Better Than a Fidget Spinner
Mar. 11th, 2018 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmith... is a butterfly knife. After release, Shiv practiced first with a blunt trainer, then with a single-edge, before going back to his double-edge. Despite its reputation for danger -- which comes from people trying to do tricks with it -- a butterfly is actually the safest kind of folding knife to use. Its construction means that, once you have it open with both handles in hand, the blade cannot collapse to cut you.
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Date: 2018-03-11 10:02 pm (UTC)I don't think they're illegal in this state, and sometimes people see similar things sold in convention marketplaces - might be there were only combs, but it isn't too uncommon to see real blades. I might prompt some people to look out for a trainer. The knife itself I doubt many would feel comfortable enough using (old baggage), but a trainer's a fine fidget.
- Dimitri
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Date: 2018-03-11 10:32 pm (UTC)The comb style is commonly used as a trainer by people who don't want to pay for something that has no practical use of its own.
>> I might prompt some people to look out for a trainer. The knife itself I doubt many would feel comfortable enough using (old baggage), but a trainer's a fine fidget.<<
A trainer makes a fantastic fidget. It promotes dexterity and hand-eye coordination, and has a lot more versatility than most other fidgets. There is no reason to switch to a sharp blade if what you really want is a fidget.
This site offers many options. Some are cheap, others expensive. A few have practical endparts, such as the spoon. If you're only looking for a fidget, I suggest getting a double-edged trainer or a spoon, as the balance is likely to be better with a symmetrical endpart.
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Date: 2018-03-11 11:22 pm (UTC)Yes ...
Date: 2018-03-12 12:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-03-12 04:59 am (UTC)Doc, realising he can take Johnny even drunker than he is, but not wanting to cause a mess, duplicates Johnny's routine... with his little handled pewter shot glass. This defuses the situation... temporarily. :D
Wow!
Date: 2018-03-12 05:08 am (UTC)I can just hear Shiv drawl, "Is that supposed to impress me?"
Re: Wow!
Date: 2018-03-12 05:23 am (UTC)Re: Wow!
Date: 2018-03-12 05:27 am (UTC):D I just caught a really cute scene with him teaching Gray how to use a trainer, though, and Shiv used his superpower to demo the moves in slow motion while Gray held onto the safe handle. It's an improved version of hand-over-hand teaching.
Re: Wow!
Date: 2018-03-12 05:30 am (UTC)I *think* have a little *extra* coming in April. (Lady willing, and any nudges from anybody reading this appreciated...)
*SPORFLE* These two gonna learn to Switch? ;)
Re: Wow!
Date: 2018-03-12 07:03 am (UTC)I *think* have a little *extra* coming in April. (Lady willing, and any nudges from anybody reading this appreciated...) <<
That would be awesome, and I witch you luck. For your consideration ...
Your Gray/Shiv prompt inspired the free-verse poem "Escape from the Loneliness." Shiv flounders over the proper way to court someone in a platonic relationship, and how to deal with a head full of bad tape when actual therapy still tends to make him twitchier.
356 lines, Buy It Now = $178
>> *SPORFLE* These two gonna learn to Switch? ;) <<
They are switches, and each has made his own explorations in various directions and places. They just haven't switched with each other.
Re: Wow!
Date: 2018-03-12 01:59 pm (UTC)