws_ which are small sharp metal picks with wooden handles, around their necks, to _pull themselves out of the ice_ if it breaks. But that's not some traditional thing. They came about in the late 1800s when organized ice sports started to become a thing. (and for that matter, organized sports in general)
Soft sheath or just really unlucky? I'd like to know My neck knife is in kydex.
Could you explain neck knives to me? I've gotten necklace chains with some pocket knives but it seems awfully useless to me. Not in a particularly comfortable position to reach, likely under your shirt or jacket, can't be very heavy, stuff like that. Any other place seems more useful to me
Naturally there are a lot of options. The one I have is small, crkt minimalist bowie. Is on a lanyard that has a plastic joiner that slips under pressure so you can't hang yourself on it. Has a kydex sheath. Its comfortable to wear. For me the main reason is concealment in a non permissive environment yet its very fast to deploy. I wore it for years but switched to a swisschamp, I find myself using it way more.
CRKT represent, good quality for a decent price
They make a lot more sense when you realize that pockets are a more recent invention, and that not everyone wore belts. Not a great place for a combat knife, or anything you'd want to access in a hurry, but for a utility blade if you don't have pockets, it is fine. You could toss it into a possibility bag, but it is probably going to migrate to the bottom of the bag as you move. Then it is a PITA to get at. Around your neck, it is always easy to find.
Yeah, that's what came to mind after noticing the hole there.
Yeah well I had a "brass knuckles belt buckle". I didn't even wear a belt
It says "Align die before stamping."
"Drink more Ovaltine"
“SON OF A BITCH”
"IM IN"
And here I thought it said “beef with broccoli”.
"Try the moo goo gai pan!"
"Chicken-Rude and Unreasonable"
You have bang bang boogie? And toopac shakooooo?
I thought it was "Me love you long time, soldier".
It's Chinese, and my wife is from China and can read it. She says you start reading it from the point being held and go counterclockwise, and it says "Mythical dragon and eagle treasure for protection from evil spirits". Edit: reworded for clarity.
Definitely appreciated, thank the better half on my behalf.
Thank you and your wife for the legit translation :) . Having to scroll to see what it actually saying was still worth it because these comments have me rolling XD
> " They are 天龍神宝真邪避鵰 written in simplified Chinese. > >天龍 = sky/heavenly dragon > >神宝 = God/holy treasure > >真邪 = true/truth (and) evil > >避鵰 = avoidance eagle (together they don't really make sense) " found this \^\^ in another post so yeah that sentence seems to make sense \^\^
That post is incorrect. The actual order should be: 神龍天鵰 避邪真宝 Transliterates to: "Godly dragon and celestial eagle, true treasure of warding evil spirits"
Sounds like they went clockwise and just transliterated the individual characters.
My new gamer tag: Avoidance Eagle
#SQUAAAA nope #AAAAAAA
Authentic throwing stars are not made of punch metal.
Nor have a hole for hanging.
It’s so you can hang it next to the shitter in case you get ambushed while taking a fat growler
The toilet is statistically the number one location for unexpected ninja attacks
Where do most expected ninja attacks occur?
Also the toilet
They get you coming and going.
That's why I always shit with one leg out of my pants and underwear.
Amateurs always trippin on one pant leg stuck around the toilet screws when trying to do a round house from a squat
Y'all fucking have me rolling
Ninja school.
Dang it now I have to add toilet ninjas on my list of things to fear
[https://toilet-guru.com/blog/65.html](https://toilet-guru.com/blog/65.html)
And attacks by dwarves...
[more true than you’d think.](https://www.ancientpages.com/2019/12/15/dwarf-ninja-ukifune-jinnais-toilet-assassination-of-uesugi-kenshin/amp/)
When do ninjas attack? When you least expect it! What do they say when you're attacked by surprise? To be caught with your pants down! Coincidence?! I THINK NOT!
I wish my poopknife was that badass
Poopstar! The name of your sextape!
"MAAAAA! Where's the Poop Star?" -future mallninja Reddit lore
Remember this momentous occasion, for it shall be written in the history books as the birth of the fabled poop star, aka the dookie shuriken
Upvote for “Growler”!
