The thin blades would also easily get caught in a shield and break and twisted away from user and useless against armour. Can't punch with it, the end of the blade would push into the fleshy part between your knuckles, same with slashing down, because it would pivot around the handle. In fact, as one of the Quora answerers explained, such long blades would not be practical to use in combat: As you can see in the pictures above, they don't seem to be 8-12 inch long blades. However, the key thing to notice is that the Tekko-Kagi blades are relatively short. It has blades which can sit on top of the hand and be used for slashing and fighting.
Of these, the Tekko-Kagi is most similar to the "orchid" described in Dhalgren. The Shuko, another ninja weapon in the form of a row of spikes or claws set inside the palm, and the Bagh Nakh, an Indian weapon shaped like tiger claws and also designed to be held inside the palm: The Tekko-Kagi, originally a farm tool but adapted by ninjas as a weapon, shaped roughly like a set of bear claws which can be attached either over or under the hand: However, there were a few weapons originating in eastern Asia, mostly Japanese ninjas, which come close to matching your description: Several answers give detailed explanations of why such a weapon would not be useful or practical, which explains why they never passed into frequent usage like "long metal blade" weapons did. I found a very informative Quora thread about "long metal claws strapped to your hand" weapons, their usefulness and historical precedents. TL DR: weapons exactly like this are more of a "cool trope" in fiction than something that actually existed, but they're similar to some real-life ninja weapons which presumably inspired them directly or indirectly.
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