What is a butterfly knife?

Discussion in 'Weapons' started by 47MartialMan, Jun 5, 2011.

  1. robertmap

    robertmap Valued Member

    Could someone please photoshop a butterfly holding a knife...
     
  2. komuso

    komuso Valued Member

    47MartialMan,

    I am a university lecturer. It is perfect training for comedy.

    paul
     
  3. 47MartialMan

    47MartialMan Valued Member

    Yes. Some skits had crossed my mind
     
  4. El Medico

    El Medico Valued Member

    Do you realize how many butterflies it takes to produce just one pound of that?

    No wonder the Monarchs are disappearing.

    If it has a single edge it's called "knife" in CMAs.Even a full saber is a "knife"-a double edge is a sword.

    The difference?Try spreading that butter with the Chinese version. The folder is a better kitchen companion.

    That's what I've always heard them called. They don't sell them by that name in the catalogs anymore?
     
  5. 47MartialMan

    47MartialMan Valued Member

    There is Woo Dip Har (Butterfly Shrimp) :)


    or Woo Dip Dao

    or woop di dau

    or woo di dou
     
  6. El Medico

    El Medico Valued Member

    Woo Dip Dao = Woo Dip Do

    Did ye forget that "Dao" is oft writ as "Do" in writings on these weapons in English? Acceptable, not really correct,tho'.

    Prithee save thy admonishments, for truly I am shamed in my lack of discernment in choice twixt these spellings.


    I remain ever thy humble servant,

    E.M.
     
  7. 47MartialMan

    47MartialMan Valued Member

    Forgive my nit-picking spelling and/or semantics.

    I was really trying to sound off a proper spelling in case anyone wanted to further research

    Truly, sorry, indeed
     
    Last edited: Jun 7, 2011
  8. El Medico

    El Medico Valued Member

    No apologies necessary,m'lord.
     
  9. 47MartialMan

    47MartialMan Valued Member

    Do you know about, or have seen the series specials;

    Camelot or Game of Thrones
     
  10. 47MartialMan

    47MartialMan Valued Member

  11. SpikeD

    SpikeD At the Frankenstein Place

    Woo Dip Dao are definately knives by determination by the originators. As was said earlier, all single edged blades are knives and double edged are swords.
     
  12. El Medico

    El Medico Valued Member

    Nope. But I don't get TV reception -12 years or more,trees got too high. I'm sundered from exposure to popular culture. And the World Series!*sob*

    Those shows aren't in the local library yet.

    I do enjoy a good campaign in Medieval Total War I.
     
  13. Ben Gash CLF

    Ben Gash CLF Valued Member

    There is no correct for cantonese, there's no standardised romanisation as there is for putonghua. Funnily enough in the most common academic romanisation model for cantonese most of our familiar kung fu words are quite different. For example CLF is Choi Lieh Faaht.
    The word for knife is pronounced "Do" in Cantonese, "Dao" is Pinyin for the Putonghua equivalent.
    In the CLF Kuen Pos they're referred to as simply southern knives, and in Yang Jwing Ming's work it's implied that they're essentially a form of Shao Do, and indeed the techniques are not really that different to any other Seung Do.
     
  14. El Medico

    El Medico Valued Member

    yeah,I'm a Wade-Giles guy generally.

    Just felt that "dao" was becoming more acceptable to many these days.There are some on MAP who have a dogmatic view that pinyin is the only way to go. (No MM, I don't mean you).

    Your rebuke has reminded me not to pander to the masses,Ben.
     
  15. Ben Gash CLF

    Ben Gash CLF Valued Member

    I'd say for Putonghua Pinyin is the way to go, it's more straightforward, less contrived and let's face it, it's what they use in China. However, once you start trying to use it for Cantonese words it becomes a horrible mishmash.
    For example, "butterfly knife" in Pinyin is Hudeidao.
     

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