Heck, that scene in Goodfellas is a good point in case.

I had a little carbiner confiscated but the same kid let me through with a glass bottle. He even tried to take my photons, and even worse, let me tell him he wasn't getting them.

Obviously, the guy didn't know what he was doing. I can see a carbiner being
used like you would use brass knuckles, but I think that you'd probably do
more damage to your fingers than the person you hit. It's possible that you
might be able to use it as a thrusting type of weapon I suppose.
Now, that glass bottle would have been a must remove item. There's just soooo
many possibilities for that one. I guess that the photons could be used to
flash into someone's eyes to temporarily blind them.

I'm surprised that he let you push him around like that. Was he like a security
guard or something like that?

Cheers

glass bottles are wicked. when i used to play music we'd have some fights with bottles. VERY good weapon.


that bourne fight sequence was rather good.

Yeah, bottle do the job. Whe I was in hs a friend got cut up pretty bad by a guy that craked a bottle then went to town on Dustin's face as he set on a curb--Dustin never saw it coming.

Best post in the thread!

OP - good topic by the way... I enjoy these talks..

Ice picks? a weapon or tool? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> perhaps this is indicative of the state in which you live.. I think TN defines an ice pick as a weapon... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> too bad i cant carry my busse pick out to camp with...legally.. but i do it anyways. i dont think its a big deal, as in im going camping. not to bust ice though. I have used my picks (RIP & NIP) to split wood and they work pretty well actually.

but the brain is truly the best weapon of all. the knowledge of how to build weapons, etc (this can pertain to explosives, etc as well) is what makes one a machine of war. Not the tangible weapons/tools he carries. they can only allow said warrior to be more lethal, in many situations. thats why i carry the best - Busse Combat/Scrap Yard - when it comes to steel!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

I am amazed to see metal knitting needles allowed on planes. A small blade is confiscated, but go ahead and take the big metal spike.

Exactly right. You can have all the tools you need within arms reach, but if
you don't know how to apply them, then they are just potential weapons for your
opponent to use.

Great read on that Reconseed

the most commonly carried improvised weapon, keys. Put a short lanyard on them and you have a pretty wicked mace type weapon, especially if you carry fifty million keys. After that I'd say a pen. For women hair pins, knitting needles, keys, pens, the whole purse, hairspray

I watched ECW Wrestling this week...
I got all kinds of ideas! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hi gruntinhusaybah,

You bring up a good point about the keys. This is a common thing to tell
people, but I don't think that it would be very effective. Unless you were
able to hit the attacker in the eyes, I doubt that it would do much other
than to tick them off. I had a friend do that to someone in the bar one time.
I wasn't there, so I don't know the entire circumstances, but he did say that
he swung the keys at the guys face. Scratched the guy up a bit, completely
ticked him off and he proceeded to beat the crap out of my friend until the
bouncers hauled the guy off my friend. I saw the aftermath of my friends face,
and although he wasn't seriously hurt, he didn't look to "purty" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Better I think to hold the keys between your fingers and use them as a thrusting
aid when you punch. Unless it was a life threatening situation though, it would
probably end you up in jail. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Dodge keys make a good thrusting tool--at least my truck key does.