06-22-2017, 07:06 PM | #11 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
That can be a problem with simple carving too though it has never happened to me. However it is possible to make sure the stroke is headed in the right direction and avoid mistaking the true edge for the false(an easier mistake then it sounds).
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06-22-2017, 09:12 PM | #12 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
My Swiss Army knife has a 2" blade and doesn't lock, I think as a weapon it would be more dangerous to me than others*. The reaming tool could be used as a miniature punch dagger but could also fold over, though less dangerously so.
I think the best use as a direct weapon would be to fold into a fist like a roll of quarters. Indirectly, I would use it to make a better weapon. * It can be held in a pinch grip, not nearly as strong a hold, but the blade can then fold into the body of the tool instead of your hand. |
06-24-2017, 01:16 AM | #13 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
You can probably cut and tie a rope to make a sling, a garrote, and or a flail. Or just a whip(a cop might have more sense of humor about using a rope that way in a barfight then a more deadly weapon). If you are in country with appropriate textured vines you could also do so.
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06-24-2017, 01:22 AM | #14 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
One use of a pocketknife(not a Swiss) I saw that was very plausible was a war story on tv where a hospital ship had taken a kamikaze hit. When evac was ordered a medic used a knife to cut some of the webbing around a patient's bed(it was suspended from the ceiling by lines) to help him get out.
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06-24-2017, 06:21 AM | #15 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
The Rangergrip 79 that I own has all the profile of the huntsman with the characteristics of the tactic folding which is in the book Action page 33. I think the other Swiss knives can be considered as small knives with a penalty of -1 to the skill And to the damage due to their small size and that have may think that they are a little improvised weapons ...
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06-24-2017, 09:09 AM | #16 | |
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06-24-2017, 02:27 PM | #17 | |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
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Of course it follows that Riliey would get The Laptop!
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06-24-2017, 03:41 PM | #18 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
Nearly everything I remember from that show involved real to flawed-for-viewer-safety to cinematic uses of Chemistry. It's been many years of course, so it may just have been my childhood science bias forgetting all the "uninteresting" things.
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06-24-2017, 04:43 PM | #19 | |
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I'm used to the new show rather then the old and it has lots of interesting interplay between characters. I think Riley is actually my favorite. Actually MacGuyver's stunts now that I think of it remind me of some of the tricks I read about the UDT doing back in the day. Of course they worked those out ahead of time and brought purpose based gear along rather then just a knife and a paper clip. But then your not supposed to think about it to much. Incidently the new show names all it's episodes after tools on a Swiss Army Knife.
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06-24-2017, 05:46 PM | #20 |
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Re: Swiss Army Knife
I did not know it had been rebooted.
I was really confused by your first sentence about cell phones.
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