Bamboo

Bamboo is the sword wielded by Marine captain T Bone.

Appearance
It is a perfectly straight long sword that is finely decorated, as well as the hilt. It has a green hilt and a straight edged tsuba and a grey scabbard.

Abilities
The exact properties of the sword are unknown, but its user T Bone is able to use it to create flying slash attacks and kill a Sea King with ease. He is also renowned for cutting ships, giving him the epithet "Ship Cutter".

In the anime, it gives off blue streaks of light or energy when swung.

Techniques

 * Chokkaku Senko: Bone Soir (直角閃光 ボーン): T Bone first makes a right angle cut in the air with his sword, and then swings it, sending a rectangular cut forward. This makes a clean, rectangular cut on whatever it hits. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Right Angle Flash: Bone Soir. The name of this technique is a pun on T Bone's name and French for "good evening," bon soir.


 * Chokkaku Hicho: Bone Odori (直角飛鳥 ボーン): T Bone slashes the air and propels a beam-shaped cut at the enemy. The cut is able to bounce off the air on sharp angular turns, and appears with a bird shaped head at the front of the cut. In the Viz Manga, this is called Right Angle Flying Bird Bone: Bird of Prey, and in the FUNimation dub, it is called Right Angle Flying Bird: Bone Phoenix. The name is a pun on the "Bon Odori", or Bon Festival.

Water 7 Arc
T Bone wielded this sword while on the Sea Train to Enies Lobby. He used it to attack Sanji, Usopp, and Franky. He later used it to attack Rocket Man to prevent it from catching up, but the blade was destroyed by Zoro's Gyuki: Yuzume.

Marineford Arc
Later at Marineford, the sword appears to have been repaired at some point as T Bone was shown with it on him when he arrived.

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