hey I'm moving to a state with lax knife laws, and I use a cane. it's clear I need a sword cane, any recs?
I don’t have any because a sword cane is a special, even more different kind of illegal in the UK. This is because in 1988 the Thatcher government was psychologically obsessed with scary VHS movies and therefore banned every possible cool kung-fu movie weapon. Here’s the complete list of cool illegal weapons:
a knuckleduster, that is, a band of metal or other hard material worn on one or more fingers, and designed to cause injury, and any weapon incorporating a knuckleduster;
a swordstick, that is, a hollow walking-stick or cane containing a blade which may be used as a sword;
the weapon sometimes known as a “handclaw”, being a band of metal or other hard material from which a number of sharp spikes protrude, and worn around the hand;
the weapon sometimes known as a “belt buckle knife”, being a buckle which incorporates or conceals a knife;
the weapon sometimes known as a “push dagger”, being a knife the handle of which fits within a clenched fist and the blade of which protrudes from between two fingers;
the weapon sometimes known as a “hollow kubotan”, being a cylindrical container containing a number of sharp spikes;
the weapon sometimes known as a “footclaw”, being a bar of metal or other hard material from which a number of sharp spikes protrude, and worn strapped to the foot;
the weapon sometimes known as a “shuriken”, “shaken” or “death star”, being a hard non-flexible plate having three or more sharp radiating points and designed to be thrown;
the weapon sometimes known as a “balisong” or “butterfly knife”, being a blade enclosed by its handle, which is designed to split down the middle, without the operation of a spring or other mechanical means, to reveal the blade;
the weapon sometimes known as a “telescopic truncheon”, being a truncheon which extends automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to its handle;
the weapon sometimes known as a “blowpipe” or “blow gun”, being a hollow tube out of which hard pellets or darts are shot by the use of breath;
the weapon sometimes known as a “kusari gama”, being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at one end to a sickle;
the weapon sometimes known as a “kyoketsu shoge”, being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at one end to a hooked knife;
the weapon sometimes known as a “manrikigusari” or “kusari”, being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at each end to a hard weight or hand grip;
a disguised knife, that is any knife which has a concealed blade or concealed sharp point and is designed to appear to be an everyday object of a kind commonly carried on the person or in a handbag, briefcase, or other hand luggage (such as a comb, brush, writing instrument, cigarette lighter, key, lipstick or telephone);
a stealth knife, that is a knife or spike, which has a blade, or sharp point, made from a material that is not readily detectable by apparatus used for detecting metal and which is not designed for domestic use or for use in the processing, preparation or consumption of food or as a toy;
a straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton);
a sword with a curved blade of 50 centimetres or over in length; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, the length of the blade shall be the straight line distance from the top of the handle to the tip of the blade;
the weapon sometimes known as a “zombie knife”, “zombie killer knife” or “zombie slayer knife”, being a blade with—a cutting edge; a serrated edge; and images or words (whether on the blade or handle) that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence.
the weapon sometimes known as a “cyclone knife” or “spiral knife” being a weapon with—a handle, a blade with two or more cutting edges, each of which forms a helix, and a sharp point at the end of the blade.
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i am going INSANE over this new bit of smasher lore
in a recent interview, mike pondsmith stated pre-borg smasher did have some redeeming qualities to him, especially when he was with michiko - she was like his last hope, everything he ever had.
well, after she had broken up with him he just went absolutely insane and threw away his humanity, going through with the full borg transition. which is funny yet depressing at the same time.
idk about you but this absolutely destroyed me, ill think about this for days now
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Checkpoint to getting older. My most recent crush (shohei Ohtani) just released his statement on just getting married.
Then 2 days ago, my second crush, Josh Hartnett, spilled that he has a 4th child (very recent).
Getting older is honestly not fun. Even in real life they're always married or with someone.
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My Zora Link got banned from toyhou.se lol. Considering it’s AU, an oc, my own design, just inspired by Link you’d think it’d be fine? The only thing tying the two rn is the name. Might still reupload though and call him “Hero of the Zora” or just “Zora Knight”, since there’s still other users’ ocs that are close to canon left unbanned dhdjdjf.
Based on the reason they gave me of no characters belonging to popular media which included AUs, technically no loz oc (especially linksonas) are safe there?? since they’re inspired by canon game characters too rip.
Could even be bc Sidon was in the gallery next to him?? Idk man.
Anyway there should be a category for characters that are inspired/based on canon characters while still being your own design instead of outright banning, as it falls into the grey area.
EDIT: reuploaded it but left it vague
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