You have to understand the makeup of the apartment... I live on the 2nd floor of a flat, the flat as 4 different apartments per floor. The first floor is a restaurant, and I live above it. The roofline of the 1st floor is almost level with my balcony. My balcony has a metal screen, but a small door (in case of fire). He cut the lock on the small door. It is fairly easy to walk up to my balcony.
I have setup motion detecting webcams that will post to my website if it spots any movement. Now, to entice the thief to at least give my apt another look. I am going to go into psychological warfare mode.
45R, they take a steel wool or barillo pad to the feet, and keep scrubbing until it is raw and bloody, and then dip it into salt water..
My friend says the ancient method of "de-nosing" seems to be something I haven't considered...
The wives and concubines of the Emperor, if you were caught "smelling them or looking at them" you got de-nosed..
Because the nose is made of soft cartilage... so they take a sashimi knife ('d probably op for the vegetable peeler) but they slice [thinly] your nose off, layer by layer by layer... This is suppose to yield no blood, and it's a very recognized sign that you have "violated" something..
But all this might be just too delicate of work; my friends have voted:
Baseball bat + good hand bashing as number one..
Baseball bat + 2 knees (Italian mofia style) as number two..