Carl Levitian
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I notice here, that a great many carry a cane, while others seem to lean toward a knife for personal defense when a firearm is not possible. I sometimes like a knife as maybe a very very dire situation back up to the back up, if the cane and pepper spray fail, but I just don't have the faith of a knife stopping an attack except in very weird circumstances.
I remember reading about Sir Robert Peel, when he was setting up the very first police department, in London. He was torn on what to issue the new policemen, a sword was being considered. Pistols of the day were the unreliable single shot type. One of his new policemen was a former sailor in the British Navy. He advised Sir Robert to go with a short stout club. He told of ship to ship actions at sea where the common seamen went for a belaying pin even when there were cutlasses available. The belaying pin was good solid oak, was a familiar item to the sailors, and was more intuitive to use, and was more effective on the spot because of the broken bones and joints in inflicted. Sir Robert went with the short club and rest was London Bobby history.
It seems like with today's insane political correctness, an innocent looking impact tool would give better plausible deniability if push came to shove, and questions had to be answered. A nice heavy Maglight, a hammer handle that was going to be replacing the cracked one on the hammer back home, a walking stick, the large ratchet handle laying on the floor of the truck.
So, impact tool or knife? Your own favorite?
Carl.
I remember reading about Sir Robert Peel, when he was setting up the very first police department, in London. He was torn on what to issue the new policemen, a sword was being considered. Pistols of the day were the unreliable single shot type. One of his new policemen was a former sailor in the British Navy. He advised Sir Robert to go with a short stout club. He told of ship to ship actions at sea where the common seamen went for a belaying pin even when there were cutlasses available. The belaying pin was good solid oak, was a familiar item to the sailors, and was more intuitive to use, and was more effective on the spot because of the broken bones and joints in inflicted. Sir Robert went with the short club and rest was London Bobby history.
It seems like with today's insane political correctness, an innocent looking impact tool would give better plausible deniability if push came to shove, and questions had to be answered. A nice heavy Maglight, a hammer handle that was going to be replacing the cracked one on the hammer back home, a walking stick, the large ratchet handle laying on the floor of the truck.
So, impact tool or knife? Your own favorite?
Carl.