Knife Comb?

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I was watching the news this afternoon and saw a story about a twelve-year-old kid that stole some guy's car. He crashed it a few blocks later and the police cornered him in a house. The funny part is that the new reported that the police though he had a "switchblade knife" that was later revealed to be a pocket comb.

I'd like to know how the police could see the comb so poorly that they mistook it for a knife, yet thought it was a switchblade -- a particular kind of knife. I hope this wasn't caused merely because an auto is a "criminal's knife." Whatever the cause, this incident highlights some of the numerous shortcomings of the Chicago Police Department.
 
I would tend to think, or at least truly hope, that this is more media hype than anything else. Sure from a distance in a dark room, with the knife/comb closed and in a hand it can be mistaken for a real knife.

I really think that the media puts a spin on all of these types of stories. I mean why is it so important to mention that it was a switchblade, assumming it was a knife to begin with, and not just say armed with a knife? The only real reason I can see is that they want to create a certain image that goes with this type of knife.:confused:
 
You guys never read comic books eh?
Used to be that there were ads for various things in the back of comic books (not just adds for games, action figures, other comics etc) - you could get "SeaMonkeys", X-ray specs, etc. etc. one of the things you could get was a folding pocket comb that looked like an Italian switchblade, but when you pressed the button a comb popped out.

I still see them being sold from time to time - figure thats what the kid had.
Till you pressed the button to look at the blade, you'd never know the different.
 
And then there was the episode of Happy Days where a police officer was shaking down "the Fonz" and pulled what looked like a "switchblade" from the Fonz's pocket- the laughtrack went "ooooohhhh" and then, "snick"... a comb.
AAAAYYYY! :rolleyes:

The "swithchblade combs" I've seen were always crap that fell apart after a couple of cyclings. I might even have one somewhere. Seems to me a good way to get real hurt real quick if one were ever to try to bluff having a knife.
 
when we were kids, a friend of mine jay Pezdic (real name) and I had the bright idea to put razor blades in where the comb was. Pretty cool until we opened it, and a shower of razor blades flew out like confetti. How we never killed ourselves, I don't know.--Joe
 
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