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That's not a knife-- /this/ is a knife.
2004-05-19, 8:24 AM #1
Stolen from Fark. Wow, just, wow. Not even so much the actual hardware as the people who:
a; thought it was necessary to buy it
and
b; thought that customs would have no problem bringing it through.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9603828^28101,00.html?txtmsg.org

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2004-05-19, 8:27 AM #2
That thing is awesome, looks like something from a sci-fi movie.

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2004-05-19, 8:27 AM #3
[http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,3600,345624,00.jpg]


yeesh.

That does look pretty lethal.

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2004-05-19, 8:28 AM #4
I'm sorry to be the party pooper, but it looks impractical. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-05-19, 8:29 AM #5
My first thought was, that's a klingon wet-dream. My second thought was.. why the frell????

Edit: i wish they had pictures of the people they seized it from. I'm torn between curiousity and the urge to point and giggle.

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2004-05-19, 8:35 AM #6
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
I'm sorry to be the party pooper, but it looks impractical. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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/me stabs Correction with the uber knife in the gut.

How's that for practical?

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2004-05-19, 8:49 AM #7
That reminded me so much of this:

[http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2004/20040511l.gif]

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2004-05-19, 9:02 AM #8
I'm totally ordering one of those.

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2004-05-19, 9:05 AM #9
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
I'm sorry to be the party pooper, but it looks impractical. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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Like I care about that. It looks really cool

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2004-05-19, 9:15 AM #10
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
I'm totally ordering one of those.

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2004-05-19, 10:07 AM #11
Can we just make a fark forum already?

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2004-05-19, 10:13 AM #12
That's a spoon.

Sorry, couldn't resist. And in other news, I LIKE POINTY THINGS.

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2004-05-19, 10:26 AM #13
I wonder where this list of restricted imports is. I also wonder if America has one.

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2004-05-19, 10:58 AM #14
That is by far the most ridiculous knife thing I've ever seen.

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2004-05-19, 11:20 AM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
I'm sorry to be the party pooper, but it looks impractical. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]</font>


If it's as heavy as it looks, then yeah, I'm inclined to agree.

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2004-05-19, 11:26 AM #16
And there's me thinking this was a Crocodile Dundee thread.

Btw, I agree it looks like something Klingon.
But I personally think a Klingon wielding a Bat'leth would own some poor sucker with that thing.

And just to back up my point . . .

[http://www.worldpath.net/~kelhapam/batleth.jpg]

and for a better view . . .

[http://www.dawnavanskeep.com/Me_B_W%20Batleth.jpg]
(EDIT: that's just some dude dude off of google btw, not me! I don't own a Bat'leth (though it might be nice to have one in the house) [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-05-19, 11:28 AM #17
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dormouse:
My first thought was, that's a klingon wet-dream. My second thought was.. why the frell????

Edit: i wish they had pictures of the people they seized it from. I'm torn between curiousity and the urge to point and giggle.

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2004-05-19, 11:32 AM #18
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
I'm totally ordering one of those.
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You should get a real sword and not toys like that... Sword has as a weapon 5000 years of history, so you could say it has achieved perfection. But that... thing?

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2004-05-19, 2:08 PM #19
One thing the article fails to mention is that that particular knife isn't even sharp. In fact, it's a display knife. It would break if you ever tried to use it for anything more than showing off. It looks impractical because it's designed to sit on a rack on your wall.

None of the items in that particular shipment were "destined for the streets", and it pisses me off to all hell that the cops said that. It would have been more fitting for them to say "These replica items were destined for a private collectors living room, so we gave him a warning about not getting an import permit, just so it looks like we're doing our job."

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2004-05-19, 2:14 PM #20
Looks cool, but pretty much impractical like someone esle stated.
2004-05-19, 4:06 PM #21
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
I'm sorry to be the party pooper, but it looks impractical. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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The thing is, you would only have to pull the thing out. Your vicitm just seeing it should do the trick.

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2004-05-19, 4:31 PM #22
"thats not a knife, its a spoon"

"ahh I see you've played knify spoony before"


hehe simpsons..
2004-05-19, 5:45 PM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
I'm totally ordering one of those.

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2004-05-20, 3:59 PM #24
*points at the thingie and the Bat'leth*

GIMME!!!


That 4 bladed contraption is drooly... and i've always liked klingon style weapons.. *puts on his Trekky cap and com-badge*

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"> Originally posted by Daft_Vader:
But I personally think a Klingon wielding a Bat'leth would own some poor sucker with that thing. </font>


I dunno, i'd be scared if I saw either comin towards me :| But just to say, a Klingon with a spoon could beat any poor human with one of those :P

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2004-05-21, 1:29 AM #25
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bobbert006:
The thing is, you would only have to pull the thing out. Your vicitm just seeing it should do the trick.

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I don't know... if I were the victim and I had a regular knife on me, I'd probably take the guy on, because like I said that looks terribly impractical [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-05-21, 3:23 AM #26
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">a double-edged dagger</font>


Isn't a dagger a double-edged knife?

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2004-05-21, 4:36 PM #27
It looks gawdy...

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2004-05-21, 7:57 PM #28
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
I'm totally ordering one of those.

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http://www.weaponmasters.com/index.html?ID=708563b36adbe65bff81c12256b6f0d5&ITEM=WM-19 85

I frequent this website...

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2004-05-22, 2:29 PM #29
Ha I saw one of those in St. Augustine. The guy let me pick it up. It was like 30lbs. It's a joke. But they guy also had a nightstick they unscrews and turns into numb-chucks (sp). Anyway the klingon thing also looks a bit stupid... looks heavy and awkward more than it would be useful. A nice rapier, sabre or longsword would be much better on every level.

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2004-05-24, 10:13 AM #30
The Indians used a weapon similar to it for centuries called a 'katar', except their version was smaller and lighter. It has the advantages of lining up straight with the forearm and it can be used in a punching motion, rather than the 3 cardinal stabs.

If you can box, you can use a katar lethally. It's quite an impressive weapon and I want one very badly.
2004-05-24, 10:26 AM #31
looks like something that the predator would use

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2004-05-24, 10:31 AM #32
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
I'm sorry to be the party pooper, but it looks impractical. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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*Grabs gun and shoots knife holder

But I don't doubt that it looks nice on the wall.

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2004-05-24, 10:49 AM #33
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jdogg0403:
looks like something that the predator would use

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Exactly. But the difference is that the predator is strong enough and mean-looking enough to use it effectively [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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