Interesting hideout blades

[Preacherman]

See here for the article and a picture.

 

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I have seen this in a US $5 gold coin back years ago. Same couple also had the Corum watch in a US $20 gold pc.

I want The Lil' Loco: 21st Century OSS
http://www.shivworks.com/loco.asp

 

[RyanM]

Reminds me of a mall ninja I once talked to, who said he concealed needles all over his body as last ditch weapons, for poking arteries.

 

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There are mall ninjas and there are those that have used a small hidden knife, or razor blade on person to free themselves after a holdup to access a silent alarm.
Oh yes indeed they have...

 

[LAK]

I see yet another propaganda piece of psychological priming.

It is difficult to conceive who could dream up, and then painstakingly build, such a weapon.

Perhaps for Stephanie Condron. Whose intellectual curiosity and thoughts probably rarely stray far from one of two things; her job, her perks, climbing the ladder, her bills - and pop culture activities and entertainments.

She is probably not old enough, or just would not ever recall hearing about people who embedded razorblades in the toe sole of their biker or hobnail boots. Or the rise of the beer glass as a weapon of choice several decades ago. The ladies' hatpin or the common pencil.

Probably why she was chosen for the job, and to write this story.

"The message we are getting from the market now is we need not just to focus on the airports but also counter-terrorism and homeland security," said a spokesman for the organisers, International Business Events.

So the message we are getting is to look forward to; "Expect everywhere to be like an airport soon"

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[Fred Fuller]

Apparently our stalwart reporter is no student of history either- it was her own nation's covert service in World War Two (the Special Operations Executive or SOE) which was responsible for dreaming up and deploying many such covert weapons (along with their American counterpart, the OSS).

http://www.donrearic.com/covertweapons.html

What a shame the Brits have turned into such a nation of pussywillows.

lpl/nc

 

[Boom-stick]

What a shame the Brits have turned into such a nation of pussywillows

Now, now we're not all that bad.

 

[Joe Demko]

The coin knife isn't a weapon cobbled up by terrorists. Those have been around since the 19th century, at least, and are commercially manufactured. You can find buckets of them on ebay at any given time. Workmanship varies, as does country of manufacture. Some have nailfiles and scissors along with a knife blade. I've seen some 19th century examples made with gold and silver coins that were nothing short of exquisite.

 

[Fred Fuller]

Boom-stick,

Well, maybe not all Brits. But the official vapors and swoons over stray rounds of rimfire ammo and pocketknives are... not very becoming. And it sets a bad example for the pussywillows in this country too, who seek to emulate the Mother Country in this particular deviation.

Do try to bear up, I know it must be difficult. Didn't mean to pick on you personally...

lpl/nc

 

[Fosbery]

Haha, I like the coin-knife with the 0.000001 inch blade that's a 'weapon'. They called it a 'flick knife' but I highly doubt it's an automatic knife (maybe I'm wrong but it's the sort of mistake reporter's would make: folding knife = flick knife).

 

[The Deer Hunter]

I have seen this in a US $5 gold coin back years ago. Same couple also had the Corum watch in a US $20 gold pc.

I want The Lil' Loco: 21st Century OSS
http://www.shivworks.com/loco.asp



$65??

I could make one myself for that price but cool knife.

 

[MatthewVanitas]

t was among the weapons unveiled yesterday during a security fair at Olympia in west London. There was also a blade concealed in a lipstick holder and an air-powered ball-bearing gun,

I give them credit, I'd never be able to keep a straight face while using "unveiled" in reference to a BB gun.

I take it they don't sell Red Ryders at TESCO?

"The message we are getting from the market now is we need not just to focus on the airports but also counter-terrorism and homeland security," said a spokesman for the organisers, International Business Events

"Beware the military-industrial complex." -Pres Eisenhower


Interesting country: I've been wasting much time on YouTube.com watching Ali-G, Lady Sovereign, and Lily Allen videos. Though I doubt Fosberry et. al. would consider that to be the best representation of Brit culture.

-MV

 

[Fosbery]

I take it they don't sell Red Ryders at TESCO?

Don't be silly.





We prefer Anschutz.

 

[Boom-stick]

Ohhh, I want a flick-coin now!!!

 

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Since I was asked in private I will share in public.

The key word is "hideout". A Bodyguard gave me a "bus token" that was akin to the coin knife. He also provided me with handcuff keys. Other little tidbits were the single edge razor blades/ itty bitty knife blades one could access if hands were tied in front or in back.

Here was the deal, some of us were those that had access to things thugs wanted. If kidnapped, handcuffed or tied, these items were to assist us in escaping/ evading.

This is not a new thing, this was some Strategy and Tactic that had been going on forever. Back when S&T were used and practiced in the true context - and not what some use and define the terms today.

I know for a fact when the Thugs came in and armed robbed a business, and they tied up the folks in the back room, one gentleman was the first to use his little hideouts to get his feet undone then he was able to reach a silent alarm. While he waited he was able to get his hands free and free others.

This fellow was a traveling sales rep. Unknown to the Thugs ( thank goodness his line was still in his car).

I know another lady that used a hidden handcuff key to free herself - again armed robbery. She too was able to contact Police using a hidden phone, with a non published line.

We laughed when the body chains came back, of course I had a lot of fun fitting these to ladies in skimpy tennis outfits, or in the back room and them in a bikini...
The style was body chains and folks wearing coke spoons, razor blades and all sorts of "culture" of the times.

Serious business was , forever those B.A Ballou Yellow Gold filled, Sterling Silver, and 14k yellow gold keychain knives had been worn on neck chains, by men and women, and body chains, by women for a long long time.
Men wore them as fobs in a vest, whether there was a pocket watch in that vest or not. Some of those "keys" in fobs were/ are handcuff keys...
Cuff links were also designed to house a little bitty cutting edge, blazer buttons as well...

My lady partner, used to get compliments on her "cute" key she wore on a gold anklet, and the Gold body chain...It wasnot the "key to my heart" - it was a real deal , real life survival tool(s). Just like the 18k yellow razor blade with a small diamond she wore around her neck, or the "Oh how cute, you have the key to his heart and your relationship will never dull with that cute gold knife".
Yes, she most times wore both on her body chain under he clothing, or on her anklet, or a braclet...


Just like we had holsters that carried NAA Mini Revolver in .22 lr.... Matters got to that point, we hoped we would allowed to tinkle, if you want to know where these were hidden in special holsters...

Bodyguards, ( now call Personal Protection) , Police, all sorts of folks did this.
Go look at Grandpa's Police issue duty shoes/ boots, his old duty belt, and other things he wore everyday.
You might find a couple of handcuff keys, small knives...or the imprint of them being there.

Survival knife? Might be that B A Ballou key chain knife. Survival toos- that hidden handcuff key...I know it has proven itself in real life.
Undercover had no gun, no Buck 110, no Old Timer pocket knife, his Beretta Jetfire found...
He got out...

This is what ticks some of us about all this "Security" stuff. Gubmint ain't gonna be there when you need them, and all this stuff does is give more to BGs looking for prey, and hinders the law abiding.

WE did not have 911, cell phones, cable TV or Video games. We had to think out of the box...
Just like folks have always done before us...
Many of us folks still do...

 

[Boom-stick]

Very good post SM.


Dan