How about Best SD implement under $20.

[Sox]

Gang,

I have spent a small fortune on various implements over the years. However, sometimes you are you thinning the herd etc. and you realize "Wow-That's a Great Price" and notice that for that particular weapon etc. it was less than a twenty spot-or so. It's the spirit of the concept not the actual price.

I think that in looking over my collection of "tactical pens" that my Rotring 600 I picked up for 25.00 stands out. It has a heft without being too heavy, hexagonal which affords some edges to help with some useful kubotan technique, functional-in that I can place the cap on it and actually write and I actually carry this one cause I am not afraid of losin it.

Dave

 

[hso]

There's plethora of flashlights for $20 that fit that.

 

[RevolvingGarbage]

When I first got into security as a job I went over to the nearest surplus store and picked up an 18" telescoping baton w/ sheath for about $16. cant say I ever used it, except with my hand resting on it as a deterrent to drunks and such a few times, but I know for sure it would have done the job just fine if I had occasion to use it.

 

[shockwave]

I think I paid about $12 for a solid jo (fighting staff). One of the best possible HD weapons imaginable if firearms aren't needed.

 

[hso]

Livestock canes from the farm supply.

Plenty of inexpensive brass body pens out there that aren't as nice as the Rotrings.

 

[Mp7]

... funny. i just drove by the original rotring factory
2 days ago.

can u guys specify what rotring models u mean?
i am very interested for edc, nothing
would be as unsuspicious as this
in its place of origin ....

To OT: ive bought glock field knives for
that price .. but they are not stealthy ....

noting beats a shortstick or nosetip sized
Bo.
... so a credible looking cane and a nice limp
would be the best bang for the buck

 

[Markus]

Hickory sledge hammer handle is pretty cheap and durable.

 

[zoom6zoom]

Entrenching tool. Never thought much about it until I saw the Spetznaz training documentary using them.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Shovel-fu trumps pen-fu.

 

[Markus]

I keep an e-tool in my truck all the time. The first time I really looked at it as a weapon was 84 in the Army and it has been my constant companion ever since.

 

[Black Toe Knives]

My all time favorite is 4 D cell Mag lite. It doesn't draw attention. Before a bad guy think of it as a weapon you done beat him side the head.

 

[jmortimer]

Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel $19.99
http://www.ltspecpro.com/spshovel.html

 

[Brian Williams]

For in my trunk, the smallest aluminum T ball bat I could find at a used sporting goods store.
For walking a nice hickory livestock cane.

 

[zoom6zoom]

Not the original video I referenced, but a nice short review of the subject:

Shovel Fu

 

[glistam]

Sometimes you don't even need an e-tool, just a regular tempered steel D-handle shovel from your local hardware store. These are about 2 feet long or so, but often are sturdier and cheaper than most e-tools.

 

[CWL]

"Best" always is subjective, but canes, bats, shovels, hatchets, machetes, small pry bars can all be had for ~$20 or less.

 

[The Highlander]

Cold Steel Kukri machete or if you're lucky a used Spyderco Tenacious on ebay.

 

[scotchleaf]

Tree limb - free. Ever see Oh Brother where art thou?

 

[19-3Ben]

For in my trunk, the smallest aluminum T ball bat I could find at a used sporting goods store.

YUP!!!!

I keep one hidden behind the curtain in the living room. Cost all of $2.75 in Goodwill. For the money, it's the most blunt force a guy could ever hope for.

Another great one that I like are the tire knocks that they sell in truck stops. Picked one up for $6.50 about 5 years ago. It's a 1.5' hickory rod about 1" thick with a heavy metal band around it on one end, and a leather wrist strap on the other. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if I swung that and someone tried to block with their arm, it would break the arm in very short order.

Kinda like this one. I have one, my wife has one in her car, and my father has one in his. Great back up if for some reason a gun is out of the question.

 

[Leafy Cronmer]

19^^^ just a little FYI I have heard of a few stories of people being arrested for having tire thumpers in the car with them. From what I hear cops don't look to kindly on people who carry these.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Tire Knocker

After a series of exuberant snowstorms in 2007/2008, I added a tire knocker to my tool chest in the truck.

You would think an SUV that size could drive through anything, but when the stuff is "falling" sideways, it's thick and sticky, and it starts to build up in the wheel wells, you need something more substantial than a long-handled window scraper.

The 20-inch hunk of wood could get at the snow build-up without breaking, and it didn't have any sharp edges that could damage the tires.

Of course, by the end of the season, the sides were chewed up enough that I had to replace it. There's a fresh one in the emergency chest now, along with blankets, water, a large camp hatchet, a small saw, a couple of Scandi-bladed bait knives, and other stuff appropriate for being stranded in the north woods.

Of course, if you drive a sub-compact Riceburner Coupe with no clearance between the tires and wheel wells, you don't have that argument working for you, but anyone with a 4,700 lb truck/SUV and living where there's actual weather should have no problem.

 

[19-3Ben]

Leafy-
I've heard of it as well. I try to be cognizant of the conspicuous nature of that, and keep it out of plain view. Perfect solution? not hardly. But it's pretty good. And cops around ehre don't seem to get too hung up on knockers.


...perhaps I should have worded that last phrase a little differently?