You know, as the reader who forwarded this to me observed,
"Gerber knives are certainly free to use any image they wish to market their edged products to the law enforcement community." But you have to ask, what is the apparent difference in the gestalt of that image and this?:
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I see your point, but when I first saw the small version on your blog, I first thought it was a picture from an ad for the Assassin's Creed game. When I read your post and looked closer, it made me wonder if they're trying to cash in on video game popularity.
The short answer, my friend, is this: Molly Hatchet doesn't suck!
WTF does a cop need a fuckin' axe for?
That whole get up in the ad is ridiculous. Looks more like he's costumed up on Halloween pretending to be an "operator".
Reminds me of lunch today when a cop walks into our local Chipotle all dressed up in his wanna be SWAT gear. Quite the costume....while it's meant to intimidate, all it really screams is "Jackass!".
Amazing they would pick a friggen cop of all people..
I could accept an EMT using a hatchet to aid in extracting someone from a wreck or a park ranger even but a friggen cop of all things.. never in a million years does a cop ever have need of a hatchet, period.
If I were ever to see one carrying it on his batmen belt I would definitely have to say something to piss the miscreant off.
You can add Gerber to my shizt list, the old man must be spinning in his grave.
Yank lll
You could axe (!) your son for his thoughts but close-up, it appears to be more of a breaching tool than a battle hawk ( I used to have one of LaGanas' originals) so maybe you could interpret it as a cop entering the Dead Zone of Chicago or Detroit to engage the locals in meaningful dialogue. But in practical terms, a 338 Lapua from a rooftop would make it a moot point. Remembering, as you pointed out, the affairs of Blackhawk Down, some items are best used in calmer situations.
PS - went to the website of their 'tacticool' stuff and read the following review:
Sgt U.S. Army (Ret) JAYSUN DURAN - JUL 31, 2013
This "tool" reeks of the call of duty generation. I swear I wouldn't have packed this item in my MRAP, and if I had my platoon sgt would have laughed at me all the way back to my CHU because there is no way this would have come with us on patrol. Lets not forget that the only way a soldier would get this thing BACK FROM DOWN RANGE would be to have it signed into the unit's inventory, meaning, you wouldn't get it back because the unit would take a loss on their next inventory. Then you would have to explain to your CO why that happened, then he would have to explain to his boss etc. Maybe if you are some Costa "operator" then you could use this, but your everyday grunt? Nope. Nice try though
Someone has been watching Fox. Axe Cop!
http://www.foxadhd.com/?show=axe_cop#!/shows/axecop?show=axe_cop_night_mission_stealing_friends_back
Hell I have been practicing with edged weapons for years. 5 Different high carbon differentially tempered swords, 2 are folded steel the Katana with 4600 layers; spears axes of all types... My sone makes chain mail from 4140 molly wire, stress relives it and then oil hardens it. It will take a heavy ax stroke on a log with out cutting and the rings will deform but not break from a spike. He welds the links with spot welders he makes and uses half round gooves in the points so as to leave a uniformed round countour so as no to leave stress risers in the meatal or thin the material as spot welding usually does. Gambisons )padded jackets under the mail) we make from Kevlar 129. We are a well trained bunch, I have 3 black belts in different styles, have studied 2 others in depth including a Grappling style and use all the impliments including firearms in my Katas.
I rig my patrol gear so I can do any method of combatics. My ballistic belt articulates over my armor carrier so it maintains coverage and is flexible enough so I can do most any kick I am able to perform.
My point here is that any thing availabe can be used as a weapon. The sword practice can translate to a stick and so on. The basic technique and skill bends to necessity. It also teaches excellent what people call muscle memory. Hit points can be activiate with a sturdy pen or a small round metal bar. The results are devastating. I induced a peralysis type spasum in the arm of a professional boxer. he is a big guy and was amazed. Simple things can save you life. The pommel of my fighting knife can pop a nice round hole on a cocanut, about the consistancy of a human skull, the strike is not much more energy that one would expect to use in a short swing back hand strike.
If you think competing for the right to live will be easy with someone who has been programmed to believe they are your superior and may destroy you with impunity you will sadly suprised. The ancient warriors said that you must be crazy and insane to die in order to survive. This is the warrior nature. If you suppose yourself a bar to tyranny you must devistate your adversary. The Germans fighting the Romans were far superior to the Roman Troops individually, but they were no match in formation. These adversaries will not come at you one at a time and to confront a formation is stipidity par excellance. As you train you train your mind. If these Yoos are carrying this gear, you can bet they will use it eventually or at least try. And yea a Lapua will make short work of this but only if you have time to deploy it. No one would want to meet me in a shadowy place or coming out of a bar or maybe retriving their keys in the rain. I will be there and I will be gone. And the psychological affect.... well you figure it out. By the way my RMJ Tactical hawk I got from a fella who served in Iraq, they were a bit more understanding of useful "tools".
FWIW, as a recent re-deployer from Tashcanistan, I can tell you that you can, in fact, take an ax, sword, or whatever edge weapon out of country as long as it does not have ivory or some other ban worthy component. You can either send it our registered mail or get a note from your CO saying that it was bought in the States. Yes, an APO is still considered the States. Check with your Company HQ S1 or S4 on what you need NLT 90days prior to re-deployment. Adding it to the CO's hand receipt is something the retired E5 (seriously???) must have read in a Welsey-Rawls novel. No, I would not pay 200 for an ax but, why would I begrudge someone if they want to lug it around?
RE 'Anonymous @ 11:34" - with his ultimate knowledge of all things martial and his unsurpassed and unmatched skill at every weapon known to man, why can't they just send him to the Stan and let him single handedly wipe out all the bad guys? He would only need his chain mail and a screwdriver!
"I rig my patrol gear so I can do any method of combatics. My ballistic belt articulates over my armor carrier so it maintains coverage and is flexible enough so I can do most any kick I am able to perform. "
Had to laugh a bit at Anon@11:34 ......just reading that brought memories back of a certain mall ninja named Gecko .
As far as an axe/hatchet . Well , they are useful in a situation that one is taking another by surprise . Or against another not armed with a firearm . I have many a bladed weapon , but know they are last ditch and close quarters weapons . I rather rely on rifle then sidearm . Breaching tool? There are better out there , like crowbars etc .
Btw , what are the odds that chain mail will stop a round out of something old like a CZ52? My guess is it won't . End game .
When on the road, I found the Gerber Multiplier to be a useful and effective tool. Although my Norse ancestors liked axes, I would rather carry a .357 or .38 of some sort.
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