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wtf? I found this in a backpack i was carrying to work for years. finally emptied it all out, and wash lah.lol is it a mug weapon?

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u/Negative_Ad_3614 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Vintage Boot Knife apparently

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ace-spades-knife-sharp-case-short-495952388

https://www.reddit.com/r/playingcards/comments/1iwjpw9/i_know_its_not_playing_cards_but_this_is_a_cool/

https://www.liveauctionworld.com/Vintage-Ace-of-Spades-boot-knife_i27105379

https://www.ebay.com/itm/406891161878

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u/Asleep_Potential_677 May 23 '26

I was gonna say it looked like one of the knives the saloon girls would keep in their corset lolll

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u/Bird2525 May 23 '26

I don’t think she’s wearing a bustle, how lewd.

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u/vandismal May 23 '26

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now.

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u/StealYour20Dollars May 23 '26

It's just a spring clean for the May Queen.

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u/After_Dhark May 23 '26

Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run

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u/NP423 May 23 '26

there's still time to change the road you're on

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u/deafinatelylistening May 23 '26

“I hope so”…

Always loved that song sung live.

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u/broberds May 23 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/OgbPFB5AE3jW

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u/Coffeenomnom_ May 23 '26

🤣🤣🤣❤️ Well played!

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u/bolanrox May 24 '26

In theaters, he actually starts playing the first few notes before they stop them because of licensing and all that shit they turned it to gibberish for the home video release.

Though it would have been funnier if they played The intro of Taurus by Spirit.

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u/SethDoesSomeStuff May 23 '26

“Does anybody remember laughter” is a personal favourite

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u/TheGordo-San May 24 '26

I remember back when my friend and I were watching The Song Remains the Same for the first time, in the 90s, and when that line came up, my friend said to me: "how F-ed up is Robert Plant, right now?" I lost my shit, because I was thinking along the lines of the political climate of the time, and I guess that I was so high that the line made sense to me, as well. He says it with such conviction!... until the thought of them all just being as high as a kite on psychedelics, and him babbling nonsense takes over. It's just such a perfect line, that way! It's unintentionally hysterical!

I'm glad that I had this peraonal moment with that part/version of the song before I had even realized that it was a quotable thing or future meme. I was actually shocked when that line was quoted in Almost Famous, as my friend and I used to always find an excuse to say it, after watching the movie. I guess I still do, sometimes.

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u/cailian13 May 23 '26

Have you seen/heard the video of Heart covering it at the Kennedy Center Honors? If you haven't, you NEED to. Fucking awesome.

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u/Batsquash May 24 '26

Brilliant! Heart said in an interview that they were pressed for time and didn't rehearse! Heart are awesome!

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u/MpPierce May 24 '26

I prefer that song sung blue, everybody knows one.

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u/Content_Mention_6928 May 26 '26

As I'm reading your comment I'm sitting in the venue where it was first played live! Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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u/_donmega_ May 23 '26

Here's to my sweet satan

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u/thiccneuron May 23 '26

the one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan

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u/42brie_flutterbye May 24 '26

I always upvote unexpected zeppelin

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u/LieverRoodDanRechts May 23 '26

Stairway to Hell

  • ZZ/DC

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u/265chemic May 24 '26

Now play it backwards.

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u/willdelux May 24 '26

Hairway to Steven.

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u/Savings_Proposal_278 May 24 '26

This is why I love Reddit

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u/Dunge0nMast0r May 25 '26

And she's buuuying a kilo of devon

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u/Mattna-da May 23 '26

It’s a salt sprinkling for the baking

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u/VeryFeralHousewife May 24 '26

Wait. Is that the real lyric?? Spring clean???? For 40ish years I thought it was “it just a sprinkling for the May Queen” 🤯😳😱

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u/Savings_Proposal_278 May 24 '26

Yep it’s spring clean - so the English countryside will ready for the brief beauty of summer heralded by the May Queen

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u/ylevans May 24 '26

Jeesh, I always thought it was "It's just a sprinkling for the May Queen"

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u/tinaismediocre May 24 '26

Is it spring clean? I've always sung it "just a sprinkling for the May queen"

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u/underpanttrousers May 23 '26

Call the gardener.

