Ameliorating Knife Crime

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

This is what I think of for a hook bill knife. They come in a few shapes and sizes and are used in several ways: Hook Bill Knife
As for your image, we have a couple old ones laying around at the other farm. There are different shapes, but we always called them a sickle. Good for cutting rough brush.

The Welsh tend to refer to sickles and billhooks by the same name too. To me though, a sickle is the one with a thin, round blade like a scythe. And don't ask me what the word for the thing that looks for all the world like a japanese polearm is, because nobody seems to know

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

Dude, same here. Just got over a three week case of pneumonia. Last night Mrs Habits and I broke out the big bottle of wine, jammed some music outside on the big speakers and cooked steaks, crab cakes, asparagus and scallops on the grill. Unwinding indeed! She didnt even try to kick my *** last night lol

What the flippin’ ‘ecks going on? Who’s ‘Mrs Habits’?

(don’t forget to do your ‘huffing’ exercises)

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

The Welsh tend to refer to sickles and billhooks by the same name too.

Oh billhooks. I just thought it was vulgarity

To me though, a sickle is the one with a thin, round blade like a scythe.

A falx in Latin. The falx cerebri is a large, sickle-shaped fold of dura mater that descends vertically into the longitudinal fissure to separate the cerebral hemispheres. It reduces brain torsion during violent head twisting as one might encounter at a Metallica or Taylor Swift concert, although performed for very different reasons. (Don’t you think Swift looks ‘dead’ behind her eyes?)

And don't ask me what the word for the thing that looks for all the world like a japanese polearm is, because nobody seems to know

Do you mean a scythe? Like the grim reaper carries?

My favourite tool and name is the ‘grubbing mattock’.

 

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

But to try and deal with this in as balanced a way as I feel capable, there undeniably are long term, cultural problems that should be addressed and they are things we need to get a handle on anyway. The problem with trying to solve social ills, however, is that they are intractable, sometimes unpopular and complex things to fix. I agree that we need to be dealing with whatever is causing people to stab each other, but we need a short term fix as well to try and keep the problem from spiralling out of control. It's very difficult to change society, but easy to blunt kitchen knives. You could argue that this isn't an argument for blunting kitchen knives but an argument for social interventions. Methadone programs. Better rehabilitation of offenders. Soup kitchens. Better psychiatric care. To a certain extent I agree that it is. The thing is that we can't just take knives out of the equation, for the same reason we can't take guns out of the equation- they are needed in large numbers for perfectly legitimate purposes.

 

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

Oh billhooks. I just thought it was vulgarity

A falx in Latin. The falx cerebri is a large, sickle-shaped fold of dura mater that descends vertically into the longitudinal fissure to separate the cerebral hemispheres. It reduces brain torsion during violent head twisting as one might encounter at a Metallica or Taylor Swift concert, although performed for very different reasons. (Don’t you think Swift looks ‘dead’ behind her eyes?)

Do you mean a scythe? Like the grim reaper carries?

My favourite tool and name is the ‘grubbing mattock’.

No, a scythe has a thin blade that needs regular peening and honing. The tool I'm discussing is basically just a billhook on a long stick.

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

A long bill hook/bill hook slasher.

 

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

There can be vulgarity as well though, if you like. I hate to disappoint people.

 

[Badhabits]

What the flippin’ ‘ecks going on? Who’s ‘Mrs Habits’?

(don’t forget to do your ‘huffing’ exercises)

A couple of dudes had a rough week Had to blow off some steam. Mrs Habits is my other half. Shes a tough hard rockin 80's chick. I tell people defending myself from her is the main reason i practice the TMA. Gotta be able to restrain her without actually beating her

 

[Badhabits]

Badass rock n roll chicks are the bestest.

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

A couple of dudes had a rough week Had to blow off some steam.

Oh I see…

Mrs Habits is my other half.

Oh, you called Mr Bad Habits? I thought u we’re Badhabits Johnson or something. I wish I could change my name on this forum but it doesn’t seem possible.

Shes a tough hard rockin 80's chick.

Cool!

I tell people defending myself from her is the main reason i practice the TMA.

When she was at University, my other half was on her country’s national Shotokan team; she’s very fast, crisp and ‘digital’…but I have a sword.

Gotta be able to restrain her without actually beating her

Throw a thick blanket on her and you don’t get any bruising.

 

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

Oh, you called Mr Bad Habits? I thought u we’re Badhabits Johnson or something. I wish I could change my name on this forum but it doesn’t seem possible.

No, you're getting him confused with the former prime minister

 

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

Killing with the point lacks artistry...

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

The media rhetoric on banning online knife purchases in ramping up over here in the U.K. with the introduction of a new law which will make attempted ‘suspicious’ online knife purchases or bulk buying, incidents that must be reported to the police.

 

[Headbald1]

When I was in secondary school(not in the U.K.) during 2001, I saw my classmate secretly bring a knife to the school. I saw it when he planned to use it for a team fight when he showed it briefly to another classmate. 4 inch long handle. And almost 6 inch long blade.

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

…and..?

 

[Headbald1]

…and..?

And probably nobody lived happily ever after since a fight was going to happen. But now come to think of it, I doubt there were any stabbings during fights which always happened in this *one* particular location where gangs go to settle matters since there were no rumours of blood stains. But I could be wrong since my classmate meant business when bringing the knife.

 

[Holmejr4 2]

Europe is dissolving from the inside out and in the name of “humanity”. It’s so obvious, that it’s invisible.

 

[Gyakuto137 146]

Europe is dissolving from the inside out and in the name of “humanity”. It’s so obvious, that it’s invisible.

I’m not sure what is meant by this comment, but for one, I’m pleased with the compassion and kindness with which Europe has developed post-war. We have embraced the ethic of ‘the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few’, we help the underdog in our midst and yes, we make rules for those who are intellectually incapable of playing harmoniously. Look at areas like Scandinavia, incredible places to live with free healthcare and higher education.

Other country’s in the world seem to be going the other way. The individual is more important than the society in which they dwell. Low taxation, demanded by the ultra-wealthy means the their infrastructures are very poor and there’s a general ‘meanness’ to people attitudes to each other. This is often steered from the ‘bridge of their ship’. <shudder>

 

[Prince_Alarming74 10]

I carry a utility style knife on my pocket everywhere I go. I cannot count the times it was unexpectedly needed. Heck, it has even happened in a doctor's office. Hence the name 'utility'.

Same, I carry a Swiss army knife and it's incredibly useful. I've even used it in church.

 

[Wing Woo Gar71 32]

I’m not sure what is meant by this comment, but for one, I’m pleased with the compassion and kindness with which Europe has developed post-war. We have embraced the ethic of ‘the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few’, we help the underdog in our midst and yes, we make rules for those who are intellectually incapable of playing harmoniously. Look at areas like Scandinavia, incredible places to live with free healthcare and higher education.

Other country’s in the world seem to be going the other way. The individual is more important than the society in which they dwell. Low taxation, demanded by the ultra-wealthy means the their infrastructures are very poor and there’s a general ‘meanness’ to people attitudes to each other. This is often steered from the ‘bridge of their ship’. <shudder>

And Scandinavians also are allowed to have knives and firearms without much trouble or violence.