āfull tangā - Product description
Errr, besides this being a ridiculous costume piece for teenage boys, I donāt think they even know what a tang is outside of the nasty orange drink.
I can only describe it with one word:
"Classy"
With emphasis in the quotation marks.
Historians will be perplexed, as this clearly belongs to the armament of the fabled Mall Ninja, but theyāll recognize that it was made at a time when the Amazon Empire had largely decimated their natural habitat. It looks like you might be able to use it as a churchkey bottle opener, though itās a bit pricey. And it probably shouldnāt be used if youāre drinking anything alcoholic, as it doesnāt look that safe to use while sober.
The best part of this knife is the hilarious press shots that will inevitably result when some stody UK police functionary is photographed posing with one seized during a knife-crime crackdown. Iām not sure that it would top the infamous batāleth incident; but same vein.
Kinda arguable, the ātangā extends right down the length of the forearm piece, but yeah it looks like a bunch of cheap stamped metal and cast pieces thatād fall apart if you looked at it hard.
A good indication that a particular RPG group is one that you want to stay away from is when group members are passing around the BUDK catalog, seriously discussing the merits of things like this.
Paging Richard Kadreyā¦
Hey, no-one comes to Boing Boing for product recommendations that are in good taste!
Ours was usually too busy discussing the current events described in The Weekly World News.
Personally, Iād be taking it off when I used the bathroom.
Does anybody else find it slightly odd to read this article just after another on BB criticising liberal gun laws? Does it not glamourise a different type of potential weapon ever so slightly?
You can be in favor of gun control while still thinking that guns are kind of cool!
I certainly got an erection the moment I saw it; if writing doesnāt pan out for Cory, Iām sure he could get a good gig doing ad copy for fantasy knife importers.
That is; no, I think the snark was strong in this one. Itās about as glamourising as Nelson pointing and going āHA-HA!ā
Unfortunately everyone who wants one these wonāt be allowed to buy one while living under their momās roof.
It makes me think of Centipedeās fancy armgear in āAgents of Shield.ā I donāt suppose it grants the users super strengthā¦ 
Totally getting two of these when I switch specs from elemental to enhancement.
Iāve gotten the occasional BUDK catalog, although not in several years. Iām not actually sure how I got on their mailing list, considering Iāve never bought anything from them. Those things are hilarious! For the longest time, I was almost convinced the catalogs were some sort of Onion-like parody.
Is this what they call a cestus in D&D?
DHALGREN people. paging Samuel .R. Delaney.
I canāt wait to see the Daily Mail collectively pooping itself when one of these turns up in one of those hilariously pointless annual āweapons amnestyā turn-ins they like to have in Britain.
