Do you like weapons?

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by TDK_Admin2
yeah, I'd think it would be best to carry some throwing knives and a gun, just so that you could be the epitome of cool.

Perhaps if combat were guaranteed, but I think that walking around with a gun on the streets (especially in England) is hazardous. Knives are much more easily hidden.

Originally posted by Kaimetsu


Perhaps if combat were guaranteed, but I think that walking around with a gun on the streets (especially in England) is hazardous. Knives are much more easily hidden.

yeah, for just walking around, a knife would be better.

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by TDK_Admin2
yeah, for just walking around, a knife would be better.

Indeed. People would be unlikely to notice a well-hidden small throwing knife even if they searched you.

Originally posted by Kaimetsu


Indeed. People would be unlikely to notice a well-hidden small throwing knife even if they searched you.

the only downfall is that you have one chance with it

[fenderbender2965]

Wow, this is an old thread

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by TDK_Admin2
the only downfall is that you have one chance with it

That's why you have one in each sleeve.

Originally posted by Kaimetsu


That's why you have one in each sleeve.

two throwing knives wouldnt knock someone down, I dont think, it would just piss them off alot, and give them pain for a while.

[FatherDante]

Shurikenjutsu is cool, but the damage is quite superficial. A bullet can kill you, but I've never heard of a throwing knife being able to kill someone. Well, unless you threw a big honkin' bowie knife.

But, what Kaimetsu said was accurate. The average time necessary to take a gun out of a holster is much longer than the amount of time necessary to grab a knife- depending upon where you keep them. I've had a few friends who were into knives (I never was myself), and they liked to keep them on the shins. You could see that it would take a while to fetch a knife down there. But, with a nice strap around the forearm holding some shuriken darts, you could throw a dart before a policeman could could budge his 9mm. Still, if you threw it at the policeman, there's no way you'd be alive in the end. A dart can't kill him.

A sword, on the other hand... I read a weapons study once, done by a fellow who was both a practicing student of iaido and a former member of some military branch... can't remember now, but, anyway: he timed his draw for several types of guns in holsters and a sword, and, surprisingly, the sword was number one in all cases. The thing is, of course, the sword only had that time within a range of 6 feet.

But, if you hit someone with a fast iaido draw, it's sure to kill them. If you think about it, the faster a sword draw is, the more effective it is, while the faster a gun draw and shot is, the less effective it is. And, a bullet wound is comparatively insignificant to a strong cut.

Finally, a sword can stab, and sometimes cut, through a bulletproof vest. But, at 6 feet, you're average bullet can also.

though guns are less accurate, you have a bigger margin for error. You can throw a dagger once, while a gun can unload anywhere from 6 to 18 shots from a pistol.

[Googi]

Get one of those laser-pointer guns.

[cds96]

Didnt your mother tell you weapons are dangerous?

Originally posted by cds96
Didnt your mother tell you weapons are dangerous?

after she shot me, she did :9

[Gangster88]

Asian swords

[Kaimetsu]

If you were really good with the throwing knife, you could get him in the throat or the eye. He's not gonna do much after that.

[FatherDante]

Yeah... maybe. I guess you could kill someone if you hit them in the throat. Overall, a handknife is much more reliable than a throwing knife, though. In fact, nothing is better for piercing the most common modern armour- bulletproof vests.