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Instant Caltrops
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| by TimAnderson
Posted on 04/15/2014 8:36:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Cut off some cross-shaped chunks from the chicken wire using a bolt cutter. Then cut the ends off again at an angle to make them sharp. Watch out for flying bits of sharp metal hitting you in the eye.
Bend the sharp wires as shown. You're done!
Be super careful with these nasty things and don't leave them lying around. These are only to carry in your pouch at the renaissance festival as part of your costume.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: caltrops
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To: Kartographer
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:36:32 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:38:56 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Why, oh why, would I want to know how to make these things?
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:39:43 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: doc1019
Useful tools for use later. I remember hanging up some fencing and I threw the remainer out.
What a waste.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:43:11 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Useful tools for use later. For what?
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:45:06 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: Jet Jaguar
“carry them around in a pouch at a renaissance festival”
What? Why would a guy pretending to be a lusty wench, knight, serf or friar carry around things designed to flat tires, or where a lot of bare-footy ‘free spirits’ are walking around.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:45:19 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
To: tumblindice
I suppose if he was a guy pretending to be a wench, to make his getaway.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:46:56 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
To: Jet Jaguar
Around here we call that Turkey Wire. Chicken Wire has thinner wire and a hexagonal pattern. I really doubt that either would be effective since they are easily bendable.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:47:21 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: doc1019
Useful when running from a group of yutes intent on playing the knock-out game.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:48:08 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: doc1019
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:52:16 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Solid wire spines tend to seal the puncture. Hollow spines allow much more rapid tire deflation.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:52:22 PM PDT
by
Spirochete
(Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
To: RightGeek
Field fence might flat a 2 1/2 ton truck tire, or even hardware cloth might work. But yeah, chicken wire is too flimsy.
Unless you’re ‘seeding’ an Occupy feed lot. I’m not suggesting anyone actually do this. We’re just talkin’.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:53:49 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
To: Farmer Dean
Great point!
The Caltrop was originally designed to incapacitate the horses of medieval knights from what I understand.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:54:38 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: RightGeek
We called it hog wire where I came from. Chick wire would be an inconvenience.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:55:30 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: Spirochete
Hollow caltrops can be bought online. This was just a tip if you have extra fencing.
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posted on
04/15/2014 8:57:03 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: doc1019
To toss out the window when the cops come after your hot rod Lincoln? I dunno...
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posted on
04/15/2014 9:08:35 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: bigbob
LOL! Love your reference.
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posted on
04/15/2014 9:13:10 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: Jet Jaguar
nice. much easier than cutting and welding nails.
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posted on
04/15/2014 9:15:42 PM PDT
by
RC one
(Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
To: Jet Jaguar
My sister used to have a rural property in WA state and in the middle of her drive was a tree she called the Mean Tree. It was a Black Hawthorn or Western Thornapple. (Crataegus douglasii) The thorns from broken branches would flat the tires on her tractor let alone a car tire. The books say the thorns are from 1-3 cms but the ones I saw myself were longer than that.
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posted on
04/15/2014 9:15:47 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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