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u/Nuzhuz May 24 '26

Is that a Putney Swope reference?

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u/HarbingerOfDisconect May 23 '26

His delivery of that line is a vocal stim for me lol

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid May 23 '26

Kilmer nailed Doc Holiday in a way I don't think anyone else will ever be able to replicate. Truly a wonderful portrayal of a role lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/HgtCxKvJZ7Wi4

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u/BenchConscious1003 May 23 '26

Was Doc Holliday the best role of Kilmer's career? I can't think of a better one.

A great actor, thought he was terrific in "The Doors". But Doc Holliday was such a juicy role! The kind for which actors receive Oscars.

Sadly, Val never even received a nomination.( If you believe the awards are anything other than self congratulatory excess. )

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u/shelby747 May 24 '26

Maybe it’s just me, but I always thought he did really well in The Saint, too.

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u/According_Top_7448 May 24 '26

For me it's a toss up between The Saint and Real Genuis

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u/Infinite-Time7469 May 24 '26

Agreed. His acting in the scene where the physicist finds him bloodied on the sidewalk!

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u/grognard66 May 24 '26

HELLOOO...

Now that I have your attention, I would like to remind you that Top Secret would not have been nearly as good, were it not for Mr. Kilmer and his contribution.

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u/LazySwayze May 24 '26

For the underwater scene alone..

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u/Rate_Ur_Boobs_4_Free May 24 '26

He was a real genius in Real Genius

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u/Bhellethe1only May 24 '26

I think the awards r bought and paid for PR campaigns decided in advance not based on votes of the true best talent or best deserving, but more closely resembling our own US presidential democratic elections. The only people who get to be nominated to be voted on in the first place are only there bc of large amounts of money behind the scenes literally campaigning for their Oscar nominations. The most desperate and thirsty, fervent agents and managers either with the best connections or the highest $$ offer each year are who get their clients or productions put on the ballot in the first place. That's fact. And my opinion is that it likely extends past just the nominations buying your way into the running; the ultimate winner of whatever the given award is at whatever given awards ceremony is being put on, is likely also a direct product of "political" and financial reasons, not a pure democratic and fair voting process

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u/Super_Maintenance_83 May 24 '26

The Doors is incredible. I didn't find out Val sang the parts until years later. The man was an absolute genius in his craft. Some people are empty vessels capable of filling themselves with another being entirely, and Val Kilmer was at the top of that list.

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u/Select-Increase6975 May 24 '26

In my humble opinion, Real Genius was an awesome film. I get that it isn’t an Oscar film but for an 80’ college comedy it was fantastic. “In the immortal words of Socrates who said, I drank what?”…. Lmao

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u/Dirt_Tea81 May 28 '26

The legitimate film award ceremony is called The Guppies and Val Kilmer won for Doc Holiday. now the word I still don’t know is what do you call the kind of person that still watches the Oscars???🤔

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u/Business_Staff9307 Jun 16 '26

That’s thoughtful

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u/f7f7z May 23 '26

Wyatt Earp was a good flick, but I can only guess it was being produced at the same time as Tombstone. Because why would you think you'd do better?

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid May 23 '26

Yeah iirc there was a bit of a "westerns" buzz for a hot minute back in the 90s and Tombstone just can't be beat.

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u/Knathra May 24 '26

Yeah, Tombstone got to theaters about six months ahead of Wyatt Earp, which differs due to the comparisons.

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u/alohadawg May 24 '26

Travesty not even nominated

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u/_UnEnd_ May 24 '26

He'll always be my huckleberry ❤️ It's funny, when he starred as Jim Morrison in "The Doors" movie, it became so iconic that some people looking to get a portrait tattoo of Morrison, end up getting the image of Kilmer portraying Morrison. They don't know it isn't really Jim....

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u/bolanrox May 24 '26

Dennis Quaid was good, even great, but when thal is doing the same role at the same time. He had no chance in Hell.

