Zanbato - My favorite weapon.

SBYRD5 · 11-13-2004, 08:14 PM

The Zanbato ("horse-slaying sword" or "horse-chopping saber"), also spelled zanbatou or zambatou, was an especially large type of sword used in the Sengoku Period in Japan, consisting of a large blade on a pole. It was invented to combat cavalrymen by cutting their horses out from under them, or by killing horse and rider in a single blow. The zanbato ; only stayed in service for a short period of time as it proved far too heavy for normal use, often requiring two people to wield.

The zanbato ; is mostly known today as the trademark weapon of Sagara Sanosuke, one of the characters in the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin, although he only uses it for a brief period.

The historical zanbato ; was much shorter and smaller than the one featured in the anime, being about half blade and half handle (while the blade alone on Sanosuke's weapon is taller than he is, and accounts for 3/4 of the length of the weapon).

Character's I myself SBYRD5 respect that use The famous Zanbato.

Cloud Strife

If you look in my banner the character Zack from f7 uses this weapon.

And yes you can guess....

Sagara Sanosuke

also when I played soul Calibur I noticed...this character used a Zanbato as one of his many weapons..

Nightmare

Edited By SBYRD5 on 1100407078

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SBYRD5 Banned Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 6,549 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	The Zanbato ("horse-slaying sword" or "horse-chopping saber"), also spelled zanbatou or zambatou, was an especially large type of sword used in the *Sengoku Period* in Japan, consisting of a large blade on a pole. It was invented to combat cavalrymen by cutting their horses out from under them, or by killing horse and rider in a single blow. The zanbato ; only stayed in service for a short period of time as it proved far too heavy for normal use, often requiring two people to wield. The zanbato ; is mostly known today as the trademark weapon of Sagara Sanosuke, one of the characters in the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin, although he only uses it for a brief period. The historical zanbato ; was much shorter and smaller than the one featured in the anime, being about half blade and half handle (while the blade alone on Sanosuke's weapon is taller than he is, and accounts for 3/4 of the length of the weapon). Character's I myself SBYRD5 respect that use The famous Zanbato. *Cloud Strife* If you look in my banner the character Zack from f7 uses this weapon. And yes you can guess.... *Sagara Sanosuke* also when I played soul Calibur I noticed...this character used a Zanbato as one of his many weapons.. *Nightmare* Edited By SBYRD5 on 1100407078