Gin'tak spear

Gintak spear

Toq holding a gin'tak spear

A gin'tak spear was a type of polearm used by Klingons.

A pair of crossed gin'tak spears, with short handles, adorned one wall of Kurn's ready room aboard the IKS Hegh'ta in 2367. (TNG: "Redemption")

In the Romulan prison-camp on Carraya IV in 2369, the Klingon Toq used a gin'tak spear as a garden tool, which infuriated Worf. Worf later taught him that a gin'tak spear was used for battle, not farm work. (TNG: "Birthright, Part II")

One of the Klingon figures in the board game Bat'leths & BiHnuchs was armed with a gin'tak spear. (LD: "The Least Dangerous Game")

In 2381, G'reck honed a gin'tak spear on the IKS Che'ta'. This annoyed his bunkmate Key'lor, who called it "a coward's weapon used to poke a foe at a distance," and was without honor. (LD: "Twovix")

It was unknown what the connection between this weapon and the Klingon title gin'tak was.
Gin'tak was described as a Klingon battle spear in the script of "Birthright, Part II". Furthermore, the pronunciation of gin'tak was given as "gin-TAWK (hard G as in go)". [1]

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