Bill asked me to relate an accident that I was involved in......so to make it short...
I was a pasenger in the back seat of a Suburban on the way to the airport. All of my blades(big ones anyway) were packed.
A guy driving a speeding car center punched us on my side. Damn seatbelts nearly did me in once again! All those in our car were hurt. I was damaged the most, but others had mild concussions from heads impacting windows, etc.
I was the only one not dazed, but the right side was not functional. I reached over the seat and broke out my trusty "Villager". This was from that first batch that came over from Shop 2.
I used it to first cut myself loose from the seat-belts and then I cut the others loose. Their buckles may have been working, but I only had one hand to use and things had gotten cramped. I slid the blade down along side the body with edge out. Then I turned the knife 90 degrees and using an "ice-pick" grip cut up and out. Worked great.
I next used the khukuri to clear the broken glass out of the way. The hard part was crawling over the others in the back seat to get out (my side was a total crunch). Thank God for adrenalin and endorphins. It wasn't untill I had the others out and safely away from the car (possible fire, more cars piling in from "rubber-neckers", etc.), that I found out just how busted up I was.
Didn't have to call for help though, the cops had been chasing the other driver and had lost him for a little while, long enough I'd say. The hardest part of the whole thing was trying to keep the stormtroopers from making off with my khukuri.
Dan
I was a pasenger in the back seat of a Suburban on the way to the airport. All of my blades(big ones anyway) were packed.
A guy driving a speeding car center punched us on my side. Damn seatbelts nearly did me in once again! All those in our car were hurt. I was damaged the most, but others had mild concussions from heads impacting windows, etc.
I was the only one not dazed, but the right side was not functional. I reached over the seat and broke out my trusty "Villager". This was from that first batch that came over from Shop 2.
I used it to first cut myself loose from the seat-belts and then I cut the others loose. Their buckles may have been working, but I only had one hand to use and things had gotten cramped. I slid the blade down along side the body with edge out. Then I turned the knife 90 degrees and using an "ice-pick" grip cut up and out. Worked great.
I next used the khukuri to clear the broken glass out of the way. The hard part was crawling over the others in the back seat to get out (my side was a total crunch). Thank God for adrenalin and endorphins. It wasn't untill I had the others out and safely away from the car (possible fire, more cars piling in from "rubber-neckers", etc.), that I found out just how busted up I was.
Didn't have to call for help though, the cops had been chasing the other driver and had lost him for a little while, long enough I'd say. The hardest part of the whole thing was trying to keep the stormtroopers from making off with my khukuri.
Dan
