Swords + Umbrellas = Swordbrellas! - Neatorama

Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man (2008), by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp,
manufactured by Kikkerland

Just because it's rainy season it doesn't mean that you have to go without your swords. Here are three such combination of weapon and umbrellas by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp of Materious:

"Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life. These umbrellas combine a symbol of gentlemanly refinement--the full-sized, black umbrella--with an element from more manly sword-bearing times. The umbrellas offer brief psychological respite from the dictates of social amiability.

Core 77 has the write up of the couple's art display in Milan Design Week 09: Link - via oobject

Dude! Sweet!

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I've been thinking about something similar when I commuted to college. Make some sort of casing and strap it to my waist like a sabre sheath. much easier to walk around without holding the umbrella.

Having the handle look like sword handles will make it much more awesome.

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I wanna gunbrella!

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Nicely done.

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The way some clueless people hold their 'brellas in their hands and swing them wildly back and forth while they walk down the street, they are almost like lethal weapons anyway.

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I saw a brief umbrella fight in Tokyo once.

Good times.

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Aww, it's an art piece? I was really hoping you could buy one of these.

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i can't imagine it would be that hard to Diy one. I'd want one with a fancy fencing hilt... Hello, my name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die.

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thinkgeek.com sells an umbrella with a samurai sword handle. It looks like the sword in the middle.

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Makes me think of Amagatana :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryHtpRAXFLg

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Can't have them in California :(
anybody want to smuggle one?

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These are awesome! Want! :)

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"You have my sword."
"And my bow."
"And my axe."
"And my umbrella...cause the weather will be frightful."

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What a coincidence, my gf just bought me the Samurai Sword Umbrella for my birthday this weekend. Its easily the best umbrella i've ever owned. Very well made, strong yet light, and gets a lot of looks on the bus and walking downtown.

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The Amagatana is the most awesomesomemost thing ever! Thanks Christophe

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Isn't this the sort of thing that would make a police officer nervous? I'd just hate my last words to be "But I was just opening my umbrella..."

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What if its raining and you still need to fight someone? nah jk cool swords btw

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Awesome Swords, sorry umbrellas, quite fascinating, but they are only in black color. Are these sword like umbrellas available in different colors as of the samurai swords.

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