The Club and Improvised weapons thread (Post your Handy work!)

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photo provided by Pablo Diaz-Gutierrez shows a baseball bat with large lag screws embedded in it, chained to a pole in the Mission district San Francisco. Police are asking for help in finding who is chaining up these spiked bats to poles throughout the city. SFPD Sgt. Michael Andraychak says officers first received reports of spiked wooden or metal bats appearing on poles and parking meters in the city on Thanksgiving morning. At least 27 had been found by late Friday.

http://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/...spiked-baseball-bats-throughout-san-francisco
 
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This is not my work, but I saw it and thought worth to mention. It cames from recently declassified Soviet archives, I will copy and paste it directly from the source,

"Private Vasiliy Vatman knocked out two Germans in hand to hand combat using a Panzerfaust as a club. During the battle for Neisse, he jumped into an enemy trench. A German officer kicked away his PPSh, so he picked up a Panzerfaust.

Photo credits: Anatoliy Yegorov
Neisse, Germany, March 1945
1st Ukrainian Front."

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http://tankarchives.blogspot.com.es/2015/11/panzerclub.html?m=1
 
It's not exactly that hard to believe. I read somewhere that after the panzerfaust was used for its intended purpose, the left behind tube was used as a club.
 
This thread reminded me.
Anyone try House Handle's Tire Thumper?
Been thinking of getting an octagon one...or three
 
Gonna have something new to post around next week. Found a braiding tutorial for a paracord bullwhip, and it's already half done. Now I need more paracord to finish it.
 
Alright. Turns out that when making a paracord whip, you've gotta do the plating a lot tighter than I thought.
 




A simple old school cork screw vs a junior hacksaw and a file and bam, knuckle duster! ;)

So much comfier to use than real knuckle dusters too, those things make your fingers ache like they've been slammed in a door after you punch something and your palm feel like you caught a flying rock. This one however fits like a glove, even on my fat fingers and doesn't dig in the palm, ache the fingers or anything. Not gona do anywhere near as much damage as a traditional knuckle duster but it's a good option for those who cannot buy them (like here in the UK, unless you already own knucks before they got the ban hammer lol).

Tested on myself and my firend with various levels of punching power, it's a little pocket rocket. :D

Perfect for tenderising cheap steak, antiqueing wood furniture or even helping a friend with his bad tooth when the string on the door handle trick doesn't work.
 
Okay folks, time for something fresh.

First up, something very low-tech and cheap.



Next, a rope dart using a Cold Steel throwing knife.



And third, a hardware store flail.

 
Just cut these on the water jet last Friday, they are with a friend currently getting head blasted and parkerized. They are cut out of half inch plate, don't know what material other than steel (used a piece of scrap)

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Made this thumb dagger last night. I still need to add an lanyard hole and I'll probably do a partial sharpened edge on the other side.
 
Ran across this thread and just had to post a picture of a couple of head crackers. One's choice of defense is all based on size. If Bubba is 300lbs+ and is coming at ya, go with the big version. Otherwise, the small one works just as well.:thumbup:
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