tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5407083477933613864..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: What is best?Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69101054524567467082012-11-27T00:27:20.875-05:002012-11-27T00:27:20.875-05:00A sock full of quarters is better than a sock for ...A sock full of quarters is better than a sock for of nickels.<br /><br />If nothing else, you can feed the parking meters.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11589679467319844912012-11-26T22:46:38.771-05:002012-11-26T22:46:38.771-05:00Cup-hilted cutlasses, Arkansas toothpicks,
loaded ...Cup-hilted cutlasses, Arkansas toothpicks,<br />loaded bandanas and hardwood kalí sticks,<br />tee-ball bats studded with galvanized bling:<br />These are a few of my favorite things.<br /><br />Tomahawks, assegais, bolos, and sabres<br />may make a mess, but they won't wake the neighbours.<br />Wolf heads and eagles on big pewter rings:<br />These are a few of my favorite things.<br /><br />Cleavers right out of an Icelandic saga,<br />maybe a dose of <i>latigo y daga</i>,<br />big nails on both ends of old guitar strings:<br />These are a few of my favorite things.<br /><br />Squirt guns loaded with ammonia,<br />sjamboks up the sleeve ...<br />And maybe there's something like Queensbury rules<br />for the criminally naïve.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353148533326986159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68085108127547922092012-11-26T18:25:56.669-05:002012-11-26T18:25:56.669-05:00*shrug* I regularly carry a Taylor Eye Witness fi...*shrug* I regularly carry a Taylor Eye Witness fixed blade in a belt sheath (if only because it has a gorgeous ram horn handle, and secondarily because it is a family heirloom supposedly older than my entire immediate family combined, so it is kind of shiny that it is still "in service") and fewer souls have expressed caring than those who have commented on my openly carrying a firearm. Not sure if ~4" count as "big ass", but it is not exactly stealthy; I guess people are just too fixated on my facial badgers. <br /><br />Would I rely on it for self-defense? Of course not; that is what the hardware on the other hip is for. But it is always good to have a Plan B. Linogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934002223141355235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31761310296256979712012-11-26T12:38:00.286-05:002012-11-26T12:38:00.286-05:00NotClauswitz: ". . . it smells like Love Can...NotClauswitz: "<i>. . . it smells like Love Canal and Three Mile Island had a Bhopal baby</i>"<br /><br />Teh Awesome.<br /><br /><br />I think teh best description of knife fighting is:<br /><br />Q- "How do you tell the winner of the knife fight?"<br /><br />A- "He's the guy in the ICU."Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31560000096937222542012-11-26T11:29:35.350-05:002012-11-26T11:29:35.350-05:00"What is the best self-defense gizmo for my S..."What is the best self-defense gizmo for my Significant Other to carry if they won't carry a gun?*"<br />-a burial plot, that will wake him/her up.<br />-Steve_in_CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25441080928802718612012-11-25T22:52:43.338-05:002012-11-25T22:52:43.338-05:00Kristophr said...
"A duel? I choose ... ...<br />Kristophr said...<br /><br /> "A duel? I choose ... the Bazooka!"<br /><br />I raise you one Trident missile. I like to keep my distance. let somebody else be a hero.nemesis443https://www.blogger.com/profile/17341883291616347313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50693382400457431962012-11-25T22:19:55.214-05:002012-11-25T22:19:55.214-05:00I've got enough serious scars from playing wit...I've got enough serious scars from playing with knives in my misspent youth, thanks. <br /><br />Last summer at Elsewhere, I brought out my big honkin' khukri for show-and-tell. Just because it's a nice piece of steel with a decent edge does not mean I'd choose it over a FAL or a J-frame for intimate, personal occasions.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91198051620921492412012-11-25T16:40:42.037-05:002012-11-25T16:40:42.037-05:00Sock full of nickels.
