Handle-Ken



The Transcending Operating Handle-Ken (超絶運転ハンドル剣) is a bladed weapon wielded by Kamen Rider Drive, resembling Tridoron's steering wheel. It first appears in episode 4.

Shinnosuke is the one who names this weapon thanks to the rather oddly placed steering wheel on the hand guard, though Mr. Belt disapproves of the literal name. When the Handle-Ken is summoned, it comes from the front portion of Tridoron's hollow section.

A replica of the Handle-Ken is also wielded by the Imitation Drive.

In episode 43, the Handle-Ken was stolen from Drive and used by Gold Drive during their second battle with each other.

Kamen Rider Ghost Drive Damashii also have a Handle-Ken to fight.

Usage
The Handle-Ken's blade is made from S0-1, an experimental compound that can also repair Shift Cars. The blade itself is very sharp albeit weirdly balanced, but it can be made even more powerful by turning the steering wheel on the hilt, which announces "Turn" (ターン) and powers up for the next attack. Initiating a third Turn motion in a row causes the Handle-Ken to instead announce "U-Turn" (Ｕターン) and allow Drive to execute the Turn Slash (ターンスラッシュ) attack, where he drifts across the battlefield before he strikes the enemy with a powerful slash.

In terms of Drive's main forms, Type Wild is the most compatible with the Handle-Ken due to its enhanced strength and defensive capabilities fitting with the close range combat nature of this weapon.

Drive can use the in a similar manner to the  simply by placing them on the Handle-Ken's insignia then spinning the shuriken and turning the steering wheel. When Tridoron transforms into an and combines with, the Handle-Ken becomes part of a special control interface for Drive so that he can control the combined mecha with the Ninningers.

Finishing attacks
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 * {{nihongo|Drift Slash|ドリフトスラッシュ|Dorifuto Surasshu}}: To activate this attack, Drive must load a Shift Car into the Handle-Ken's {{nihongo|Shift Landing Panel|シフトランディングパネル|Shifuto Randingu Paneru}} behind its blade after turning his Drive Driver's Advanced Ignition.
 * Dream Vegas: When Drive slashes an enemy three times, the number 7 appears with cards, chips, and lottery-related items bursting out, which then reflects an image of the number 777 on the target.
 * Shift Speed: When Drive slashes an enemy, a blue automobile light trail appears and reflects a red then blue image of either a speedometer, a rev counter, or a fuel gauge on the target.
 * Midnight Shadow: When Drive slashes, a giant energy shuriken is shot at the enemy.
 * Shift Wild: Drive strikes the enemy with one energized slash before he spins rapidly and traps the target in a series of deadly spinning slashes until they are destroyed.
 * Rumble Dump: After activating the Full Throttle for Type Wild Dump via the Drive Driver and Shift Brace, Drive strikes the enemy with both the Rumble Smasher and energized slashes from the Handle-Ken as he spins rapidly and traps the target in a series of deadly spinning slashes and Rumble Smasher strikes until they are destroyed.
 * Shift Tridoron: to be added

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Arms Weapon
The Handle-Ken is the Arms Weapon wielded by either an Armored Rider or a New Generation Rider when they transform into Drive Arms, which is assumed by Kamen Rider Gaim in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle. Though the only weapon of Drive Arms used onscreen, the Handle-Ken is paired with the Door-Ju in the Arms Change series.

Gallery
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Trivia

 * The way Drive turns the steering wheel on the Handle-Ken to empower his slash is similar to how Kiva Emperor Form slides the Zanvat-bat on the Zanvat Sword to power up his slash.
 * Similar to Ryotaro Nogami/Den-O Liner Form and the lackluster christening of his DenKamen Sword's Densha Giri/Train Slash finisher, other characters disapprove of Shinnosuke's poor naming sense. In this case, Mr. Belt.
 * In Type TV-KUN: Hunter & Monster! Chase The Mystery of The Super Thief!, the Monster is seen wielding the Handle-Ken by its blade.
 * This is the only weapon to be used by Drive in all of his in-series forms (Type Speed, Type Wild, Type Technic, Type Dead Heat, Type Formula, and Type Tridoron).
 * Of the three main Roidmude types, Cobra is the only one who has not gotten to wield the Handle-Ken at some point in the series (unless you count Banno using Roidmude 006 as a body for Gold Drive).