Falcon, I brought back a "Negrito hunting bolo", basically a 9 1/2 inch blade bowie knife that I LOVE. Oh and I also brought back a Japanese style sword, about a 27-28 inch blade. That is what I had in my hand when I chased the guy that tried to break into our house with when the PC stopped me. I WAS trying though, I was about 2 blocks from home, sneaks, pj bottoms and no shirt! And this was in about 1976 or early '77! Somewhere between 0200-and 0500! Luckly someone knew me and vouched that I was a "good guy". All they told me was to NOT do that again! I didn't. You DO NOT want to be looking down the barrels of 4 M-16s if you can help it.