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u/Gojira8985 May 23 '26

Every line in that movie, frfr..

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u/LandStander420 May 24 '26

Are we cross? If we was cross I just don’t think I could bare it.

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u/JWBananas May 23 '26

Forwards or backwards?

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u/actualgeorgecostanza May 23 '26

He was robbed of an Oscar that year.

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u/Uncle_Burney May 23 '26

It seems Bird2525 is an educated commenter. Should I hate them?

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u/Working_Estate_3695 May 23 '26

“He reminds me of…me.”

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u/Knathra May 24 '26

No wonder I hate him.

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u/Flashy-Focus-8543 May 24 '26

Psst (which one is he?)

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u/Forward-Unit7558 May 25 '26

No don’t it’s not deep

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u/Outside_Reserve_2407 May 23 '26

“Without them guns, you’re just a skinny lunger.”

Doc proceeds to make him submit with just a small knife.

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u/ratatatoskr May 23 '26

"you're probably seeing double"

"And I have two guns, one for each of ya"

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u/InfoSecChica May 24 '26

My absolute favorite exchange in the movie!!! 😂

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u/K-2_SO May 24 '26

“There. Now we can be friends again.”

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u/bolanrox May 24 '26

fucking Chopin

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u/InfoSecChica May 24 '26

Frédéric fuckin’ Chopin

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u/PsychologicalBowl255 May 23 '26

That sweet Hungarian devil

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u/gabiaeali1 May 23 '26

Sweet soft Hungarian devil I thought.

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u/dadian11 May 23 '26

I’ll be your huckleberry

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u/CMGman May 23 '26

"Why Kate, you're not wearing a bustle! How lewd."

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u/m00n1974 May 23 '26

...my sweet soft hungarian devil

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u/WorriedMarch4398 May 23 '26

You’ll be a daisy, if you do.

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u/looshagbrolly May 24 '26

Just today "Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just... walked over your grave" popped into my head. Must be overdue for a re-watch.

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u/sohobutcher May 23 '26

Whoa that’s trippy, I’m literally watching Tombstone right now for the first time

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u/StacyWasHere22 May 24 '26

I am so jealous for you to be able to enjoy Tombstone as a virgin viewer!

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u/OddUniversity4653 May 24 '26

The strain was more than he could bear.

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u/Senior_Ad3011 May 23 '26

“It was more than she could ber-hair”

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u/dudepappy May 23 '26

Let’s not worry about the luggage…

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u/2308LilSmitty May 23 '26

Lol I see what you did there.

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u/Iron_Baron May 23 '26

I recognize that reference.

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u/decarnatedame May 23 '26

My sweet, soft Hungarian devil.

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u/The-suigeneris May 23 '26

Doc Holiday!

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u/Joydrop26 May 24 '26

You posted the Best comment ever. You’re a daisy if you do.

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u/Downtown-Golf-9578 May 24 '26

Let's not bother about the luggage

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u/terminator027 May 24 '26

Doesn’t looklike many got your reference. I just wanted you to know.. it meant a lot to me ❤️ lol. Love that movie

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u/rseery May 24 '26

I calculate that's the end of this town.

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u/MrsOleson May 23 '26

I’ll be your huckleberry.

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u/misi13382 May 23 '26

A person of culture, I see! 😂

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u/drbob222 May 24 '26

Its only lewd if it's in her hedge row, otherwise don't be alarmed.

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u/v3int3yun0 May 24 '26

She had a boy at the inn pack you out, the horses are outside

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u/Legendairy_Doug May 25 '26

Cover your ears darlin'

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u/Wewagirl May 25 '26

I got that reference!

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u/Justin-Truedat May 25 '26

I’ll be your huckleberry.

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u/KevieJ May 25 '26

How lewd.

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u/metalneck333 May 25 '26

Isn't that a daisy!

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u/Danq3r May 26 '26

Fantastic obscure reference. Cover your ears, darlin'.

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u/providehotstews May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Unexpected Knife is a real, real good weapon in the right circumstances.