Damn Maryland. Damn her co...Sock full of nickels.<br /><br />Damn Maryland. Damn her commie soul to hell.J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74406221270960922472012-11-25T15:46:45.548-05:002012-11-25T15:46:45.548-05:00So, what exactly constitutes a 'big ass knife&...So, what exactly constitutes a 'big ass knife'? Ask me, and I'll say any blade over 8 is pretty big. But to the average liberal pansy a 3inch folding knife qualifies as big ass. I've carried knives OC often, but 4.5 is the biggest fixed blade I've carried in public. My normal OC edc fix is sub 3inches. Roadkillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89264225164943083962012-11-25T00:32:13.915-05:002012-11-25T00:32:13.915-05:00I've heard from some Vietnam vets who, while i...I've heard from some Vietnam vets who, while in-country, witnessed knife fights where the winner/loser was determined by who bled out first. Some of those, the margine was only about 5-10mins. In other words, both combatants lost.mustangernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32652918575850033462012-11-24T23:46:00.007-05:002012-11-24T23:46:00.007-05:00I'm going to guess that few, if any, of the SC...I'm going to guess that few, if any, of the SCA-types have ever engaged in actual combat with an edged weapon of any kind, even a knife. <br /><br />As someone above pointed out, the first rule of knife fighting is: Everyone is going to get cut. <br /><br />Rule two is: Everyone bleeds, and blood is a pain in the ass.<br /><br />That rule generally even applies for situations where only one fighter has a knife...which situation turns the whole "knife for self-defense" model on it's ear.<br /><br />Even assuming you have some clue about fighting with a knife, there is nothing clean, easy, painless, or guaranteed about knife fights. There's a damn good reason knives faded from the scene as guns became prevalent. The whole joke about bringing a knife to a gun-fight is funny because it's true.<br /><br />I carry a folder in my back pocket, and I carried in in combat when I was there. If I ever have to use that for self-defense, things are significantly pear-shaped and it is "use that or die" time. But I will try very, very hard to never arrive at that spot.<br /><br />Folks who talk about knives for self-defense have never used a knife for self-defense. Those who have used one generally carry a gun now.DesertRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410153018009079675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79215937707432587362012-11-24T22:34:37.407-05:002012-11-24T22:34:37.407-05:00I am also SCAdian, and my only issue with guns is ...I am also SCAdian, and my only issue with guns is the limited availability of rattan arquebus balls.Temnotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121773949362842711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12855219068657779282012-11-24T20:05:58.504-05:002012-11-24T20:05:58.504-05:00A 16-oz. can of wasp-spray will have a 1-inch spid...A 16-oz. can of wasp-spray will have a 1-inch spider twitching in his fishing net from ten feet away. I like the standoff aspect plus People don't like the odor either - it smells like Love Canal and Three Mile Island had a Bhopal baby.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17283760343167478812012-11-24T15:32:11.753-05:002012-11-24T15:32:11.753-05:00"So, as the challenged, it was my choice for ..."So, as the challenged, it was my choice for venue. I suggested 20 pound sledgehammers in 6 feet of water."<br /><br />Some short guy challenged Sam Houston... he answered the same way. A big laugh was had by all. Houston and the other guy, it is said, became friends.mustangernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18703596010200036102012-11-24T11:14:56.032-05:002012-11-24T11:14:56.032-05:00Lergnom: Back when I was a young buck in the SCA, ...Lergnom: Back when I was a young buck in the SCA, full of testosterone and rum, I ended up in a verbal altercation with someone who took offence to something I had said about the "hats" (people with crowns) because me and mine were, after all, just filthy pirates and we should respect our betters. And boy, some people in the SCA take that sort of thing really seriously.<br /><br />It was heading towards fisticuffs (testosterone and rum!) and the fellow (who was a heavy weapons fighter, and therefore pretty heavily muscled, but only like 5'4" or so, compared to my 6'5") had a fit of Period and challenged me to a duel.<br /><br />So, as the challenged, it was my choice for venue. I suggested 20 pound sledgehammers in 6 feet of water.<br /><br />He was flabbergasted. It was quite hilarious. I pointed out that it was all role playing, and <b>of course</b> pirates are going to be disrespectful of the hats, but it wasn't anything personal, it was just my persona. And then I gave him a drink, and he laughed and went off to some other camp. And then we fired our cannons at 0200 in the morning. Yeah, well. We <b>were</b> kind of dicks sometimes...perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47704955436640896772012-11-24T10:37:59.532-05:002012-11-24T10:37:59.532-05:00Kristophr said...
