Rune Baghnakhs

From FFXIclopedia, the free Final Fantasy XI encyclopedia

Statistics Rune Baghnakhs (Hand-to-Hand) All Races DMG: +13 Delay: +60 Latent Effect: STR+7 Counter+1 Lv. 70 WAR / MNK / BLM / RDM / THF / DRK / BST / BRD / NIN / SMN / BLU / PUP / DNC / SCH TP Per Hit: 4% Latent effect Active while weapon is drawn and MP > 0. Drains 4 MP per tick.	Other Uses Used in Quest: None Resale Price: ~12,000 gil
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Weapons > Hand-to-Hand (

)

Others

• Strange Apparatus

Historical Background

A bagh nakh (alt. Bag'hnak, Nahar-nuk, Waghnakh, Wagnuk, Wahar-nuk Hindi for "tiger claw") is an Indian hand-to-hand weapon designed to fit over the knuckles or concealed under and against the palm. It traditionally consists of four or five curved blades affixed to a crossbar or glove, and is designed to slash through skin and muscle, mimicking wounds inflicted by a wild animal. The bagh nakh is similar to Brass Knuckles or neko-te.

The weapon was developed in India, primarily for self-defense, though there are conflicting reports of the time period in which they appeared. The first well-known usage of the weapon was by the first Maratha Emperor Shivaji. He used a variation of the bagh nakh (the Bich'hwa bag'hnak) to kill Afzal Khan, a Bijapur Sardar.