Hi,
New poster, I'm interested in people's opinions of masonry nails, screws, or micro screwdrivers held between the knuckles as an effective form of defense.
For some context, when I was a young man I got in a lot of fights, I studied Muay-Thai for about a year, I was never anything special but I could take care of myself fairly well. But it's been nearly ten years since I was last in a real fight. I recently moved to a new area and got in an altercation with a young man who nearly drove his dirt-bike into my wife and baby. Turns out this young man is connected and by all accounts he's a tough piece of trash. He backed off from our first confrontation shouting threats as he rode away but he lives locally so I'm bound to run in to him again. I'm not at all confident of my ability to take him in a fight and whilst I plan to resume martial arts training I fear I may not have enough time for that to be effective. Particularly if he brings friends next time.
I can't call the police as so far all he has done is ride a bike near my family and shout threats which the police won't care about. I need to find a way to even the odds but I'm in the UK so I can't legally carry a gun, knuckleduster, knife of any real size, or pepper spray. However I could carry a nail, screw or small screwdriver which seem like they could be effective weapons held between the second and third knuckle. Anyone have any experience with these as improvised weapons?
New poster, I'm interested in people's opinions of masonry nails, screws, or micro screwdrivers held between the knuckles as an effective form of defense.
For some context, when I was a young man I got in a lot of fights, I studied Muay-Thai for about a year, I was never anything special but I could take care of myself fairly well. But it's been nearly ten years since I was last in a real fight. I recently moved to a new area and got in an altercation with a young man who nearly drove his dirt-bike into my wife and baby. Turns out this young man is connected and by all accounts he's a tough piece of trash. He backed off from our first confrontation shouting threats as he rode away but he lives locally so I'm bound to run in to him again. I'm not at all confident of my ability to take him in a fight and whilst I plan to resume martial arts training I fear I may not have enough time for that to be effective. Particularly if he brings friends next time.
I can't call the police as so far all he has done is ride a bike near my family and shout threats which the police won't care about. I need to find a way to even the odds but I'm in the UK so I can't legally carry a gun, knuckleduster, knife of any real size, or pepper spray. However I could carry a nail, screw or small screwdriver which seem like they could be effective weapons held between the second and third knuckle. Anyone have any experience with these as improvised weapons?