Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: nolan@TWG.COM (Nolan Hinshaw) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Shovel as a weapon Message-ID: <1991Jun29.014301.2581@cbnews.cb.att.com> Date: 29 Jun 91 01:43:01 GMT References: <1991Jun27.020731.4513@cbnews.cb.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.cb.att.com (william.a.thacker) Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Nolan Hinshaw I learned to use a shovel in several unconventional ways while working on a ranch. After hand-to-hand combat instruction and work with a bayonnet in basic training I realized that with slight modifications the shovel techniques I learned for dealing with 6 foot high thistle and mustard would be usable against opponents without firearms. (I had this image of the Cowboy Samurai floating around in my head for several years. Too bad I didn't make a movie...) The basic idea of shovel-as-weapon is to sharpen the edge and then use a two handed grip, kinda like with a light two handed sword but with mods for the different balance and location of the cutting edge. With an appropriately balanced and sharpened digging tool and a bit of exercise and ingenuity you've got an interesting system. -- Nolan Hinshaw Internet: nolan@twg.com The Wollongong Group Dingalingnet: (415)962-7197 Piobairi Uillean, San Francisco Is mise mo drumadoir eile fein!