Blog update 15/12/2010

Okay, here's a blog update. I haven't written anything for weeks now, while I was making some stuff and been busy. I've made 9 new knuckle dusters yesterday and today, about 5 new wooden batons and a few other improvised weapons, such as kubotans, many pushdaggers, nunchucks and other. I will upload them on blog as soon as I find some spare time. I would post a few pictures, but that would spoil everything /:

So, be patient and wait for some more new entries this week!

First push dagger

This is my first push dagger, I ever made. Acctually is something between ice pick and a push dagger, but I still think, that it more looks alike to Push dagger.

It's made from 9 millimeters(0.35 inch) thick aluminium, spike is made on lathe from 12 millimeters in diameter aluminium stick. It took me about half an hour to make the shape of both. Later I made a thread on spike, hole and inner thread on H-shape.

Screwed both together with spanner.

SAP gloves

This is pair of my SAP gloves I purchased about a month ago. Gloves are black color and are made from real leather.

They are filled with very fine sand in pouches on the top knuckles. Each glove weights 85.5 grams(0.19 lbs/3 ounces), so both are 171 grams(0.38 lbs/ 6 ounces), as seen on second picture.

These are XL size and they fit my fists pretty comfortable.

Fourth wooden baton

It's my fourth wooden baton, made from two sectioned plywood glued together.

It took me about a half an hour of work on lathe and varnished with colorless lacquer to keep it shine.

It's about 410 milimeters long (16 inches) and 66 millimeters(1.4 inches) in diameter.

It's leather lanyard has pretty different style as any other before; baton has hole for it above slots for fingers.

SS Dolch / SS Dagger

This is a SS Dagger I wanted for a really long time. Im being so-so satisfied with it(even though) it's made in China. But it's being very symmetrycal and both sides of blade are sharp.

Handle is being made from solid black plastic, with 2 stainless steel insignias on it. Lower is 14 x 25 millimeters(0.5 x 1 inch) big German hawk, sitting on a right-sided swastika. Upper is 9 millimeters(0.3 inch) in diameter big circle with SS in it.

The blade, both guards and a nut are made from stainless steel and are very well polished. It also has a inscription on middle, which says: "Meine Ehre heißt Treue", which in English language means: "My honor is loyalty".

Blade is 200 millimeters long, 28 millimeters wide and sharpened on both sides.
Lower guard is 75 millimeters(3 inches) wide and 17 millimeters(0.7 inch) thick, although
Upper guard is 61 millimeters(2.4 inches) wide and 12 millimeters(0.5 inch) thick.

The nut is M5 and has a slightly convexed top.

Knife sheet is made from same plastic as handle, decorated with stainless steel end and 2 metal clamps with chain.

Middle metal part(lower clamp) is decorated with 3 swastikas oneach side, that holds together with all ends.

Chain is to pin up a knife to uniform. Chain is also decorated with 2 plates with SS Totenkopf(SS skull) and 2 plates with letters SS.

First brass kubotan

This is my first kubotan ever made. It's made from brass and has about 1.3 millimeters deep slots all over the surface for better grip. End isn't very spike pointed, but can deal some pretty good damage. On top, this kubotan has a key ring for a thumb. It can be carried on a bounch of keys or a keychain. But I keep it in a box of my Parker pen.

It's 132 milimeters long (5.2 inches) and diameter is 10 milimeters (0.4 inches).

Third wooden baton

This is my third plywood baton/cosh...It's made from 2 sections of plywood, glued together, worked on lathe and on the end varnished with colorless lacquer so it shines pretty much. Just under the fingerslots, it has leather lanyard, so you can wrap it around your wrist and becomes allmost impossible to grab and take it out of hand.

It's about 400 milimeters long (15.7 inches) and biggest diameter is approximately 32.5 milimeters (1.28 inches).

Second wooden baton

This is my second wooden baton, made from two sections of plywood glued together and then worked on lathe. Took about 20 minutes of work to me, and it's nearly a smaller copy of a baseball bat..

Coated with industrial oil to look bit darker and shine just a little bit.

It's about 430 milimeters long (16.7 inches), biggest diameter is 34.4 milimeters (1.4 inches) and the smaller is 24.8 milimeters (1 inch).

First wooden baton

This is my first wooden baton, made from two-section plywood, made by me on lathe. It took me about half an hour to make(my first time to work with wood on lathe) but I think, it fell out kinda good. Simple design, middle rank comfortable - because finger(holes) aren't in best position. Has a small lanyard on end, enough to wrap around my wrist and it's coated with industrial oil, which made the wood look darker.

It's approximately 420 milimeters long(16.5 inches) and diameter could be seen on picture(33.25 milimeters or 1.3 inches).

Lanyard is about 300 millimeters long stripe of leather belt, which I cut off on many pieces.

Ace of spades two-fingered knuckle duster

This knuckle duster is about one year old, design is taken from Weaponcollector.

This sanded knuckle duster has rounded finger holes with diameter of 21 milimeters and very small palmrest, which both things makes this knuckle duster pretty much useless.

The ace of spades is 66 milimeters high, 56 milimeters wide and 6 milimeters thick.

It's my only 2 fingered knuckle duster for now, but I'm planning to make a lot more soon.

I recently got some more material (for exactly 8 aluminium and 1 brass four-fingered knuckle duster) and I'm planning to be working on them in few weeks.

Death's head knuckle duster

Death head knuckle duster, few weeks old. Made from solid aluminium plate, features 5 spikes, which are represented as top of it's head. Only two holes are for fingers and it's slightly less comfortable than regular four fingered knuckle duster with four oval fingerholes.

Death's head knuckle duster has pretty nice curved palmrest, it fits into palm well.

It's 104 milimeters wide (4 inches), 65 milimeters in hight (2.5 inches) and 6 milimeters thick(1/4 inch). Fingerholes are 45 milimeters wide(1 1/8 inch) and 27 milimeters high(1 inch).