Over at everydaycarry.com, we learn that Colin is a self-professed “sailor and explorer.” So a bit of an odd-ball then. Which explains Colin’s choice of carry weapons . . .
A Walther .22 TPH and a sword cane. (Not to mention a hostage “escape kit” based on the fictional book of the same name.) I have to admit: I’m not entirely averse to his selection.
First of all, Bond. James Bond. OK, 007 carried a .32 caliber Walther PPK (“like a brick through a glass window’), not a .22 or .25 caliber TPH. But the two guns look virtually identical and our man Colin IS an explorer (i.e. an ex-Navy SEAL due to be forced out of retirement by a top secret mission that only he can perform).
Secondly, sailors sail to places that don’t allow visitors to pack heat; in Colin’s case, the Caribbean, Central and South America. While rapid deployment can be something of an issue, a sword cane is great weapon that few wharf rats or corrupt cops will anticipate. That said . . .
As I discovered carrying my K-bar TDI Self-Defense Cane through a few airports, you pretty much have to limp when you carry a cane weapon. Otherwise eyebrows are raised.
You also need a story about how you came to be physically challenged. And when it comes time to run for an airplane (or departing freighter), unless you ditch the pretense entirely, you look like you were sent by The Ministry of Silly Walks.
Still, again, I like this Colin guy, if only because I covet his Rolex Submariner.
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There are basically 5 ways to deploy and use a knife. You can slash with it, hack with it, stab with it, filet with it, and flick with it. Now some knives cannot do some of these 5 methods due to their design certainly. There are a number of good knife instructors out there like Steve Tarani, Brian Hofner, etc. if one is interested. They teach basic good techniques that do not take years to properly master, that can be effectively learned in a couple of days and kept up then with practice. No you will not be a knife master but you will be able to use it with effect against that 95% of bad guys.
I am not sure that having a sword in the cane is any better than just a cane as a weapon. I imagine that that ‘thing’ would be awful as a sword. The grip sucks and there is no guard. Although equally marginal as a weapon I like the octopus grip sword with pattern welded blade at Kult of Athena much better. If you are going to have something that is mostly useless it should at least be cool looking.
Based on the blade design it would make a very formidable weapon IF the guy has a couple years of fencing in his background, particularly some saber fencing.
Pretty big if but possible.
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First, it’s “averse,” not “adverse,”
Second, if you write “(i.e. an ex-Navy SEAL due to be forced out of retirement by a top secret mission that only he can perform)” you are saying that Colin *is* an ex-Navy SEAL. I.e. means “that is,” not “for example” or “perhaps.” (Article that explains differences here: http://lexicide.com/aka-eg-ie-etc/) I don’t normally pick on word choice errors, but two in one article, and such egregious ones…
Third, that’s a lot of junk to back up a .22. Maybe Colin has arthritis or other reasons for not carrying a heavier gun. But then he wouldn’t be a SEAL, now would he?
I have operated a knife store for 15 years. So many men and women come in and tell me they want a knife “for protection.” That can lead to some interesting conversations.
I usually try to ask them politely if they have had any training, or any other strategy for self-defense.
Lover the TPH but would never willingly carry one for defense.
Went through 10 brands (bricks) of ammo to try and find one with no stoppages.
Winchester SuperX beat all the others but would still cause malfunctions about 10% or the time.
Beautiful, fun little pistol – Now for the range – The LCP was what I was looking for in the 80s.
The only 22 auto I would consider trusting my life to is a Mark II Ruger auto – no malfunctions in thousands of rounds.
Pay your money and make your choice.
Gee I’ve known several Haitians(all at the gym). All azzholes and very anti- gun. I said to one “why are you here!?!” Haiti cannot be fixed only bulldozed. Shitehole by definition…I know the Dominican Republic doesn’t want them.
Man, even if I was to forgive and make nice with Springfield… I still wouldn’t buy this gun because it don’t have no Grip Zone.
(I didn’t peruse the yapping above… but since this is a day old, I gotta think there are at least a few versions of this flaccid Grip Zone joke above. So, really I am here for the Springfield pile-on. And, to say that other cool joke, “I don’t even shoot .45 AARP” because I gotta squeeze that one in there…. Anyway, Grip Zone is a joke that holds firm, and we can never, ever let it go.)
I prefer to tell them “ES&D.”
WHAT!?
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Yes locals should also be able to decide who does or doesn’t get to vote or speak, what religions are allowed, and where colored people aren’t allowed to go (and whether they’re allowed to be kept as slaves).
And what if the majority of her neighbors decide that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote anymore?
I carry a Leatherman Surge and a Led Lenser F1r every day that I get dressed. Plus a M&P40c.
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There are different levels of street racing. These guys are the bottom-feeder variety. Having some grinning idiot like this do a stopee in front of you at highway speeds ain’t racin’. What these guys are all about is posturing for their friends. I doubt that they could be counted on to reliably change a spark-plug. No street-cred for them.
Take my damn money!!
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