cold steel FGX karambit

cybrok · Jan 10, 2006

What do you think about it?

Rat Finkenstein · Jan 10, 2006

it is a plastic knife.
Doesnt look like a very sturdy shape for a plastic knife, I would think a dagger shape is more functional.

ayz · Jan 10, 2006

it's worthless unless you like to pretend you are in boondock saints and conceal carry into a courthouse

Danzz · Jan 11, 2006

I'm sure you could give someone a nasty poke with that thing. But why bother with it, when metal is so much better?

ginshun · Jan 11, 2006

Danzz said:
I'm sure you could give someone a nasty poke with that thing. But why bother with it, when metal is so much better?

well sure, but how do you expect to get a big metal kerambit on an airplane?

HoB · Jan 11, 2006

And why would you want to take a Karambit onto an airplane?

Not to mention that it is HIGHLY illegal...:jerkit:

ginshun · Jan 11, 2006

HoB said:
And why would you want to take a Karambit onto an airplane? Not to mention that it is HIGHLY illegal...:jerkit:

that was sarcasm.

Lighten up a little.

HoB · Jan 12, 2006

Oh, ooops, sorry

ayz · Jan 12, 2006

ginshun said:
well sure, but how do you expect to get a big metal kerambit on an airplane?

i would like to see you try to get the cs fgx on an airplane and see what happens

stop pretending to be secret agent man.

cybrok · Jan 12, 2006

Honnestly I would like to have one only because they look great. I don't even see why they make knives that can't be detected. Can only end up bad.

Danzz · Jan 13, 2006

ayzianboy said:
i would like to see you try to get the cs fgx on an airplane and see what happens

I bet I could do it.
But before I try it and document the experience for your edification, I want a promise from everyone here to pay any legal expenses that might be incurred by the experience

tango_down · Jan 13, 2006

those knives can be detected if the airport uses backscatter technology. walking through a metal detector only you'd be OK. Unless you get popped with a random search. As long as you're not a minority you prolly won't get searched.

Kazeryu · Jan 13, 2006

Danzz said:
I bet I could do it.
But before I try it and document the experience for your edification, I want a promise from everyone here to pay any legal expenses that might be incurred by the experience

Actually, there's more to x-ray machines than just a TV screen. There's some very 'smart' shape recognition software which is looking for things like knives, dissassembled guns, ammunition, etc. Plastic knives don't show up very well on X-ray machines, but they DO show up.

Moral: Hide it in your a$$ and not your carry-on.

TrentKTS · Jan 13, 2006

There are also "density detectors" being put in use which clearly show shape-- wood, plastic, glass, ceramic, graphite, doesn't matter as it all shows up clearly against a squishy human and any fabric draped over its body as well as what may be stuffed into a carry-on or the human. I don't believe it will be identified as a pencil. Also, if they can't see well into the carry-on because the radiation is blocked by something denser than what it is shielding, they open it and look. And I'm not saying whom, but many production "non-metallic" knives have a small strip of ferrous metal imbedded to thwart ne'er to wells.

So, if you decide to do it, let us know how it goes when you get e-mail privileges. Or hey, you could get lucky.

lunumbra · Jan 13, 2006

I bought one just to use as a solo trainer. You could grind it down pretty easy to use as a trainer with a partner, just take the time to do a good job. Nothing sucks worse then sending a training partner to the hospital.