Thursday, September 10, 2009

Shocknife

A new weapon named the Shocknife could become a valuable training tool. The knife shocks the person stabbed in such as way as to create the feeling of actually being cut. Though your skin is not being pierced, it reportedly feels as if you are being sliced. Various settings create the sensations from a paper cut up to being hacked with a butcher knife. While the Shocknife's use as a tool can make it very valuable, it is hard to escape the thought that in the wrong hand this could be used as an effective torture devise that may leave little evidence of its use.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Good_News/2009/09/08/10785371-sun.html

"Police officer Jeff Quail invented the Shocknife in 2005 to add an element of authenticity to law enforcement training, which he found didn't properly prepare officers for the real-life threat presented by knives, screwdrivers and other edged weapons.
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Quail's Shocknife is a 7,500-volt tool that simulates the feel of a real knife.

"It doesn't feel like you're being shocked. It feels like you're being sliced," he said. "On the lowest setting it feels like a paper cut. On its highest setting it feels like you're being cut with a butcher knife."
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