ah... but can Neo dodge this?

[noid]

I dont think you california folks can own them, but if you're looking for a non-metalic knife check out the Blackie Collins assisted open 'letter opener'.

Also to correct my previous post, the hammer and sear are metal, but not in the upper assembly of the weapon, they're down on the lower..

[$-|-@R_Br33D]

Originally posted by blackwave
That movie is "In the Line of Fire" starring Clint Eastwood, it was two bullets not four in the rabbit's foot... and this scene was when he was going to see the president live, not on a flight....
You suck at movie trivia. :p

Hehe.so i'm a lil rusty..Throw just about anything from a Bruce Willis or Nicholas Cage movie at me and i'll bet i can answer it..haha

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by blackwave
I prefer the Stephenson's SnowCrash character Raven weapon of choice:"Glass knife - very fine glass knife with a one molecule wide edge; supersharp and undetectable by metal detectors"

Thanks, you've given me the urge to read that again :D Ohhh well it could have been Cryptonomicon and I don't have time for that now.........

I think Quicksilver or the first book in the Quicksilver series is supposed to be coming out sometime before long too.....

[TwinVega]

Originally posted by KeLviN
thats what i said only longer and more detailed. however, pure ceramic knives are almost impossible to see in xray and dont set off metal detectors. they will retain a VERY sharp blade for almost ever. however they are fairly brittle. because of security issues raised by an all ceranic knife, almost all us makers have stopped production and distribution.

I can vouch for the brittleness of a ceramic knife, I have one somewhere and don't use it anymore because the blade kept chipping. In the beginning it was nice though.

[KaraHyo]

yeah glass knifes are awesome. I read a book once where an assassin used ice knifes to kill his victims. kinda farfetched i know but if one could figure out a way to keep them from melting before they are used, and figure out how to make them less brittle the idea of an ice knife might be a good one, i mean no finger prints and no murder weapon cause the thing will melt after use.

~KaraHyo

[blackwave]

hmmm... a lot of weirdos :D ... probably would go for a "defcon hack the metal detector contest" where you would try and hack a standard metal detector with an appropriate security configuration and see how many levels you can walk through it without being detected (or if using a variety of detection schemes/technology/devices)... then after you have been detected, or all the levels have completed without detection you empty your pockets and reveal your stealth weapon technology... and perhaps even demonstrate their lethalness... sure would be interesting to see what people could think of, perhaps exploiting a certain model of popular detector, but overall not a good idea since surely the press would portray this as a "terrorist-like training camp activity" ... and that would just be bad... especially if people misunderstood this was to be academic and not applied in the real world. what a world.

[astcell]

I went through a metal detector at the airport pre-9/11 while wearing a neckchain with something metal on it, and large, maybe a coin, I can't remember. I beeped. I was unable to remove it so I was told to clasp my hands over it tightly and walk through the detector again. No beep.

Dick Marcinko talks about a crotch holster where his SEALS wore their weapon next to their gun ( :D ) and that was undetectable.

Nowadays I don't know what levels of security they will use, or how sensitive the detectors are.

[noid]

Uncle Ira actually picked up some full size metal detectors at the last UW auction. They look just like the kind you see in the airport. I had suggested bringing them to defcon for shits 'n giggles. Actually, I wanted to create the opressive totalitarian atmosphere that you people all love so much.

[astcell]

Noid, knowing you, if we walk through the machine and do NOT beep we'll be kicked out as wussies!

[blackwave]

Originally posted by noid
Actually, I wanted to create the opressive totalitarian atmosphere that you people all love so much.

hah that would certainly freak most people out, seeing people having to walk through metal detectors after registration... goons walking around with those body wands, dogs sniffing everything... yikerz!

[astcell]

All courtesy of Homeland Security

[Sacrifice]

That was a crazy ass gun.......i want one haha