This Congolese weapon exists somewhere between a throwing ax, a meat cleaver and a scythe. We're torn between desperately wanting to give it a toss and also wanting to stand as far away from the thing as possible.
Ryky Tran usually grabs a trusty, boring old brick to dull his knives so that he can then demonstrate sharpening techniques and methods. This time around, however, he wanted to find out if he could use the thing to *sharpen* a knife instead.
The inventor of Ba Gua Zhang, a form of martial arts most associated with this weapon, used Deer Horn Knives for self-protection after he became the tax collector for the emperor.