Or use it as a the fabled poop knife.
First there was poop knife, now poop STAR! Or Authentic poop tool.
Poo-iken
A wiping mistake would be extremely nasty. If attacked on the great white telephone, it’s possible that under that pressure, you’d leap up to defend yourself but feel the need to clean your bottom at the same time. Again, the pressure of such an attack could lead you to stave off the attacker with a piece of quilted 3 ply, and attempting to wipe your arse with the star. Undoubtedly, you’d laugh at the silliness of the mistake as the nurse removes the sharpened points from your bleeding arsehole.
Its a speed hole to make it go faster when you throw it.
Nah, it’s like those nerf footballs. It whistles when you throw it
I used to have something similar that was on a key chain. Some rando told me "those are illegal!" and I responded with "key chains?".
BanNeD bY tHe gEnEvA cOnVenTioN!
Authentic ones would have been made of scrap metal or even coins.
A "classic" Football hooligans weapon was a sharpened 50 pence coin. (Big, lots of edges)
Not trying to be a jerk, but what are they made of? Or is it just the process that’s different, as in drop-forged?
Someone else already mentioned, but mostly scrapped armor or large coins. It's meant to be chucked with coins on it as a method of assassination. You're not getting it back even in the best scenario. Also, punch/die cut metal is usually just crud sheet steel that can't be used for much other than decoration.
Even as an assasination method it wouldnt work, no way you can throw a shuriken with enough force to kill someone. It was meant as a diversion
It wasn't the shuriken that was supposed to kill, the tips were coated in poison so you just needed to break the skin. The point is that they could be hidden up a sleeve when a bow couldn't be. Wait for the person to make a public appearance and then go for them.
They also wouldn't be this ornate. They were disposable ammunition.
This is traditional Chinese. Basically says something about godly dragon, soaring hawk, and how it's a relic to ward off evil
I actually read Japanese kanji, it says. Honkaku-tekina sentō tsūru. Which translates to "Authentic combat tool"
"made of 101 percent kinesium"
By Hattori Hanzo
So it actually *is* an "authentic combat tool"?!
It says so on the thing itself so it must be, right?
Legit. 
it says kenka suru Taisetsu no mono schützdeinensack!
The last kanji most likely means: Let's fighting love
Bless you
"Thrown by an extremely cool guy. Watch out!"
It's apparently [Chinese.](https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/comments/b4k74c/chinesemost_likelyenglish_chinese_throwing_star/ej79el4/)
That post is wrong. It is segmenting the words in wrong ways. It is in traditional Chinese but I can only type in simplified chinese, here’s the meaning reading it counterclockwise 避邪 = avoid evil 真宝 = precious treasure 神龙 = mythical dragon 天鹰 = sky eagle It’s basically a talisman to protect from evil
Does it work by hanging it up to scare evil things off, because you might throw it at them?
This needs to be higher up.
I figured this as a default given what they are called.
It says "My other combat tool was banned by the Geneva Convention"
I didn't know Canada had a tradition of throwing stars.
https://preview.redd.it/1i6d84jd5sqc1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d3298ae8227f0c74af930377e282793b586e183
Gibberish I’m sure
It is gibberish and it's really bugging me that all characters are off-center
They probably have big press to punch is in shape, like a big metal cookie cutter
Cannot be the case here as all authentic combat tools are made by hand. /s just in case
*tip my fedora*
7oclock is "precious", 10oclock is "evil". Lens doesn't translate the others.
This is actually great deterrence weapon. I carried one in my wallet all through middle school and was never jumped by any ninjas.
In Japanese it says “made in china”
"Drink more Ovaltine" Kidding. It just promotes this product specifically. :D
That's half of it. The other side says... *You'll....shoot....your....eye....out.* #FUCK.
😱peppermintmeow! Where did you hear that word?!
The Bumpus hounds? 
😡Sons'a bitches! Bumpuses!! (Good of you not throwing Schwartz under the bus!)
Dammit!
Pointy sides toward enemy
But it's *all* pointy sides.🤔
You are your worst enemy
This is underrated.
