On Feb 11, 9:51=A0am, sw <s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-02-11, Dorothy J Heydt <djhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > In article <1202722...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Wayne Throop <thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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> >>: djhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Dorothy J Heydt)
> >>: What exactly did she do to his hand? =A0I can't quite see.
>
> >>Near as I can tell, she simply mashed the handle of her baggage
> >>into his hand as he reached for her with that sharp pointy
> >>implement. =A0So, in addition to rapping his knuckles, he probably
> >>had some part of that jabbed or sliced into the palm-side of his
> >>hand. =A0NAICT.
>
> > Next question: the sharp pointy implement. =A0Does it have a name?
>
> I think those are called "punching daggers"... though considering where
> they are one might as well just call it a "****v".
>
> --
> --- An' thou dost not get caught, do as thou wilt shall be the law ---
> "Religion disperses like a fog, kingdoms perish, but the works of
> scholars remain for an eternity." - Ulughbek
and since this is Girl Genius, it can also be a tool used as a ****v.
Like a leather working Awl for punching or drilling holes in leather
or wood.
the T handle makes a twisting motion easier.
there are carpenter tools similar to that.
and IIRC one of the ghosts in the original The Fog used a spike like
that
to punch out the eyes of one of the fi****ng boat crew
tphile
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