"A duel? I choose ... t...Kristophr said...<br /> "A duel? I choose ... the Bazooka!"<br /><br />In Eric Flint's 1632 series, a downtime local asked a West Virginia coal miner, just for curiosity's sake, what weapons he would choose for a duel. His answer: "Twenty pound sledge hammers".<br />Different times, diferent circumstances, cool answer. <br /><br />Stay safeLergnomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718650151254462639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77874268283073474422012-11-24T04:36:56.479-05:002012-11-24T04:36:56.479-05:00Blogger RL said...
If I was a joiner type, I ... Blogger RL said...<br /><br /> If I was a joiner type, I might try to join a Society for Creative Realism in America (SCRAM) but they probably wouldn't have me.<br /><br /> 11:27 AM, November 23, 2012<br /><br />I'm stealing that.SewerDwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783264005006417842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89441027365899802612012-11-23T22:38:12.824-05:002012-11-23T22:38:12.824-05:00My grandmother carried her money in a change purse...My grandmother carried her money in a change purse in her coat pocket. In her handbag, she carried rosary beads, a missal for daily Mass, and a brick. As she explained it, if someone snatched her bag, she lost little of monetary value. If she had to fight someone off, she swung the handbag for effect to the head, then prayed for their soul with the rosary beads.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41984764449508767322012-11-23T16:50:27.522-05:002012-11-23T16:50:27.522-05:00"During WW2, American GIs were told if they s...<br />"During WW2, American GIs were told if they saw the enemy had a sword, shoot him first. Japanese officers and NCOs had katanas and though they weren't truly samurai, they could do a lot of damage."<br /><br />This reminds me of Bobby Shaftoe<br /><br />http://www.hep.wisc.edu/~stradling/Palm/PalmBooks/NewItems/Stephenson,_Neal_-_Cryptonomicon_Fully_Proofed_%28v2%29_%5Bhtml%5D/Neal%20Stephenson%20-%20Cryptonomicon%20v2%20%28HTML,%20Fully%20Proofed%29/slide13.html<br /><br />Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson<br />hektorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594590994705652884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30493277918952383412012-11-23T16:34:20.580-05:002012-11-23T16:34:20.580-05:00I heard somewhere that a guy with a hot cup of cof...I heard somewhere that a guy with a hot cup of coffee chased off a knife.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684179171065794525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81671151959205360672012-11-23T15:34:33.071-05:002012-11-23T15:34:33.071-05:00Will,
I'm pretty sure I've linked to MacY...Will,<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I've linked to MacYoung's site before. You're right, the place is a gold mine.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22180247052493489502012-11-23T15:10:05.269-05:002012-11-23T15:10:05.269-05:00This guy seems to have a real world outlook on usi...This guy seems to have a real world outlook on using blades.<br /><br />http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/self-defense.htm<br /><br />Be advised, you can spend a great deal of time bouncing around reading footnotes and definitions and internal links! Very educational. Helps to clear your browser, because you will have a lot of tabs open in the process.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19363052991703550462012-11-23T14:33:39.832-05:002012-11-23T14:33:39.832-05:00Sean, back when I played SCA there were some who h...Sean, back when I played SCA there were some who had no problem with firearms, balanced by a LOT of people with 'romantic' notions of fighting. Including the aforementioned idiocy of "Slicing burglar good/shooting burglar bad". And that was in OK/TX. Hopefully it's changed for the better.<br /><br />Oleg, that's another of the problems I have with "I'll use my sword/axe/big-ass knife if someone breaks in/attacks me!": if you're close enough to reach them with it, they're close enough to reach YOU, and I'd rather avoid that.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73307132252720032992012-11-23T14:09:18.785-05:002012-11-23T14:09:18.785-05:00After 'bout 10 years in sword and knife school...After 'bout 10 years in sword and knife schools I carry a Mod.19 S&W. The first thing I learned in blade school--Yer gonna get cut. Back to the wall? I'd REALY rather grab the 870 than the K-BAR.(I do have a lot of nerd-steel in the safe thou.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53283770465657012842012-11-23T13:47:01.807-05:002012-11-23T13:47:01.807-05:00"A duel? I choose ... the Bazooka!""A duel? I choose ... the Bazooka!"Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.com