Knuckle Dusters

Hedge · 16 Apr 2008 at 18:59

mike5678 said:
You would still have the knuckle duster on you though. It would give you more of a defence, but unlikely to be enough to get you off the hook.

i doubt he was being serious

Hitman_Leon · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:02

They are illegal.

Lummox · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:05

Capn' $qu!ff said:
pfft who needs knuckledusters they probably do more damage to your knuckles than the matey's face would if you wern't using them

You've never seen knuckle dusters have you?

semi-pro waster · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:07

Capn' $qu!ff said:
pfft who needs knuckledusters they probably do more damage to your knuckles than the matey's face would if you wern't using them

You would have to have remarkably hard yet soft knuckles for that to be the case, hard enough to seriously damage someone without knuckle dusters yet oddly soft that they would get damaged by an implement designed solely for maximising injury to another (and not yourself) from a punch.

Mat said:
Probably because you've never started a fight in an adequately dangerous place I guess.

I think I've just found a new goal in life.

Azagoth · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:07

Why take the risk carrying a set of brass-knuckles around with you? Just get a dog-chain for your wallet, and if the need ever arises just wrap it around your fist!

Sp!ke · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:20

Azagoth said:
Why take the risk carrying a set of brass-knuckles around with you? Just get a dog-chain for your wallet, and if the need ever arises just wrap it around your fist!

And spend the night in casualty rearranging your broken fingers..........

Roll of £1 coins clenched in the fist is a much better solution or a kubaton key ring, not that I'm suggesting it you understand.

~S

Dunks · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:30

Lummox said:
You've never seen knuckle dusters have you?

Probably not proper ones, just some cheap item some chav uses

Freeman · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:59

Capn' $qu!ff said:
pfft who needs knuckledusters they probably do more damage to your knuckles than the matey's face would if you wern't using them

How would they damage your knuckles??? The only thing you'd damage if you hit something too solid would be your palm and the face really isn't solid at all

Yas786 · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:09

Admiral Huddy said:
That's quite a worrying opening post tbh.

Indeed, as far as i know they are illegal and if caught with one then the consequences can be dire for the said person.

Vonhelmet · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:11

Wear boots with toecaps. Legitimate purpose, and you can probably break a shin if you have to.

yhack · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:13

Put a battery in your fist.

233 · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:13

bad op

use your fist on its own, causes you less pain

but still inflicts a hefty amount of damage

Glaucus · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:14

Foxtrot26 said:
use your fist on its own, causes you less pain but still inflicts a hefty amount of damage

No they really don't. they cause you less pain and inflict many times the damage you can do with just your fist.

daz · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:17

Try a kobutan

Vonhelmet · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:27

daz said:
Try a kobutan

I used to know a well fit Finnish girl who carried one of those.

daz · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:34

At the end of the day though if someone pulled a knife on you are you going to try anything? Don't think I would. :/

meghatronic · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:44

Kubotans (and improvised items such as pens/flashlights/markers) are illegal, if it can be proved they are carried with intent to injure.

shauncr91 · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:47

mattpc said:
People who use knuckle dusters are cowardly little scrotes in my opinion.

That was the exact same thing that first came to my mind too.

da_mic_1530 · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:47

mattpc said:
People who use knuckle dusters are cowardly little scrotes in my opinion.

gah didn't see the post above me

Defcon5 · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:58

You would be charged with Posession of an offensive weapon, (Prevention of Crime Act 1953)

Carrying it out of genuine fear would be a mitigating circumstance