Hira-shuriken are constructed from thin, flat plates of metal derived from a variety of sources including hishi-gane (coins), kugi-nuki (carpentry tools), spools, and senban (nail removers), and generally resemble popular conceptions of shuriken in movies and television.
They often have a hole in the center and possess a fairly thin blade
sharpened only at the tip. The holes derive from their source in items
that had holes – old coins, washers, and nail-removing tools. This
proved convenient for the shuriken user, as well, as the weapons could
be strung on a string or dowel in the belt for transport, and the hole
also had aerodynamic and weighting effects that aided the flight of the
blade after it was thrown.
There is a wide variety of forms of hira-shuriken and they are now usually identified by the number of points the blades possess.
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