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>> Yeah.
Wait, why are we, why are we, we're teaching, this is--
>> This is horrible.
>> No, this is awful.
We're testing the efficacy of this confiscated weapon.
>> JASON: This is extraordinarily dangerous,
reckless, stupid, and requires no skill [sighs],
so it's perfect for us.
[relaxing music]
>> Narrator: Testing the efficacy of the razor blade flail.
>> I don't even know what it is.
But I'm looking at a ruler, well, we got some hex nuts,
we got shoelaces, and razor blades.
>> Yeah, this is a bladed flail that was confiscated
from a prisoner in Hamburg, Germany in 1996.
>> Holy crap.
>> It's very simple, it's very basic.
But it's just so evil, that I wanted to do it and test it.
>> Okay, so a flail, normally you got a whole bunch
of things with barbs and stuff on it.
In this case, I can see the ruler already,
even they conveniently made a hole.
>> That's what they're for, yeah.
>> [laughs] Step one, tie it off.
>> JASON: Yes.
I'm going to have two.
>> BRIAN: Oh, wait.
Oh, you didn't tell me you could have two.
>> You can't have two, I'm having two.
You just do one.
>> Well, I don't want it to be this long.
I'm going to [mumbles], like look at that.
[laughs] Oh, damn it, stop [laughs].
Now I've got two [laughs].
>> JASON: Ow, ow, ow.
[laughs] [clicking]
>> Ow, you son of [beep].
>> [laughs] I could tell that stung, I'm sorry.
>> JASON: Oh, it did, it did.
[laughs]
>> Ah, ow, wow, okay.
>> Yeah, I'm going to do the two thing,
that seemed much more effective.
>> Ooh, yes.
>> Okay, so you thread it through.
>> JASON: Now, we only have two hex nuts.
The hex nuts are really just to weight these.
>> BRIAN: Yeah.
>> The real damage is when you get the razor blades on there.
>> So how do you, what do you do with the razor blades?
>> JASON: Okay, well.
>> BRIAN: There we go.
>> JASON: Wait, wait, wait.
[laughs]
Put those on.
>> BRIAN: All right, all right, all right, all right.
>> JASON: These are anti-cut gloves,
sent to us by one of The Modern Rogue community.
You know what?
>> Wait, what are you doing?
>> I can't, I need the dexterity.
[laughs]
>> I guess you tie a double knot where you want it to be,
and then you tie another one above it.
That's what I'm going to guess.
You're right, I need the dexterity too [laughs].
I'll be real careful.
So I tied off one knot, but put this very delicately.
And then I'll tie it off above it with another double knot.
You know what I just realized?
The problem with doubling it up like this,
is that it's going to be considerably shorter
with all the knots that we're doing.
That already looks scary.
>> Yeah, that's no good.
[hammering]
It's like I'm almost, there we go.
That's good.
>> Oh, oh, the razor blade cut the shoelace.
>> Oh, wow.
>> Look, and it's about to cut on this one too.
It's already, look at it, it's barely holding on by a hair.
Yeah, we didn't think that part through.
>> JASON: Nope [laughs].
>> BRIAN: Same thing over here.
Wow.
What are you doing?!
That's blood. >> Does that count?
>> You counted it when it was me.
Oh, I need the dexterity.
>> I need--
>> I can't use the [mumbles].
>> It's a tiny, tiny little poke.
>> You think that if you don't wash it off,
it's not an injury [laughs].
[clicking] [laughs]
okay, so I got to start all over again.
>> JASON: Here, do you want some of these X-ACTO blades?
>> BRIAN: No, no, no, no, I'm scared of those.
I think those are legit horrifying.
>> JASON: Okay.
>> See how I've got this big, fat knot there?
>> JASON: Mm-hmm.
>> Now, the problem before was I was wrapping it around,
so the blade was rubbing on it.
>> JASON: Yeah.
>> BRIAN: Instead, this will go straight down
the middle and stop there.
I got a knot on each side of this,
and I double knotted that first one.
I don't think you even need to double knot.
I think you could just put one on each side,
so there you go.
So there, another knot.
Oh yeah, this is the way to go.
You do a knot, you slide on the blade,
you do a knot over the knot.
And then you get, I think three's
all you're really going to be able to get.
[sigh] Look at that.
>> That's wicked.
>> That's horrifying, is what it is.
