Re: turn in your knives!

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

On Fri, 26 May 2006 20:07:38 +0200, Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com> wrote:
> Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:
> >    A pocket knife, stilleto, switchblade (flip
> > knife I think it's called in UK), I can see...
> My favorite example:  One of the catalogs I get has fantasy-themed  
> swords.  As in, you can buy replicas of the Lord of the Rings weapons,  
> D'rizzt's swords, Klingon swords, and so on.  In the past there has been  
> one sword... 3 or 4 foot long blade, sharpened I believe.  That  
> particular sword cannot be shipped to CA.  Because if you press a button  
> in the hilt, two little 2 or 3 inch spikes pop out near the hilt, under  
> spring control.

Most of those swords are useless replicas that would hold an edge for  
about 3 seconds and break before they hit bone - not really much of a  
threat...
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