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Posted: 9/13/2014 9:36:48 AM EDT
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Your weapon sounds kinda ugly. My keychain is pretty. Worth the money, IMHO.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't spend any money on a kubaton. I was over in London last year, couldn't even carry a knife for protection, and the brits aren't keen on the right to self defense because [law abiding] "people shouldn't be carrying weapons around" (yet, somehow London is also the only place I've ever been mugged...) and I made my own. Get a 4 1/2 inch long bolt (you or a buddy probably has one laying around), and tie paracord (you better have some of this. If not, go out and buy 100 feet of it right now) around it using a box knot (youtube how to do it). It works better than any one you'll buy online, and not that I have done it... but, you can walk right through customs with one and nobody will blink an eye. Not sure you could do that with a more "fancy" kubaton. The other low profile option is to tie a monkey's fist around a steel ball bearing... I used to carry my keys like this, but when my knife moved to my front right pocket, the monkey's fist got in the way of a clean draw so it had to go. Thinking of moving my knife to the back left and bringing back the monkey's fist but I digress. Either way, don't waste money on a "real" kubaton. Make your own. Your weapon sounds kinda ugly. My keychain is pretty. Worth the money, IMHO. $11 and free shipping with Prime. I tend to agree with you. 
However, his point of people not knowing it's even a weapon if you DIY is valid. I don't ever travel internationally or even by air, though. |
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Posted: 9/13/2014 10:32:13 AM EDT
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I made my own "wallet". It's very thin and I carry it in my back pocket. I originally made it because my keys jingled and I don't like the noise. When I sit on it, it doesn't stick me in the butt.
  From Hobby Lobby: Heavy leather, grommet pack, sew-on velcro, and a leather punch set. I cut the leather to size, crudely sewed in strips of velcro to keep it closed, puched the hole for the key loop, installed the grommet, and salvaged a D-ring from another keychain I usually carry a P32 in the front pocket, money wallet and small Fenix flashlight in left pocket, keys in right rear pocket, P32 reload with carrier in left rear pocket. Phone goes to the belt. When I belt carry, the phone goes to the right front pocket. |
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Posted: 9/13/2014 10:34:39 AM EDT
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$11 and free shipping with Prime. I tend to agree with you.
However, his point of people not knowing it's even a weapon if you DIY is valid. I don't ever travel internationally or even by air, though. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't spend any money on a kubaton. I was over in London last year, couldn't even carry a knife for protection, and the brits aren't keen on the right to self defense because [law abiding] "people shouldn't be carrying weapons around" (yet, somehow London is also the only place I've ever been mugged...) and I made my own. Get a 4 1/2 inch long bolt (you or a buddy probably has one laying around), and tie paracord (you better have some of this. If not, go out and buy 100 feet of it right now) around it using a box knot (youtube how to do it). It works better than any one you'll buy online, and not that I have done it... but, you can walk right through customs with one and nobody will blink an eye. Not sure you could do that with a more "fancy" kubaton. The other low profile option is to tie a monkey's fist around a steel ball bearing... I used to carry my keys like this, but when my knife moved to my front right pocket, the monkey's fist got in the way of a clean draw so it had to go. Thinking of moving my knife to the back left and bringing back the monkey's fist but I digress. Either way, don't waste money on a "real" kubaton. Make your own. Your weapon sounds kinda ugly. My keychain is pretty. Worth the money, IMHO. $11 and free shipping with Prime. I tend to agree with you.
However, his point of people not knowing it's even a weapon if you DIY is valid. I don't ever travel internationally or even by air, though. I have to disagree. A big bolt is easily recognized as a weapon. Especially in England, home of the Millwall brick. 
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