Editing Weapons in Star Trek (section)

====Bat'leth (AKA betleH)====
{{Main|Bat'leth}}
The bat'leth is the [[Klingon]] double-sided [[scimitar]]/[[hook sword]]/[[lujiaodao]] hybrid–edge weapon, designed by martial arts enthusiast and ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' effects producer [[Dan Curry]].<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|author=[[Michael Okuda|Okuda, Mike]] and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=0-671-53609-5|year=1999|title-link=The Star Trek Encyclopedia}}</ref> The bat'leth is a curved blade with spiked protrusions and handholds along the middle of the blade's back. In battle, the handholds are used to twirl and spin the blade rapidly.

Klingon oral history holds that the first bat'leth was forged around 625 A.D. by [[Kahless]], who dropped a lock of his hair into the lava from the Kri'stak Volcano, then plunged the fiery lock into the lake of Lursor and twisted it to form a blade.<ref name="Encyc" /> After forging the weapon, he used it to defeat the tyrant Molor, and in doing so united the [[Klingon#Homeworld|Klingon homeworld]].<ref name="Encyc" /> This first bat'leth is known as the Sword of Kahless' and was stolen by the invading [[Hur'q]]; [[The Sword of Kahless|an episode of ''Deep Space Nine'']] revolves around an effort to recover the Sword of Kahless.<ref name="Encyc" /> The name ''bat'leth'' itself is a slight corruption of {{Lang|tlh|batlh 'etlh}}, which means "Sword of Honor" in Klingon.

A "Valdris" blade was used in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in two [[7-Eleven]] armed-robberies in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Benzel |first1=Lance |title=Where no Klingon has gone before - 7-11 robberies |url=http://gazette.com/where-no-klingon-has-gone-before-7-11-robberies/article/47426 |work=The Colorado Springs Gazette |date=February 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611172537/http://gazette.com/where-no-klingon-has-gone-before-7-11-robberies/article/47426 |archive-date=June 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>