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Brass knuckles carried by Abraham Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through Baltimore. Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 2007 An Apache revolver, a weapon that combines brass knuckles with a firearm and a dagger – Curtius Museum, Liège, 2011 Mark I brass knuckles trench knife Homemade brass knuckles used in a lumber camp in Pine County, Minnesota.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
In form and function, the horseshoe tekko more closely resembles a specialized knife such as a "double knife," a miniature "moon knife" or "duck knife". Unlike "brass knuckles" that rely primarily on " bludgeoning ", the horseshoe tekko emphasizes "shielding against" (blocking) and "hooking" (capturing) incoming weapons attack, as well as ...
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As of 2013, the knife can be purchased with a stainless steel or carbon steel blade. [2] The Mercator's construction is similar to that of the later appeared French Douk-Douk knife, in terms of the simple folded-metal handle. However, the Douk-Douk is a slipjoint knife, whereas the K55K is a lockback knife and has a different blade geometry.
House Bill 1276 would also prohibit the sale of brass knuckles, blackjack clubs, and slung shots to people under 18. The New Hampshire House voted to loosen the law banning the possession of brass ...
Safronov Regio was first observed as the New Horizons spacecraft approached Pluto and its system of moons.As Pluto rotated, a series of equatorial dark regions were observed and informally nicknamed the Brass Knuckles, [2] with Safronov Regio being the westermost of the dark regions.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.