Tekko

[Sho-ju]

Anyone here know how to make tekko?

[AndrewGreen]

Weld them...

 

Or cut the handles off of some shovels

 

Not sure real ones are legal here though, might want to look into that first

[tommarker]

A tekko would almost certainly fall under any laws outlawing brass knuckles or fistloads. If made of wood, you may have found yourself a loophole.

 

To answer your question though, no I don't.

 

There is a carpenter on E-Budo who makes Chizukenbo though... I'd seek him out and ask tips... I think his name is Master Hank Irwin.. Hangs out in the Ryukyu Kobudo forum.

[AndrewGreen]

The rule is:

 

15. The device known as "Brass Knuckles" and any similar device consisting of a band of metal with one or more finger holes designed to fit over the fingers of the hand.

 

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/c-46/sor-98-462/82829.html

 

So I'm not sure if tekko fall into that category.

[tommarker]

Thanks for the info Andrew!

 

Canadian weapons laws don't seem to be getting any LESS restrictive, so while they may be ok under this rule, who knows what else covers them?

[AndrewGreen]

Canadian weapons laws are somewhat vague. I'm not a lawyer but my guess would that intent would be taken into consideration. If it is only for training you MIGHT (But ask a lawyer or phone the police station to be sure) be ok. But if you carry them around with you they are definately illegal.

[SaiFightsMS]

http://www.seito.co.uk/kobudo/tekko.html

 

http://www.rkagb.com/weapons/_tekko.htm

 

http://crane-mountain.com/page15.html

 

http://www.donrearic.com/brassknuckles.html

 

here is what I found in a quick search on the topic.