There’s a video link on the page that would do R. Lee Ermey proud. Knife vs. watermelon!
I don’t have one, so if I ever get into a fight with a watermelon, I’ll probably be killed.
^Be sure to steer clear of the seedy side of town!
So, if I were to slash someone’s tires, would they deflate or inflate?
The video’s no longer available, according to the site. That’s OK, I don’t need a knife; I can subdue any rogue watermelon with my bare hands, then feast on its entrails in my tent.
Who in their right mind would design such a thing???
This seem like a win-more kind of thing. In order to defeat someone with the compressed air, you have to…stab them? At that point, aren’t you already winning the fight?
Sure, it’s talking about how it can kill large mammals, but I don’t know that I want to try fighting a rhino with a knife, even one that can do this.
I don’t get it. My standard-issue Old Hickory butcher knife with Ontario Knife Works blade can do that faster, with less watermelon-carnage and splat, and it doesn’t have complexities like moving parts and etc. What’s their point? Appeal to folks who like to see watermelons go ka-floooey?
This is what happens when Gallagher takes up hunting.
It would give a diver a fighting chance against a shark. Still screwed if there are multiple sharks or a frenzy though. This is essentially a “polished” version of a device divers have been using for years for shark defense. The old one was a needle with a CO2 charged canister attached. This one would be more useful and easier to make part of your regular equipment, which should include a knife anyway. If I’m going into a situation where I know there will be sharks, a speargun, loaded with a shark stick would be my choice. I’m not interested in getting within arm’s reach of a shark unless I’m part of a shark dive, or in a cage.
Enjoy,
Steven
I saw the video and thought, “Great. They invented a knife that can malfunction.”
Bah. Check out this umbrella. Watermelon loses.
How would it hold up against a pointed stick?
Shut up! Right now you, Mr Apricot.
What if you were confronted by a rogue bibendum?
FWIW, I used to work for a program that trained first responders in incidence response to terrorist bombings. It was a week long class, and the last day consisted of watching pipe bombs loaded with different types of explosives in different pipe materials and comparing the damage and residue caused by the configurations. We had a refrigerated truck deliver quite a bit of watermelon every week, because it is a surprisingly good model of the damage the bomb would inflict on soft human tissue.
We also had detasheet (plastique in a sheet) in both letters and briefcases that were set off in a simulated office environment. However, the damage was shown in this case by particle board, which also makes a relatively good simulation of human tissue because of the speed the force is applied. It was capped off by large car bomb near the office. The dummies didn’t usually survive.
Thank God. Finally. It’s been so frustrating. There you are: The knife and the melon and you just cant cut it.
I’m pretty sure that actually they want their customer to think about the devastating damages this knife would cause to an human being when they see the watermelon video.
They also take the time to explain in detail how badass this weapon is in their “tactical” section and how it would be useful for soldiers, even though I would hazard the guess that no troop is allowed to carry non standard weapons. So, here too, IMO, the idea is to attract people mostly interested in how lethal the knife would be.
OK I feel kinda stupid now.
It honestly never crossed my mind that the watermelon was a stand-in for “human victim”
That was good to see. That watermelon will think twice before starting another fight.