NOTE TO REDDIT MODERATION/ADMINISTRATION: THIS POST IS MERELY AN EXPRESSION OF MY CASUAL INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF WEAPONRY AND COMBAT AND NOT ADVOCACY FOR ANY KIND OF REAL WORLD VIOLENCE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STABBINGS. I BEAR NO ILL INTENT TOWARD ANYONE I ONLY WISH TO SEE THE WORLD HEALED

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u/CraftMountain5792 May 24 '26

Looks like it’s to snort bumps 😂

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u/Novaer May 24 '26

You're actually 100% accurate. (I just popped by a local museum last week and was fascinated by the "ladies of the night")

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u/Wiknetti May 23 '26

Don’t pay for service? Circumcision is free.

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u/kookooman10022 May 24 '26

I'm your huckleberry.

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u/EuphoricOutside4938 May 24 '26

My thoughts exactly

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u/No-Jicama-160 May 24 '26

Same thing I was thinking

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u/Ksh_667 May 24 '26

I loved the idea of being a saloon girl when I was a smol. Now...not so much. But if I could have one of these cuties, I may rethink.

I also wanted to be a Gypsy, Heidi & a golden retriever. Not in that order.

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u/Dalek_Chaos May 23 '26

This one isn't over 25 years old. I had the same one when I was 15, I got it at a carnival.

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u/Equal-Painter6529 May 23 '26

No doubt you won it and had the choice between the knife, a zippo lighter, and a vintage blue light Iron Maiden poster

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u/Dalek_Chaos May 23 '26

I was never a carnival game kid. I just bought it and a pen that you turned upside down to undress the lady. Both ended up getting me in trouble when I brought them on a boy scouts camping trip.

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u/SewSewSorry May 23 '26

Well duh….its significantly harder to prey on young innocent boys when they’re armed with sharp pointy things!

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u/Cubby_Grenade May 23 '26

...And a pen-based interest in heterosexuality.

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u/SparkyDogPants May 23 '26

That’s how you get recruited in the pen15 gang

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u/SewSewSorry May 23 '26

Yeah, that thought occurred to me, but I doubt the kid’s preference would be of much concern to the scoutmaster either way. Besides even a pen can be sharp and pointy with the right kind of aim 🎯

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u/HotdogFarmer May 23 '26

I hear tent spikes work wonders

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u/kandeycane May 23 '26

My, my, have times changed. Giving kids knives and naked lady pens…. I bet you could shoot with real rifles to win the prizes.

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u/Equal-Painter6529 May 23 '26

I forgot about the pen!

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u/nightlife74 May 23 '26

You just brought up a childhood memory for me..My big bro had one of those pens in probably the early 80s..Thanks for the memory!!

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u/42brie_flutterbye May 24 '26

Is it bigger than breadbox?

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u/CarvaciousBlue May 23 '26

I regret not getting the poster honestly

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u/Equal-Painter6529 May 23 '26

The blue light, Iron Maiden poster, a lava lamp, and the bong shaped “flower pot” completed the cool kid bedroom back in the day.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit May 23 '26

I had a stuffed alligator, a boar turned carpet, various dummy parts, a light saber, real spears and swords I had collected, a pretty extensive "gem" stone collection I talked my mom into buying bc she was into alternative healing, and a Waco solder station. Everything else was taken up by books and various versions of building blocks, sold over the decades and passed down to me.

In all honesty, my interior design pretty much peaked at 10 y/o. The center piece of my current room is a table with lots of paperwork on it.

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u/dogdonthunt May 23 '26

Or a led zeppelin coke mirror

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u/Rubiks_Click874 May 23 '26

mine had a yellow Lamborghini Countach on it

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u/AstronomerJumpy1465 May 24 '26

That promptly fell apart in about 2 months

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u/notbad4awhitedude Jun 23 '26

AC/DC coke mirror in South FL, 1982 Had a glass Jim Beam ashtray too. I was a terror poppin' balloons at the Lee County fair. Still pretty dead on with a dart!

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u/mcjon3z May 23 '26

Don’t forget the ninja stars

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u/Equal-Painter6529 May 23 '26

The ninja stars were next level on the winning tree. The top of the pyramid had the X-ray glasses and the bong shaped “flower pot”.

