About
The Hidden Blade is an assassination gadget featured on the open world videogame series Assassin’s Creed. Its unique appereance and mechanism inspired many Assassins Creed fans to create their own custom hidden blades, both on Youtube tutorials and related fan arts.
Origin
On the Assassin’s Creed series, the hidden blade is a signature-like weapon used by the members of the Assassin clan. On the gameplay, hidden blade can be used in sneak / insta kills or direct battles.
Spread
On April 2nd, 2014, Urban Dictionary user [1]GrImReApEr submitted an entry on the hidden blade, describing as “A hidden wrist blade that will deploy with the pull of a ring pulley system that causes the blade to extend and retract.”
On November 23, 2011 the videogame distribution platform steam relased an update for the multiplayer first person shooter Team Fortress 2. It featured a new melee weapon for the spy class, called “Sharp Dresser”[4] to reference the Assassin’s Creed game series.
On October 21st, 2013, Youtube show [2]Man At Arms uploaded a video titled “Hidden Blade & Pirate Cutlass (Assassin’s Creed 4)” where they describe how the hidden blade has become one of their most requested weapon to make by the fans. By 2015 the video has gathered more than 5 million views.
On the artist community site Deviantart, typing the keyword “Hidden Blade” would yield more than 16.000 results which range from fanart to custom made replicas of the weapon.[3]
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External References
[1]Urban Dictionary – Hidden Blade
[2]Youtube – Hidden Blade & Pirate Cutlass – MAN AT ARMS
[3]Deviantart – Browse Art: Hidden Blade
[4]Team Fortress Wiki – Sharp Dresser