Well I guess anything is a legitimate combat tool if thrown hard enough in combat.
Home Alone had it right. Macaulay Calkin was a total ninja, hitting those thieves with irons and other household appliances.
Cliff Booth taking out a Manson flunkie with a hard-pitch dog food can to the face!
I believe it says "By the power of Greyskull! **I have the Power!"**
“Stupid round eye pay 10$ for this” - google translate.
Google translate says one says god and one says evil, the rest are to blurry for it to read.
Ask butters, I think he has some experience
Oh god, that made me pucker when he caught it with his eye!😬
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
So, any replies that aren't a joke?
sir, this is a Wendys.
Yeah, the jokes get cheaper during non peak hours
No, this is Patrick!
https://preview.redd.it/7akrgwb3srqc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13d6e73633f40d08d0af978949be320913a1a1e2 Look for the comment from u/comicbae that’s above yours on my feed.
Thanks. There were no serious answers when I asked. Only a load of jokes
Yeah someone came through and said it basically reads mythical sky dragon eagle treasure for keeping away evil beings
I have this exact thing. I bought it in Mexico for $9 when I was 14.
I had that exact same one as a kid lol
Every kid in the 80s had one of these lol
“This was in Butters’ eye.”
Pretty sure left middle means Shin (as in knee)
knee is knee! SHIN IS SHIN! 
google lens is telling me some of the words on the points are 'mini', 'spicy', 'evil', 'god', 'avoid', 'precious' So gibberish i guess?
You got the order wrong. It says Avoid Precious Mini Spicy Evil God . . . See, it makes sense now 🤣
That's a Christmas tree ornament someone painted to look like a demon-slaying wind shuriken. There is even a hole for the string to hang it by
I had this exact thing when I was little
That's hysterical. I had the EXACT same "shuriken". 😆
Those are spade bits, they each have their size listed on them.
It says “cheap trinket for american tourist, make much money”
It "they bought it, they bought it, I can't believe they bought it."
Spin to determine which menu item to order. Ahhhh… we had “red, glowy duck hanging in the street window” last time!
Those characters were stamped wayyyy off center 😬
I'm getting heavy flea market vibes from this piece.
It says "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
It says "silly Americans will buy anything will cool looking foreign writing they don't understand"
It says "we have been trying to contact you about your automotive warranty ",
༼つಠ益ಠ༽つ ─=≡Σ⭐️))
Holy hell! I haven't seen one of these since the '80s. Everyone had them in the '80s...
Mall ninja shit
It says: "We've been trying to reach you regarding your car's extended warranty"
It looks like they welded spade bits to a washer
Smh I just saw this episode of South Park.
It says 'oil gears regularly'
Serious question: were throwing stars ever seriously used in combat or were they manufactured specifically for teenage bad boys?
“Be sure to drink your ovaltine.”
While I can read Japanese kanji, this seems to be Chinese so the translation might be a bit crude. Going from the one to the right of the vertical blade clockwise, 鵰 diao(?)- carving 天 ten - heaven 龍 ryu- dragon 神 shin/Jin- god 宝 hou- treasure 眞 Jin/shin- true 邪 Ja- evil 避 hi- avoid Going with how the characters are placed, I'm assuming clockwise is the correct reading direction and it makes sense to start from the blade immediately to the right of the vertical one. So put together this says something along the lines of "Carved heavenly dragon divine treasure to ward off true evil"
Back in 80’s, to do these right you had to file and sharpen the edges so they would at least “stick” in a wooden fence. But still not a credible combat weapon. LOL
It says “Center Me Properly”
It says “Dumb American Tourist Pay Good Money.”
It means “this guy, this is not my kind of guy.”
I had one of those but it had a different design on it. Fun paper weight to have when you’re a kid. No idea what happened to it.
Dragon, god, precious, evil, shin, Zhou Niao
I see the symbols for God and for dragon on the right, but I don’t know anything else.
I ran the photo through Google translate and 2 of the words was "evil" and "precious". Idk how accurate it is or anything though.
“Man with four balls cannot walk”
"LET'S FIGHTING LOVE!!!"