Safety1st
08-05-2008, 02:14 PM
Whilst abroad in Europe on vacation recently, I found a couple of items that became my EDC....
The first was my Surefire E1B.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/protectionk9/Ibiza08070.jpg
The second was a great kubotan pen called a PENPAL. This is actually a pen, but is made of very hard plastic/polymer which a heavy knurled section around the middle. The pen is used by pulling the stick apart to reveal the pen nib.
As it's primarily a pen, it is far more explainable than the regular kubotan.
I've carried a kubotan in various forms for many years now and that combined with a decent flashlight, certainly helps you even the odds against the 'average' attacker, mugger, fighter etc.
Of course they are no match against a firearm, but that's another issue altogether.
During the day, the kubotan was kept out of the way and unproduced. However, at night, as my wife and I walked back to the hotel - I carried the kubotan in my free hand quite unobtrusively, practically invisible to any passers by. (My wife was holding the other hand ;) ) . This way, the kubotan is ready and available should the need arise. If it's in a pocket, it's too easy to forget it's there when amber turns to red in the blink of an eye.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/protectionk9/Ibiza08062.jpg
[the watch incidentally, for watch fans is a 2005 model Seiko Sportura.]
The first was my Surefire E1B.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/protectionk9/Ibiza08070.jpg
The second was a great kubotan pen called a PENPAL. This is actually a pen, but is made of very hard plastic/polymer which a heavy knurled section around the middle. The pen is used by pulling the stick apart to reveal the pen nib.
As it's primarily a pen, it is far more explainable than the regular kubotan.
I've carried a kubotan in various forms for many years now and that combined with a decent flashlight, certainly helps you even the odds against the 'average' attacker, mugger, fighter etc.
Of course they are no match against a firearm, but that's another issue altogether.
During the day, the kubotan was kept out of the way and unproduced. However, at night, as my wife and I walked back to the hotel - I carried the kubotan in my free hand quite unobtrusively, practically invisible to any passers by. (My wife was holding the other hand ;) ) . This way, the kubotan is ready and available should the need arise. If it's in a pocket, it's too easy to forget it's there when amber turns to red in the blink of an eye.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/protectionk9/Ibiza08062.jpg
[the watch incidentally, for watch fans is a 2005 model Seiko Sportura.]