Front	Bottom

Collapsed for Carry

Technical Details

I don't have a record of when or where I acquired my Ninja grappling hook, but it was probably from an Army/Navy surplus store in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I know that I had it by 1995, since I displayed it at the NSS Convention that year.

This Ninja Grappling hook is is 251 mm. tall, 218 mm. wide, 36 mm. thick, and weighs 785 g. There are five parts to this hook. The first is the shank, which consists of a piece of 12.6 mm. steel rod bent to form an eye at one end and turned & threaded to 3/8-16 UNC at the other. The two hooks are made from similar rods, somewhat sharpened at the ends, and crimped in the center to widen them to allow drilling and threading to fit the shank. The top hook is threaded, the bottom one spins freely. The threaded section is only 6.3 mm. thick - about four threads. Finally, there is an acorn nut and a spring. The nut and spring do not support any load, they merely keep the

There are no markings on this grappling hook.

Comments

Warning: Don't trust your life to a grappling hook.

This grappling hook is a "Ninja" grappling hook, whatever that means. Instead of being one welded piece, like most, this one features a threaded top hook that can be unscrewed to allow the hook to fold into a flat package. This is certainly much more convenient when sneaking…oh, sorry, I can't talk about that. Hooks like these are exceptionally cheap and worth their price - not much. The truth is, this hook just feels more flimsy than the others in my collection, so it won't be my first choice when I try to ….