Know Your Place Prol! Authorities force Uyghur butchers to use chained-knives
Having already instituted and Orwellian policy of marking new knives with QR tracking codes in an effort to thwart knife attacks by Uyghur separatists, Chinese authorities are taking a low-tech approach as well. They are chaining knives to workstations in the butcher-shops in at least one market in the?Xinjiang Province. As we have discussed?ad infinitum?no […]
Peak Hipster: Nordic miniature shaving axe
I will refrain from gratuitous hipster-bashing here, having faced a fair deal of criticism for having done so in the past. Instead, I will sit here quietly and let folks tee off in the comments themselves. In fact, there might well be a prize for the funniest comment relating to this latest item from the […]
Transgender Aussie axe-attacker claims Demonic-possession in court
As they say, “The 21st Century isn’t working out how I had hoped”. I wonder if there is a province?state in Australia that roughly correlates with Florida, because this story has Florida Man? written all over it. Except it isn’t. From Sydney Morning Herald: A woman accused of attacking multiple people with an axe in […]
TTAK News Digest 7/22/18
I have no idea of the context of the photo above, but feel free to caption it in the comments if you wish. It has been a while since I have cleared the decks of accumulating links, so here is a selection for your Sunday reading enjoyment. I DIG MY STOCK PARA-3: TRAIN STABBINGS, […]
ESEE Day at SMKW
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to get my Smoky Mountain Knife Works catalogue in the mail. Its pages positively gleamed with all manner of bladed-goodness, from novelty kitsch to premium brands. I never imagined that one day in the future, I could almost take dropping by their brick and mortar – the […]
Iranian immigrant attempts to incinerate bus; stabs 10 in Germany.
As Jim Gehaghty said on Twitter: “No German chancellor has done more to change the demographics of Europe since… oh”. In a scene which is all too common in Angela Merkel’s Germany, an immigrant (who had attained German citizenship), attempted mass murder using both fire and a knife. He failed to kill any of his […]
Best Made / Chris Reeve Knives collaborate with first-of-its-kind handle material
Everyone knows that spider-silk is some crazy-strong stuff.?Apparently there is a company, Bolt Threads, that has managed to produce a really close synthetic version, through process I will leave to Gear Patrol to describe: Making synthetic spider silk involves several simple ingredients and very meticulous science. Sugar, water, and yeast cells infused with spider DNA […]
