# What's the manliest weapon?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 3, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259 "2014-04-03T15:45:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/121 "2014-04-09T16:33:24Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Probably, but you could, say, rip someone’s leg off from the knee down, and then rip their foot off of _that_, and then you have what amounts to a shin club.

One up on [that](http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ill-beat-a-motherfucker-with-another-motherfucker.jpg).

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/122 "2014-04-09T17:10:40Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> I agree that the most dangerous weapon is the mind. When faced with a dangerous opponent, always kick them in the mind as hard as you can.

Applause.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/123 "2014-04-09T22:51:39Z")

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> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> Intellect, good judgment, and the courage to face difficult situations head-on and in an honest manner. In today’s world, more than ever, those are the tools you need to meet the challenges you actually face.

[Ahnold voice]“Girlie-Men!”[/Ahnold voice] 😛

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/124 "2014-04-10T00:33:33Z")

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\*\*What’s the manliest weapon?  
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No weapon at all. Or as Sun Tzu tells us:

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> Supreme excellence lies not in defeating your enemy in every battle; supreme excellence lies in defeating your enemy without engaging him.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/125 "2014-04-10T02:23:31Z")

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[Rugged, ugly, crude and deadly.](http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/weapons/chain-link-zombie-slayer-axe.asp)  
[Knives don’t get much more manly than this!](http://www.coolthings.com/jagdkommando-tri-dagger-knife/)

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**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/126 "2014-04-10T14:20:55Z")

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Try using your manliest weapons on [her](http://oneword.pl/wp-content/uploads/image/RELIGIA/mahakali.jpg).

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