Covert Defensive Tools

Just to stir the pot a little, and admitted, being older helps, but a good cane or walking stick provides a nice first-line defense. Any other old farts with Blackthorn sticks out there? :)

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Shoot carefully, swifter...
 
Spartacus - Red Wing makes real dress shoes with steel (or steel equivalent) toes. Even athletic shoes, if the memory serves me. If they don't have a web site, I do know that they do have a good mail-order catalogue.

TFA303
 
I'll add one more to the unlikely weapons category. A tightly rolled copy of a weekly news magazine. It is as stiff as a stick and can be very uncomfortable if shoved hard into the throat or solar plexus. Let's see if the press demands a ban on possession of reading material.
 
To sort of follow-up on Jim Keenan's suggestion, I've long used a couple of *thick * cardboard tubes (from the inside of that old roll-type fax paper)in a wide array of places that frown on weapon carry. (I wish I could talk more about it, but I don't want to mess up a good thing.) No one has ever looked at it long enough to determine that it's *much* thicker than a paper towel tube -- the walls are 3.5 mm thick. I've had to use one once, and it was very effective (leaving a brutal circular cut in a dazed forehead, and G-d knows what squished in a throat). I had my godson draw on the outside of one in magic marker, and when anyone gives it a second glance I just tell him it's some artwork my kid made for me that morning. Never had a problem. It weighs 1.4 oz. so it rides happily unnoticed in the inside breast pocket of a suit or blazer, and the cardboard provides a remarkably nonslip grip.

I've brought screwdrivers (in the commercial packaging) on planes before, but you can't get away with that in some of the other places I have to go. Mr. Cardboard tube has never failed me.

Cheers!
 
I once knew a telephone repairman who carried a 2 ft. length of 100 Pair cable. I don't think he ever had to use it, so never had to try to show it was a tool of his job, but 2 feet of semi-flexible, 1" diameter nearly solid copper upside the head should discourage just about anyone.
 
Speaking of telephone repairmen...

Being a telecom engineer (i.e. cable jockey) I carry a small pouch on my belt that consists of a cable knife (4" insulated handle, 1.5" blade) and a pair of electricians scissors). I carry these with me everywhere. They are legit tools for my occupation but should the need arise, those scissors would put a nasty gash in any ol' attacker. Granted they'd have to be close but they'd have to be close for me to be sure I was going to use them.

Use a gun if you've got the chance though

PS - you can pick up the tool kit I'm talking about at a hardware store (home base or home depot) - get Klein - $30
 
Well I haven't seen this one yet. A small spray can of starting fluid and a windproof lighter. One flick of your bic and a spray from the can is all it takes.
 
We are having too much fun here! Just take my brother in law along after he and <Marc> have been eating pickled <stuff> all night and no one will be able to assault you, or even come near you for that matter! Beyond that, remember that if you can surprise your attacker you have made the first move. Be aware. Hank
 
Unconventional -
I just heard of a guy who was attacked by a man with a knife. The intended victim said calmly, "You better not cut me, I have AIDS and if you get my blood on you, it's curtains." The would-be attacker ran, leaving the good guy without knife wounds or AIDS.
 
Gentlemen, I bet you have not heard of this one. A good friend working as a mortician told me one day that embalming fluid put inside a 60ml atomizer canister can have a disabling effect when sprayed on the eyes.:D:D:D
 
Biker key chain... Big bronze snap with a 6 inch cresent wrench, a motorcycle chain repair consisting of 2 master links, 2 inners and an outer with various keys and a 6 inch 4 strand leather rawhide lace fob.... Yes it works very well;)
Brent
 
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