• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    16 hours ago

    I kind of get it. It looks a little bit scary so you flash it and some intrusive guy should get the message and fuck of. Probably as effective as spring knife would be but more fancy looking. As an actual self defense weapon it would be useless. I would be easy to close the distance fast and knock it out. I guess this is part of the appeal. It looks scary but is not really that dangerous. Knife would be a better weapon but that’s exactly you don’t want to carry a knife around. It turns any fight in a life or death situation while a big lighter like this is just a prop. Anyway, just get some pepper spray.

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      7 hours ago

      To add on about using a knife for defense that you lightly touched.

      You never want to be in a knife fight. Nobody wins in a knife fight. Especially if it’s a pocket knife.

      I have a bright neon orange & green bush/field/combat knife that I take with me when I go camping. It’s largely a tool for managing my camp, but I have practiced defensive fighting with it, but I am no knife fighting expert. I see it as a last-ditch effort of defense against a wild animal or human where my life is already on the line. And wearing it on my hip around camp advertises “this person is armed” to any human that has ill intent that comes across my camp during daylight hours. I’d still rather grab my walking stick for a good head bonking and sternum busting, and I would do my best to do that before pulling the knife for defensive combat use.

      So, to be abundantly clear. There are no winners in a knife fight. The “winner” goes to the hospital.

      • TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        You never want to be in a knife fight. Nobody wins in a knife fight. Especially if it’s a pocket knife.

        oh, absolutely. My swiss knife serves its purpose in the kitchen or in the house. I don’t carry these things around.

    • Wren@lemmy.today
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      6 hours ago

      One of my lady friends practiced butterfly knife tricks for years just to intimidate creeps. I’m a little scared myself when I watch her play with them.

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      11 hours ago

      Point at face and pull the trigfer, shortly. Shouldn’t be enough to actually harm but burning hair, brows and eyelashes are great at resistributing attention ^^

      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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        10 hours ago

        Yes, as I said, might scare someone but will not incapacitate them. Depending on the situation scarring/angering the opponent might be a good or a terrible idea.