Posted on 12/11/2023 7:10:56 AM PST by Red Badger
Saugus, Massachusetts, Patrick Kenney Jr. was leaving Saugus' Kowloon Restaurant when according to authorities, Kenney fell and stabbed himself with his necklace knife.
I'll repeat that just so we're clear.
A necklace knife.
That's a necklace with a knife hanging on it.
Common sense and a minutiae of self-preservation makes it hard for me to believe such an accoutrement even exists in the world, but I checked. Amazon has dozens of these little death baubles for sale.
Whoever invented these should get a visit from Will Smith.
And the reason why they're a bad idea should now be obvious; you could stab yourself like Patrick Kenney Jr..
And even worse, Kenney passed away from his injuries, leaving behind a wife and two young children.
His bereaved family issued the following statement:
"Our family is mourning the loss of Patrick, focused on his wife Lauren and two young children, and trying to make sense of this horrific tragedy. Patrick was a loving father and husband, brother, son, and loyal friend to many. This is a horrible tragedy."
It is indeed a horrible tragedy.
A tragedy that could have easily been avoided by not wearing a knife on a necklace.
"Oath of Fealty" (Pournelle and Niven)
I feel like there’s probably a huge intersection between man buns and knife necklaces.
Freegards
No Darwin Award, though; he already had kids.
I first read the surname as if it had a "d" in it.
Was this his first and last warning? Still, RIP.
How many close calls and non-lethal mishaps did our younger selves experience, which provided the means to see more clearly and adjust our ways accordingly?
It never occurred to me to wear weaponized jewelry, however.
"Death baubles" ping.
At least the one in the middle in a case. The guy on the right is just begging for trouble.
Kowloons in Saugus, MA brings back a lot of good memories from when I lived in the area back in the 1980s. We went there often and had many a scorpion bowl for four.
Lot of great restaurants up that Route 1 stretch. You had the Hilltop Steakhouse, El Toritos, and Weylus, another great chinese restaurant.
I haven’t been to Kowloons in a few years . I thought they were selling the place but I’m glad to see it’s still open. Might have to go over there for a few crab ragoons
Good one!
This sounds to me more like the neck knife sheath didn’t have enough retention, rather than a general problem with neck carry.
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Yup. I have owned a few knives like this over the years, I have never worn them like that just because of that reason. But they were neat little blades.
Well ... would you rather that he had a handcuff key on that necklace instead?
Those necklace knives are usually really small. So not sure if ... “size matters” to you?
James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven didn’t have any problems walking around wearing a necklace knife necklace and using it to kill.
Is this information located on a male version of the Universal Hot-Crazy Matrix? Looks important.
Have a nice trip, see you next fall (or not)
I don’t know what this guy did wrong but a neck knife is a good tool and a part of the mix to be considered.
https://www.nothingbutknives.com/best-neck-knives/
Looks like an idiot, just as I imagined him to look. Low IQ face.
But, Lets see your face, I might have an opinion.
I have a small folding neck knife. If the odds of it opening by itself are small enough, the blade itself is about an inch long. I’ll probably survive a mishap.
Your jugular is only a quarter inch deep...............
Real men wear grenades:
I’m betting this was a ‘homemade’ job, without a sheath........
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