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Your weapons' unconventional uses!
Feb 13^th, 2012, 7:46am

Hallo people!
This is a topic for those of you who make unconventional - and sometimes irriverent - uses of its own weapons.
I wonder if this topic should be moved to the "Other primitive weapons" section, but I think not, for this can turn into a quite funny discussion

So here're my experiences:

My FAVOURITE SLING has been also used for:
- walking my dog;
- gently whip him when he didn't want to walk;
- tie some wood.

My SPEAR has been also used for:
- breaking ice cones that where hanging from the roof.

And what about you?!?!
Greetings,
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Masiakasaurus Slinging.org Moderator mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 4929 Gender:	Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses! Reply #1 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 8:23am I've used my fighting stick as a cane, or was it that I used my cane as a fighting stick? http://www.canemasters.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_3_57& ;products_id=304
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Reply #2 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 8:34am

I was hunting one time and after my ride had drove off and I had crossed a river in my shorts and I as I was putting my hunting pants on the other side, I realized I left both my belt and my quiver back at my house. So I had my knife, Bow and 1/2 dozen arrows, hunting gear, tomahawk, some twine and bankline, and my sling.

So I kept one arrow in my bow hand and tied my sling around my waist to hold up my pants to keep me from looking like a "gangsta hunter" and I then tucked the arrows through between my sling and my pants and hunted the morning. So sling as a belt/quiver is probably my most interesting sling use.

I've used my knives for hundreds of things as well of course.

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bigkahuna Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Posts: 3682 Gender:	Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses! Reply #3 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 9:28am I used a tomahawk stuck in a wall as a handhold and step to scale the wall.
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Caldou Descens Moving the world... rock by rock. Posts: 421	Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses! Reply #4 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 12:52pm I used my sling as a... sling I'm not sure I'm using the right word, but I used it as a shoulder strap to carry my jacket and keep my hand empty ^^
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Reply #5 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 1:32pm

I too have used my fighting staff as a cane or my cane as a fighting staff. Also, when I come across a stray dog that I'm trying to help I'll use my sling, if the dog will allow it, as a temporary leash. This has worked several times to help get dogs back to their owners. Usually I have to give up the sling, but it's worth it to know that a good boy or girl got safely back home. I don't suppose this is that unusual, but on camping trips and such when there's no can opener I've used my survival knife to open a can.

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Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses!
Reply #6 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 1:49pm

I have used my sling for lashing a bundle of rivercane to the rack on the top of my car, as a belt for a young lady that forgot hers, for keeping a bundle of fire wood together while I carried it, as a dog leash and as a sash out side my clothes to stick several 'hawks in to let me use my hands and arms to carry something else.

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Reply #7 - Feb 13^th, 2012, 9:23pm

Quote from Rat Man on Feb 13^th, 2012, 1:32pm:

I too have used my fighting staff as a cane or my cane as a fighting staff. Also, when I come across a stray dog that I'm trying to help I'll use my sling, if the dog will allow it, as a temporary leash. This has worked several times to help get dogs back to their owners. Usually I have to give up the sling, but it's worth it to know that a good boy or girl got safely back home. I don't suppose this is that unusual, but on camping trips and such when there's no can opener I've used my survival knife to open a can.

RatMan I'm surprised at you. You dont have a p38????

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xxkid123 Past Moderator Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4798 Gender:	Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses! Reply #8 - Feb 14^th, 2012, 12:10am I've used a machete as an impromptu drumstick. I used the back/spine of it to bang against an empty coffee tin to get someone's attention. And no, it was pretty safe.
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Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses!
Reply #9 - Feb 14^th, 2012, 1:37pm

Quote from bigkahuna on Feb 13^th, 2012, 9:23pm:

Quote from Rat Man on Feb 13^th, 2012, 1:32pm:

I too have used my fighting staff as a cane or my cane as a fighting staff. Also, when I come across a stray dog that I'm trying to help I'll use my sling, if the dog will allow it, as a temporary leash. This has worked several times to help get dogs back to their owners. Usually I have to give up the sling, but it's worth it to know that a good boy or girl got safely back home. I don't suppose this is that unusual, but on camping trips and such when there's no can opener I've used my survival knife to open a can.

RatMan I'm surprised at you. You dont have a p38????

Usually I do, bk. I can't remember the exact circumstances that separated me from my p38... it was a long time ago. I do recall that a big, fat survival knife does make a satisfactory can opener.
Like Bill, I've also used a sling to help secure things. In my case it was a big bundle of long bamboo stalks I found on one of our Husky walks. They were much easier to carry once I lashed them together with my sling.

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Dilyan Ganev Descens Hard rocks... Posts: 265 Gender:	Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses! Reply #10 - Feb 14^th, 2012, 9:12pm I often use my slings as belts and one time as a tug rope for a heavy sac. My axe as a meat cleaver(also a to make salads), nutcracker and a razorblade(to shave my beard)
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Re: Your weapons' unconventional uses!
Reply #12 - Feb 15^th, 2012, 8:59am

used a sling as a belt.

Not a weapon but the 'tin opener' on my gerber 600 gets used for general purpose 'furtling'.
And while it's never been used to open a tin - it is easily the most used tool on the gerber.

Likewise the bottle opener/screwdriver on my mantis buzzard gets almost as much use as the blade. Again probably 50% of that is general purpose 'furtling'.

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