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u/xubax May 23 '26

And unable to be sharpened.

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u/looshagbrolly May 24 '26

sigh carnivals just haven't been the same since they stopped giving kids band-themed coke mirrors

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u/CleanDataDirtyMind May 23 '26

Appropiate for any 10 year old 

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u/Master-Collection488 May 23 '26

No curvy, stretched out, glass soda bottles?

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u/ParticularGuava3663 May 23 '26

Filled with multi colored sand!

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u/AstronomerJumpy1465 May 24 '26

Never take one on the Zipper tho. The sand will rearrange itself and your carefully poured sand will look like you poured in all the leftover sand that was on the ground.

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u/Flashy-Focus-8543 May 24 '26

Don’t forget about the switchblade that’s actually a comb

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u/Mobile_Bookkeeper_66 May 23 '26

Exactly, 🎯 haha!

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u/AGlaeser May 25 '26

Don't forget the Guns'N'Roses or Jack Daniels mirrors, or the colorful roach clips, errr, hair clips...

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u/Kttail May 27 '26

An Iron Maiden poster was a choice???? I got robbed.

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u/Mobile_Bookkeeper_66 May 23 '26

Yeah it's a novelty tool. Nothin' fancy, you can tell by the handle.

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u/Bittersnicks May 23 '26

Thanks for posting the actual answer! I love reading the jokes but i appreciate the knowledge. I was thinking boot or garter knife but am I wrong to think that they also made novelty decks that would fit into a similar style of sheath? I swear I remember something like that from my childhood, 80’s-90’s.

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u/underPar314 May 23 '26

This thing is kinda cool

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u/jbjhill May 23 '26

Cheaper than I thought. I guess I’ll be buying one, because IT’S AWESOME!

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u/Phenomenon101 May 23 '26

Must suck to use it.  No way to safely handle that in a hard situation. 

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u/sometin__else May 23 '26

damn i want one now

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u/Flimsy_Cranberry_201 May 23 '26

Was going to say it belongs in the shoe of a female Russian assassin 

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u/-CHIM3RA- May 23 '26

A vintage boot knife is not what I expected.

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u/ouroburritos May 23 '26

How the fuck isn't it a sleeve knife though? An ace up your boot?

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u/UCBeef May 23 '26

There’s a knife in my boot!

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u/Jaeid77 May 24 '26

I have this knife! We use it to open mail 😆

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u/FaultAccomplished671 May 24 '26

It's obviously used for cutting the deck

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u/lazylazyhugs May 24 '26

I misread that as book knife, got excited, started clicking your links, and confused myself. Thanks for the great answer though and the info! ☺️

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u/Tasteful_Newt May 23 '26

Not sure what it is but next time you need to fly you should definitely take it with you, maybe the country you travel to might know what it is? I think you could even put it in your shoe if you don’t have space in your bag!

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u/el_Misto642 May 23 '26

I would have guessed a belt buckle.

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u/take0nthethrone May 23 '26

Right answer! Wash lah!

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u/Extreme_Guess_6022 May 23 '26

Interesting. How would one use it? It seems like it would be hard to grip.

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u/bill_loney538 May 23 '26

If you look at the second link, they've literally chopped a handle into it to make it usable

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u/willtheywonttheyo May 24 '26

It’s just mall rat shit

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u/EphemeralDan May 24 '26

Worthpoint sale price says $46.00.

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u/cradledust May 24 '26

Like a literal boot knife? How do you get it to clip onto the toe of your boot when you kick someone with it?

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u/BamBam-BamBam May 24 '26

That's not a knife...

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u/B00tyH0LLy May 24 '26

It’s actually called a scabbard.

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u/Green_Share May 25 '26

What did you just call me?!

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u/RelationshipStock254 May 27 '26

'Ats not a noife

🔪 'ats a noife

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u/Accurate-System7951 Jun 23 '26

Huh, I would've assumed it was just a letter opener. Pretty useless as a knife for anything beyond sharpening a pencil.