EPTWasp Knife - I Want One - Page 3
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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Retsukage
United States1002 Posts
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anch
United States5457 Posts
On July 31 2008 03:49 Boblion wrote: Why would you use a cheesy knife when you can use a gun ? Joker explained it in the movie, go watch if you havent. | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
On July 31 2008 03:35 Bill307 wrote: Seriously? Is that seriously what the law says? Because if you have a gun, and the other guy is attacking you with a knife, and you're not going to use your gun, then you are almost definitely* going to die. (* unless you are Kennigit) Except that the guy with the gun should always have the upper hand and the knife guy must be pretty damn crazy to attack someone with a gun. Its more like, you dont shoot someone simply because they have a knife. | ||
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Southlight
United States11768 Posts
On July 31 2008 03:43 Bill307 wrote: I think regulating the wasp knife will be similar to regulating guns. It's easy to say, but in reality, it's easy as crap to smuggle a knife (mix this knife in with kitchenware, I'd guess 99.99999% of the time no one will think hard about what TYPE of knife it is), and considering this knife isn't sold by guns dealers, but instead of yet-unregulated types of stores (maybe I'm wrong, and such stores are regulated far more heavily than I know), and the fact that some Asian countries apparently? sell it "OTC" is even more worrying. As someone said, this wouldn't be so insane a problem if this were some sort of gun-fired dart, ala tranquilizer, but rather that it looks exactly like a knife, thereby complicating would-be regulation. Just my opinion, though, we'll see, I guess. But if 18-year old mafia start stabbing each other with wasp knives instead of regular knives and causing 100% fatalities, I don't think we'd be saying "oh, badass!" anymore. | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
On July 31 2008 08:21 rei wrote: that knife needs reloading every time it release the compressed air. you can still just stab things with it though. | ||
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shinigami
Canada423 Posts
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prOxi.swAMi
Australia3091 Posts
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Chef
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Seriously? Is that seriously what the law says? Because if you have a gun, and the other guy is attacking you with a knife, and you're not going to use your gun, then you are almost definitely* going to die. Well the deal is, that if you have the option to run (as you do normally from someone wielding a knife, or giant biceps attached to fists), you're choosing to kill them over simply protecting yourself, which is a crime. You could argue you could still run away from someone holding this knife, but in this case if they nab you as you're getting out of there and press that button... + you're a lot more scared... Law has to take that into account. | ||
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Funchucks
Canada2113 Posts
http://www.bangsticks.com/ What I don't see is any realistic test of effectiveness. It won't have the concussive force of a conventional powerhead, and it seems complicated and slow to use (stab, hold blade in target, hold down button). It's hard to imagine a situation where you wouldn't prefer either a powerhead or a pistol, although the portability and secondary uses are nice. I don't think they've really tested it properly on live targets. I think they just made up their detailed claims on what it does to the target based on straightforward, inexpert thinking. Compressed air is certainly a harmful thing to inject into a living target, but they're making some very strong claims about effectiveness and specific advantages. I particularly doubt the claim that it floats sharks up and away rather than blasting blood all over the place and provoking aggression in other sharks. | ||
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Showtime!
Canada2938 Posts
On July 31 2008 07:38 Retsukage wrote: this knife is awesome. I can already see it in the next James Bond movie You've never seen Live and Let Die have you? :p Well, it was 1973. | ||
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ArC_man
United States2798 Posts
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1904 Posts
sharks kill 1person/year in the U.S people killing other people with knifes per year: a LOT more.. | ||
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
On July 31 2008 00:31 Kennigit wrote: Pff wait till you hit Chem 1 in uni and learn that PV=nrt is a piece of shit :p exactly :-) | ||
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SayaSP
Laos5494 Posts
On July 31 2008 03:35 Bill307 wrote: (* unless you are Kennigit) LOLOLOLOL Kennigit lieks his Oakleys | ||
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randombum
United States2378 Posts
As for its effectiveness vs a shark/bear I can see it being useful if you are attacked by a shark you can make it go away much easier than punching its eyes/nose/gills. (Which works according to mythbusters.) I've never read about bears, but if one is attacking you, you would feel much better knowing that all you needed was a stab to get away if you are still capable of moving. | ||
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
On July 31 2008 00:15 waterdragon wrote: Sorry, not so much on beer. The reason it works inside sharks and bears is that it lowers the temp at the same time that it expands inside their body. Not to be condescending, but the science is PV=NRT. You would end up blowing the beer out of the can/cup/keg. That being said, this would be perfect for that bear that's been trying to follow me around. Or the next time someone bothers me while i'm playing sc  Damn Robbie, you really are getting smarter at school. For those of you who really are thinking of the militaries, almost everyone who has a knife doesn't need gas to freeze their enemy's internal organs so they die. Stabbing pretty much works, and if that doesn't work, stab again. | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
Ah randombum said kinda the same thing, whatever. | ||
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