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Well, I can now safely disregard all your opinions on everything.
Thanks.
Yes,you are right...i like only reliable knifes,for this reason i do not like folders,let alone Spyderco and anytime i see any of their atrocious mall ninja serrated serration designs and those horrible triangle looking things,which do not even remind me of knifes at all,i realize there are aweful lot of fans of Star Trek still out there....occasionaly buying pocket knife like thing.
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It really is not a stretch (or insult, as far as I am concerned) to think that a great many of our woderful LEOs and military gained their fist interest in tactical weapons at a young age, and what is wrong with admitting that we cherished our "throwing stars" (that is what we called them), or our numb-chucks (again, that is what we called them, as incorrect as it may be).
I saved for months to buy a big, fancy "high polish" throwing star ....
It was chrome-plated copper.
I never learned to not hit myself with nunckaku. (we used the proper terminology, being huge Bruce Lee fans)
And I really wanted the Puma survival knife that had a sheath that transformed into a slingshot that was in the Brigade Quartermasters catalog, but my dad wouldn't get it for me. He had no problem with knives or slingshots, but he probably realized it was ridiculous & protected me from that one.
I do have to admit if I saw one now I'd probably buy it just because.
Please do not take offense, but a great many of the LEO friends of mine, started out a lot like I did, as a pre-teen mall ninja, of sorts. We used to line up together at the cutler in the mall and fantasize about owning a lot of the crap we now laugh at as mall-ninja tools. And a few of them have not really "matured" (by some of the apparent definitions here) in that they still like fantasy knives...so, is it any more/less wrong to call someone a "mall ninja" if they have a job as a cop or military? But hey, I certainly agree that its not a good idea to lable anyone with a derogatory term (if you see it that way).
It really is not a stretch (or insult, as far as I am concerned) to think that a great many of our woderful LEOs and military gained their fist interest in tactical weapons at a young age, and what is wrong with admitting that we cherished our "throwing stars" (that is what we called them), or our numb-chucks (again, that is what we called them, as incorrect as it may be).
So back to the Civilian and other tacticlol knives...I agree, its fun to laugh at them (we all have), but a show of hands for those that secretly wanted one at some point would be telling (and a great many of those with their hands in their laps could be assumed to be liars)
And regardless if you giggle at them or not, I think few would contest that they have very few obvious flaws as a defense weapon for someone with minimal training.
Anyway, this is a fun thread....for me in particular, because I recall a great time in my life and hae no trouble laughing at myself a bit.
Tacticlol from the 1900s.
The Apache Revolver.
French gangs actually favored those. I see a few every year at the Colorado Gun Collectors show. I think they're pretty cool, but I haven't steered my gun collecting into that direction yet.
I would probably think it was cooler if you could actually pull the trigger. How would you go about doing that when your index finger is using the top hole?
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You don't put your fingers through the holes when using the gun. It's just an regular handle at that stage. You fold in both the blade and handle to use the brass knuckles.I would probably think it was cooler if you could actually pull the trigger. How would you go about doing that when your index finger is using the top hole?
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Please do not take offense, but a great many of the LEO friends of mine, started out a lot like I did, as a pre-teen mall ninja, of sorts. We used to line up together at the cutler in the mall and fantasize about owning a lot of the crap we now laugh at as mall-ninja tools.
Ahh well folding the blade and handle to make use of the dusters makes more sense. I think I want one now.
Thanks for setting me straight gentlemen.
So back to the Civilian and other tacticlol knives...I agree, its fun to laugh at them (we all have), but a show of hands for those that secretly wanted one at some point would be telling (and a great many of those with their hands in their laps could be assumed to be liars)
And regardless if you giggle at them or not, I think few would contest that they have very few obvious flaws as a defense weapon for someone with minimal training.