Жұлдыз жолының бат'леті: Құрметті қылыш

Star Trek weapon

The bat'leth (Klingon: betleH, rough pronunciation: ; plural betleHmey, ) is a double sided scimitar/hook sword/lujiaodao hybrid edged weapon with a curved blade, four points, and three handholds on the back. It was designed and created by Star Trek: The Next Generation visual effects producer Dan Curry for the Star Trek franchise, where it is the characteristic melee weapon of Klingons. Curry has called the bat'leth "one of the iconic images associated with the show." Bat'leths have become an enduring symbol of the franchise among fans, and they are occasionally referenced in other media.

A bat'leth is a curved blade approximately 5 feet (2 m) long, with two spiked protrusions at each end and three handholds along the back which can be used to twist and spin the blade rapidly. Dan Curry created the bat'leth in 1990 for Worf, the character played by Michael Dorn in Star Trek: The Next Generation, after receiving approval from producer Rick Berman. Curry based the bat'leth's design on the Chinese fighting crescent. A martial artist aside from his regular work as a visual effects producer, Curry also developed a fighting style, based on a variety of different martial arts he learned during his time in Asia, for the use of the weapon.

In Star Trek lore, the Klingon Kahless created the bat'leth around CE 625. According to Klingon mythology, he formed the blade by dropping a length of his hair into some lava from inside the Kri'stak Volcano, then cooling, shaping, and hardening it in the lake of Lursor. The Sword of Kahless differs from normal bat'leths as it has five points and one handhold compared to four points and three handholds. The word bat'leth itself means "sword of honor". and are normally long and weigh
The bat'leth appeared in 29 television episodes across the Star Trek franchise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Enterprise, and later appears in several episodes of Star Trek: Discovery. The bat'leth was also used in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations. and normal bat'leths appeared in the 1996 video game Star Trek: Klingon. Some of the bat'leth's uses were in the debut episode "Reunion", where Worf teaches his son Alexander how to use one. Worf used a bat'leth to kill Durasa Klingon who killed Worf's mate K'Ehleyr. Notable uses of the weapon occurred in the Voyager episode "Barge of the Dead"in which Tuvok uses a bat'leth to teach B'Elanna Torres about her Klingon heritage, and in the Deep Space Nine episode "Tacking into the Wind" in which Worf kills the leader of the Klingon High Council, Gowron, in a bat'leth duel to give the Klingon Chancellorship to General Martok.

The bat'leth is considered an iconic image of the Star Trek universe. weapons dealers, and pawn shops sell them. However, due to the dangers that real bat'leths can pose, no officially licensed replicas of the weapon are available from either Curry or Paramount Pictures. Bat'leth competitions have been held at conventions such as MileHiCon and StarCon. The bat'leth has appeared in television programs outside the Star Trek franchise. In 2002, it was seen in Stargate SG 1 episode "The Other Guys". In 2005, a bat'leth was in the background of the US detective series Monk episode "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra". In 2010, one was seen in the "Chuck Versus the Beard" episode of the American action comedy series Chuck. A bat'leth also receives screen time in the television film Swindle (2013).

Replicas of the bat'leth are often made of metal and can be dangerous. Media reports documenting instances of replica bat'leths being used in crimes have referred to the weapon as a "double pointed Klingon crescent shaped sword", or as a "double pointed scimitar".

In the United Kingdom, it is legal to possess a bat'leth on private property; however, they may be seized if they are considered to be "potential evidence of a criminal lifestyle." and he was later sentenced to thirteen weeks in prison. The court ordered that the bat'leth was to be forfeited and destroyed. A custom made bat'leth was seized in 2009 in Accrington, Lancashire.

The legality of the bat'leth in the United States differs between states. In 2009, a small double bladed knife shaped like a bat'leth was used in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in two armed robberies. The Colorado Springs Police Department said that it was a deadly weapon. The Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered and seized a bat'leth like weapon as part of a cache of weapons in connection with a $4 million Medicare fraud investigation in 2010.