Stiff KISS for wife?

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Yeah, the Nishijin pictures usually fail to capture how very attractive the scales are, but the R was just too slick. KPzE9.jpg
 
If I am going to to be forced to carry a knife. And I haven`t since the 60`s & 70`s. I want a very sharp heavy long bladed knife. That maybe If I struck hard and quick enough I could cut deep enough into an opponent legs or arms that I could sever some nerves and tendons, and make them quite working very well. And also I would want to make my opponent bleed massive amounts of blood and the more the better. And if forced to strike their abdomen, I would want leave as big a gaping hole as possible, where their insides would be falling out and again blood loss would be as massive as I could make it. Just the thought of using a knife still scares me. Using a knife is a very messy no quarter asked and no quarter given situation at best. And a Gun of most any kind is usually better than a knife.
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Just to follow up on this..... and to reiterate that my intention wasn't to create a TEOTWAWKI thread but the scenario was for my wife to get home after an earth quake requiring about 5.5 mile walk. The goal was to keep it minimal, light and only include things she would/could use.


The 'non-firearm weapons':
Fox Mean Green http://www.foxlabs.com/products/pepper-spray/MEAN-GREEN_AE7.html

Mora Companion Serrated https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EAL14B4

Leatherman Rev (I had one already so I want to duplicate as much as possible in the 2 bags. The blade does lock) http://www.leatherman.com/rev-423.html#start=33

Knipex wire/mini bolt cutters (These are great for cutting piano wire. I bought Amazon Used/New and saved almost $20 per pair.They didn't look used at all; looked like old boxes ) I had her try these and she will be able to cut chain link or club some one ;-)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EXO8LK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Other stuff:
A few large stretchy fabric band aids, gauze and duct tape. (hso really put things into perspective) May still get some safety tipped scissors.

I re-rolled about 20-25ft of duct tape onto a 1/2" dia PVC. Turns out to be real small. This is for 1st aid and repair a torn dress/pant etc.

Walking shoes and socks (she normally wears heels or dressy sandals to work)

1 gal of water. (This will get changed to a few 1 liter bottles)

ETA: I forgot to mentio a flashlight and will add a cpl protein bars.
ETA again: I forgot to mention a pair of leather gloves. As far as non-firearms related, these can be used if she punches someone in the face and to prevent blisters if she clubs someone with the wire/mini bolt cutters.


All of this in a small backpack like kids use for school. The gallon of water is about 75% of the weight once the shoes come out.


Again, this was not intended to be a TEOTWAWKI scenario needing to survive long term on her own building shelters, starting fires or fighting off violent mobs. Its a 5.5 mile walk; 2 miles of it is up hill and out of the city. It could be hot (100+) but doesn't get freezing.
 
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If you roll the duct tape on a plastic hotel key it gets even smaller, but I prefer to roll it on a sheath since I already have the knife/sheath.

Also remember that chain link can be opened where bolted brackets hold it to posts so having the ability to take the nuts off and release the brackets is useful.
 
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hso, that's a good idea about wrapping it around the sheath. I didn't think about that. Wrapping about 20-25 ft around the 1/2 pvc turns out to be about the diameter of a quarter and 2" wide so its still smaller than a roll of quarters.

For her.... I'm a bit torn in regards to opening the chain link at the connection. She'd fumble with the wrenches but would succeed with them. But its the prying open/getting the bolts out under the tension that I'm most concerned with.

In my experience in order to keep my fingers out of the way, Ive whacked the bolts thru as much as possible (basically flush) and then used something to pry open the bracket a little to release the bolt. And even then, the bolt could snag the fence rod that runs vertically at the end of the fence that the bolt butts up against and not completely release with our more prying work.

I'm sure if push comes to shove, my wife could do it. But I'm having a hard time picturing her doing it.

Having said that, I don't have too much experience doing it myself so maybe I'm off base. Any input on that?

(Ive explained that in addition to the leather gloves I forgot to mention above, to use the leatherman pliers to grab and pull the cut chain link if she needs to.)





I have more tools in my truck under the back seat where my bag will be so my plan is that I grab a cpl of them to put in the bag until I make the time to find some of my already :uhoh:redundant:uhoh: tools to put inside (such as cresent wrench self adjusting plier made for bolts, and a short pry bar)
 
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