[MA/HT] Innocuous Improvised Weapons

malloyd · 03-21-2020, 08:21 AM

A cane is fairly traditional. It does look a bit odd beside you if you obviously don't need one.

You can put a sturdy screw on handle on a squeegee or snow brush, and nobody will find it out of place in your car, though you may need a couple seconds to screw the head off before you can use it as a baton or short staff.

An actual small knife is a reasonable thing to have in a tool kit, hiking pack or similar collection of equipment, at least most places outside of Europe. You can probably get away with a walking stick (or a pair of metal trekking poles) with that hiking pack too.

Other than tools, sporting equipment is probably your best place to look. Lots of sports and games involve hitting a ball with a relatively sturdy stick or paddle. By itself a baseball bat probably is suspicious, but thrown in your trunk with a glove, and a gym bag with shoes and change of athletic clothing it's not very suspicious. Likewise the shaft of an adjustable dumbbells with a couple of weights already attached, though you'll need a few seconds to take them off. Slightly less weapon like equipment might even ride in the front with you fairly innocuously - a ping-pong paddle doesn't scream weapon, but getting hit with one edge on will hurt more than a punch.

If you want to actually carry it around with you rather than have it in your vehicle, the cane (or crutch, hiking stick or trekking poles) is probably your best bet. At night a sturdy flashlight might work too, but finding one that is both durable and not suspiciously "tactical" might be difficult. An antique metal one maybe?

I suppose some unexceptional articles of clothing are better than nothing, and anybody can walk around with steel toed work boots or a belt with a heavy buckle without seeming terribly suspicious. If you are a woman from the right culture or ethnic group, hair sticks have a bit of a tradition too - some of them probably rate the wooden stake statistics off the shelf, never mind a disguised weapon version.

Edit: also consider what you might be able to disguise as "sex toys". A "dildo" strong enough to be a functional baton, or a light whip, might pass for that, and you have an excellent excuse for why you were carrying them "concealed". Indeed if they are caught on a routine stop everybody might be embarrassed enough not to look at them too closely.

03-21-2020, 08:21 AM	#11
malloyd Join Date: Jun 2006	Re: [MA/HT] Innocuous Improvised Weapons A cane is fairly traditional. It does look a bit odd beside you if you obviously don't need one. You can put a sturdy screw on handle on a squeegee or snow brush, and nobody will find it out of place in your car, though you may need a couple seconds to screw the head off before you can use it as a baton or short staff. An actual small knife is a reasonable thing to have in a tool kit, hiking pack or similar collection of equipment, at least most places outside of Europe. You can probably get away with a walking stick (or a pair of metal trekking poles) with that hiking pack too. Other than tools, sporting equipment is probably your best place to look. Lots of sports and games involve hitting a ball with a relatively sturdy stick or paddle. By itself a baseball bat probably is suspicious, but thrown in your trunk with a glove, and a gym bag with shoes and change of athletic clothing it's not very suspicious. Likewise the shaft of an adjustable dumbbells with a couple of weights already attached, though you'll need a few seconds to take them off. Slightly less weapon like equipment might even ride in the front with you fairly innocuously - a ping-pong paddle doesn't scream weapon, but getting hit with one edge on will hurt more than a punch. If you want to actually carry it around with you rather than have it in your vehicle, the cane (or crutch, hiking stick or trekking poles) is probably your best bet. At night a sturdy flashlight might work too, but finding one that is both durable and not suspiciously "tactical" might be difficult. An antique metal one maybe? I suppose some unexceptional articles of clothing are better than nothing, and anybody can walk around with steel toed work boots or a belt with a heavy buckle without seeming terribly suspicious. If you are a woman from the right culture or ethnic group, hair sticks have a bit of a tradition too - some of them probably rate the wooden stake statistics off the shelf, never mind a disguised weapon version. Edit: also consider what you might be able to disguise as "sex toys". A "dildo" strong enough to be a functional baton, or a light whip, might pass for that, and you have an excellent excuse for why you were carrying them "concealed". Indeed if they are caught on a routine stop everybody might be embarrassed enough not to look at them too closely. __________________ -- MA Lloyd Last edited by malloyd; 03-21-2020 at 08:30 AM.