Possible Mod For RC5?

Brokensj said:
Again this idea could stretch to other things other than rappelling.
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Like some sort of ninja weapon, a sewing awl for those really big leather jobs, a modified whale harpoon, a do-it-yourself spiral ham cutter, sharp looking paper weight, or a socket for a pin on compass. Man just think of the marketing potential. Something like "RC-5, Giving death the edge":D
 
Brokenj. Since your bored why dont ya look up and read a couple books on mountaineering and ropework. Throw in one or two on high angle rescue.

Aftyer that your imagination won't get ya into trouble and it may just come up with some useful innovations.
 
I'm pretty sure the idea has been debunked. Try jumping off the band wagon guys and just let it be. I'm bored, had time to kill, made a bad idea...not even acted on it. If any of you have never made a mistake in your life I'll kiss your feet:jerkit:


wildmike said:
Brokenj. Since your bored why dont ya look up and read a couple books on mountaineering and ropework. Throw in one or two on high angle rescue.

Aftyer that your imagination won't get ya into trouble and it may just come up with some useful innovations.
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YEAH! I'll friggin walk over to the outdoors stoore right across the street from the star bucks. I'm pretty sure I saw one when I was up in the towers, but not pulling up anything on google earth......
 
Brokensj said:
I'm pretty sure the idea has been debunked.
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It was debunked with the first reply....we're just having fun with it now. Relax and enjoy the ride. I've had some fantastically bad ideas, and the limp to prove it.
 
I, for one, would like Jeff and Mike to get around to making an invisible version of these knives. I've got a lot of ideas for invisible knives.

I'm also waiting for someone to help me with my patents on a brass magnet and a cordless water hose.
 
I think the idea is coming from someone with very limited experience in rappelling and rigging. This sounds like a mall ninja idea then anything to me and a first rate way to get yourself or someone else killed.

You have to remember there is always some moron that will read this and think "I can do it" I know it will work. I had a guy that told me he could use his "Rambo" knife the same way "look it has spikes on it so I can climb trees or buildings if I need to". Long story short, I had to put eight stitches in his arm, and he was not a happy camper on the week long hike back to the world. :eek:



(sorry brother I gotta call it like I see it):D
 
Don't worry Brokensj--we're a "love the sinner, hate the sin" kind of crowd. In fact, some of us are "love the sinner, love the sin" kind of folks! :eek:

They're just running with idea for a lark now. It's not aimed at you. ;)
 
You could also tie 550 cord and throw it at ur opponent and after it sticks them in the heart.... jerk back on the cord real hard so u dont run out of throwing knife ammo!:eek:
 
Holy crap, remind me to never have a bad idea around this crew. Damn.

Don't sweat it SJ, you have to remember, your on the internet. Thusly, your surrounded by people who have never made a mistake in their lives. They can also change their screen name if ever proven wrong.:D
 
shotgunner11 said:
Don't sweat it SJ, you have to remember, your on the internet. Thusly, your surrounded by people who have never made a mistake in their lives. They can also change their screen name if ever proven wrong.:D
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I think this will have to be my next step:p
 
Dont worry Bro. One time I filled my work glove with propane (while wearing it) and then hit it with a lit Oxy torch! Talk about bad ideas! It's been hard to live that one down at back at work. The 10,000 pain pills they gave me helped though :)
 
Screw that, RAT knives aren't robust enough for that. You need the Robinson Crusoe knife with built in grappling hook!

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Just having fun. Seriously it sounds like a very bad idea.
 
adaman04 said:
Screw that, RAT knives aren't robust enough for that. You need the Robinson Crusoe knife with built in grappling hook!

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Just having fun. Seriously it sounds like a very bad idea.
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Ya know, you joke about those knives but back in the day, before I knew any better, I had one of those super cheap versions with a compass in the butt of the handle.

Used it every single day, out in the woods. Skinned and processed stuff with it, chopped, batoned, dug, carved, you name it. It was the best knife in the world as far as I knew. When it would bend I would just hammer it back into shape. I even kept it "sharp" with the little stone that came in the pouch on the sheath. I used the compass with varied degrees of success, used the fish hooks to catch fish with a stick I carved with the knife, the whole 9.

I spent alot more time in the woods then than I do now and it lasted a year and got replaced.

I remember my parents deciding I was responsible enough with those cheapies that they put down some real money and picked me up a Buck 119 and a 110. I can still remember how mad my dad was when he saw what I did to the butt cap of it, putting it in a vice trying to get into the handle to get to the fish hooks.:D

Sorry, little trip down memory lane for ol' Shotgunner.....
 
Expat, Shon and us are working on those invisible knives you designed. Should have some of them at SHOT. Still trying to work the kinks out of the water hose those.
 
shotgunner11 said:
Holy crap, remind me to never have a bad idea around this crew. Damn.
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Well, to be flat honest, what he posted was plain stupid. Nothing against him but posts like this need to be shot down quickly because someone may indeed read such a post and actually try it. I may laugh and joke about a lot of things but when the rope gets clipped to the harness, all bullshit and jokes stop. Like I said in my first reply, this was a DANGEROUS suggestion. No doubt the poster is a good dude though. That's pretty obvious since he's taken the ribbin' pretty good on this thread. Our kinda folks! Just remind me not to let him rig my next rapel :D
 
To echo the no bullshit with falling, I've seen the effects of stupidity and heights. 45 foot of stupid = 3 months in a coma. Somehow, my brother lived, but it's not something I'd risk trying

though, we took him to a metallica Concert on a day pass, and he got to smoke through his neck and do shots of Jack into a stomach peg for the next three months. I don't think he learned anything
 
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It's amazing that he lived. Back in the day, I took a "screamer" or two on a dynamic rope but my anchors always held and it was just a puckering experience and a bang or two against the wall. I don't do any lead climbing any more. Not in shape for it. Not mentally wired for it.
 
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