Best CQB weapon in the non-firearm category?

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I got bored while I was camping a few months ago and made a stone axe. You can make a great CQB weapon yourself for free in a couple of hours, its just a matter of what you want it for. The axe can't really be tucked into a pocket, as its near 5 feet long. Carry a folding knife in your pocket, I've got a regular old Kershaw and its great, I can deploy the blade in about 2 seconds, carry it in a boot, what have you, its just a great blade and its big enough for defense use.
 
So if your threats will be held against you, get creative.

"BLOOD FOR ODIN!" (Hey, invoke religious freedom. Or Taranis might be better. Celtic Paganism is becoming popular again and has official standing to bury Bronze Age remains after they're examined;) )

"THE ALIENS IN MY BRAIN DEMAND THAT I FEED THEM YOUR SPLEEN!"

You get the idea.

Who's going to bring THAT up in court?

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OR how about something completely different from anything that has been suggested?? MY heros personal weapon of choice

The CHAINSAW
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I've been on the wrong end of a chainsaw assualt and I can testify as to the near-bowel emptying terror I was stricken with...and I knew it was coming and knew the chain had been removed.

The only problem is keeping a small motor in the confines of an apartment. The gas smell might become an annoyance or a danger in time. Of course he could go electric.
 
Even if it does not start right away if the footpad sees a very angry looking fellow trying to start one and moving at him I think he will scurry off. A group of thugs maybe not.

Can you imagine the scene though?

Two guys break in through the back door, they thought they were quiet enough...they start moving through the house when THEY hear bhutttt bhuttt bhuttt VROOOOMMMMMMM VROOOOOOMMMMM and around the corner comes a pasty but enraged Englishman wearing only his boxer shorts and possibly a hocky goalie's mask.
 
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Hi,

"A cane is excellent as a anywhere/anytime weapon you can carry that no one will question (I carry a Canemasters cane when I travel), but in the home I'd still go with something with a little more heft and/or the ability to cut/chop/thrust since I don't have to depend on stealth to the extent we do on the street."

True, but in the home I have a collection of guns, knives, swords, etc. that work. The original Bowie knife was little more than a butcher knife with a handguard, so I suppose you can't go wrong with that. A heavy bladed cooks knife or meat cleaver would do the job, although it might be fun explaining in court why you just happened to have one in the bedroom with you (but honestly, I was just fix-in a midnite snack in bed).

Fortunately in this country I can just have a gun in the bedroom.

Joel
 
Hi Boom Stick, yes I had forgotten about the claw hammer.

Still I see that new legislation is going through Parliament at the moment that means householders are unlikely to face Court if they injure intruders - which sounds like a step in the right direction.

The next step is to educate householders that they are legally allowed to own non firearm type weapons in the UK and the legislation covers the use no the ownership thereof.

Things do seem to be getter worse in the UK and it saddens me when good people get hurt.
 
It might just be me, but in the UK it is definatley becoming more apparent that if you were to kill your attacker you are much less likely to face being charged than if you just injured them:confused:

Hide/destroy/move the body and you could save yourself a whole heap of trouble.

I did say 'could' not would, okay???
 
Electric chainsaw! No startup problems. No smelly fuel. Weird noise. With a long enough 12 gauge extension cord you could even cover 100 ft. or just barricade the door while the wife call the coppers! What's not to love!?! ;)

A buddy of mine has a chainsaw story. As university engineering students in a remote rural area of northern Georgia working on a power plant being built they found themselves to be very popular with the local girls. They imprudently took advantage of their "cosmopolitan" status and widely dated and cavorted with the local lovelies. This inevitably created some dissatisfaction within the local young single male population and resulted in an incident. While the two of them were commuting back to their apartment with one of the local engineers working on the plant startup a large group of unhappy young men in pickup trucks and NASCAR copies forced the truck the local engineer was driving of into a large graveled area. As the local boys piled out of their "Dukes of Hazard" caravan the engineer yelled for my student buddy and his pal to "Get out and grab somethn'" to which they promptly complied. One grabbed a hoe and the other grabbed a mattock. As the advancing lynch mob seemed undeterred by the meager farm implements in the student's hands my buddy expected a serious butt whoopn'. All this changed with the high pitched roar from a Poulan chainsaw starting up. Seems the fellow they were riding with had his trusty chainsaw in the bed of the truck and took the few moments while the "boys" were sizing each other up to fire that puppy up. Chains and pipes and axe handles hit the ground like manna from heaven and the local boys decided that Billy Bob's girl going out with the "college boys" just wasn't worth facing a chainsaw over.;)
 
That's been true here for a long time. Survivor will take you to court because he was out for a peaceful, late-night stroll with his crowbar and gold chain collection and took a wrong turn into your living room, whereupon you shot him in cold blood and he'll never be able to get a proper job that he was planning on looking for Real Soon Now.

Or he was out late in Baghdad with his collection of C4, Semtex and TNT salvaged patiently from his hobby of disarming munitions, and you shot him in cold blood while he was trying to stow it under the rails of his friend's propane truck.

Either way, if there's only one side of the story to tell in court, it becomes a LOT easier.
 
Hide/destroy/move the body and you could save yourself a whole heap of trouble.
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Careful mate -- you'll have *SOCA after you!:p

I can see it now: "First blood to Tony's secret police! International hit-man arrested after internet sting!"

(*And possibly the Mods. Better add a smiley... ;) )
 
Electric chainsaw, and invest in one of the helical coiled cords or a self-winding tensioned drum for a cord.

If you HAVE a hockey mask, go for it. Make sure the eye holes are big enough, and have fun. Make sure you practice your :evil: expression.

Solidly block the cord into the wall behind a dresser so it can't slip out in mid rev and leave you a comedy victim. Check to make sure you won't pop the breaker.

I have to say that is about THE most intimidating weapon you could have.

Just ditch the hockey mask if you actually do have to use it.

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Hide/destroy/move the body and you could save yourself a whole heap of trouble.


Careful mate -- you'll have *SOCA after you!

I can see it now: "First blood to Tony's secret police! International hit-man arrested after internet sting!"

(*And possibly the Mods. Better add a smiley... )
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I repeat, I did say could not would;)

As for Tony's secret police...... I think a sizable donation (£10) to the labour party should get me off and a Lordship to boot:)
 
I think a sizable donation (£10) to the labour party should get me off and a Lordship to boot
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:D

Don't know why, but all this talk of chainsaws has got me thinking of that "DREAD" centrifugal weapon, that was doing the rounds last year. Surely you could make a hand-held version, based on a chainsaw, that spits out BBs or marbles, or something. Probably not enough power there to make the projectiles lethal, but I reckon it'd make 'em think twice, though.


Would need eye protection, of course. And crotch protection. And everything-else protection...
 
I think this thread has totally degenerated into satire.

In all honesty, despite its fearsome intimidation factor, a chainsaw makes a very poor weapon.

Start a new thread if needed.

John
 
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