>> That is truly wicked.
>> BRIAN: So I've got a triple knot on here,
double knots on each side, and a triple knot on the end.
I think this guy is finished.
>> Let's just use that one.
>> Okay.
>> BRIAN: All right,
so the changeling has now morphed into a zombie.
Which means we have to make flesh-like bits to him,
because this is fiberglass.
>> JASON: Just want to wedge it into this?
>> Yeah, here you go, have him pinch that.
>> Okay.
>> There you go.
[laughs] This is how it goes when you're attacked in prison,
is they hold a target, and they say,
"Roar, I don't like you very much."
Let's cover him with expired meat.
>> This might be a new low for us.
>> No, a new high [laughs].
>> Do your kids ever ask you what you do with your Saturdays?
>> You hold him, and I'm going to pin the meat on [laughs].
This is a beautiful meat shield [laughs].
>> My father was a meat pinner,
my grandfather was a
meat pinner before him. [laughs]
>> I come from a long family of meat pinners.
>> My hands are all slippery now.
>> [laughs] Here, I'll be, I'm the meat pinner.
>> JASON: I'm going to pin this one.
I want to do one. [laughs]
It's terrible.
>> See, this is why you leave the meat pinning to me.
Get a meat, come on.
Damn it, no!
God dammit [growls]!
[sigh] Prisoner XK99.
>> It's like we're in an intergalactic prison, right?
>> Yeah.
>> And we have found--
>> And the changeling showed up, morphed into a zombie,
angry, going to attack us.
And we have to defend ourselves with a flail,
which means we need safety gear.
Safety gear. >> Yes.
>> I think the way you normally use a flail,
would be like overhand and left and right,
and swing it around and all that stuff.
>> Yeah, you're probably going to--
>> We don't want to do that.
>> No, we do not.
>> So I'm going to do this, and then you hide.
Ready?
Hey man, this is an intergalactic prison riot.
Get out of here changeling. [whack]
That didn't. [whack]
Bro, I chopped his head off.
[slow motion whack]
Oh my god.
Holy cow, are you. [whack]
Okay.
[slow motion whack]
>> JASON: Is it more the hex nut that's doing the damage?
>> BRIAN: Yeah, well it's definitely whacking
with the hex nut.
But you can tell that everything else is chopping at it
at the same time.
Here, you give it a try, I said terrifiedly.
All right, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
>> JASON: I'm going to do a thing.
>> BRIAN: No, no, no, no.
>> JASON: Okay, I'm going to go hard.
>> BRIAN: No, no.
>> [laughs] I'm just kidding.
>> BRIAN: I swear to god.
[whacking]
Oh, that's what it is.
The cutting action seems to come when you go out
and then you yank it back.
>> JASON: Yeah.
>> BRIAN: Now I don't want to whip it back in our faces,
but like a slow motion version would be.
[whack]
You kind of drag it across.
Like you go [mumbles]. [whacking]
The dragging motion, oh my god.
Yeah, you can see pieces of it being sliced off.
That's what it is.
Is it goes in, and you drag it back.
Whoa!
Look at all these.
>> JASON: That's what I was trying to get.
>> BRIAN: It's going chew, chew, chew.
>> JASON: Yeah, I was trying to get
when I was going a little bit down,
so it would cut across like that.
And we've got some actual legit slices.
>> BRIAN: This is the slice.
Here, I want you to go in and pull back.
>> JASON: Okay.
>> BRIAN: Not towards yourself.
Don't let it hit you.
[whack]
Okay see, that's the problem,
you're pulling it toward yourself too hard.
[whacking]
I actually think it would word better,
if it was slightly shorter.
[whack]
[laughs]
Here, I'm going to try, if we shorten this just a bit.
>> Okay.
>> I need the dexterity.
[laughs]
>> This is probably not the smartest prison weapon.
>> No, it's really not. >> I don't recommend it.
>> Here.
>> You want to do it, and I'll get over here?
>> Yeah, I guess, okay.
So somebody's coming up,
slice you. [whack]
[slow motion whack]
So you see the impact there,
and there's definitely a slice across the chest.
[whacking]
Look at that.
So obviously, this is not super strong,
so you can just cut it right off.
But you can see the points where it's slicing
into the flesh on there as well.
>> JASON: Take it and try to rake it down the front.
[whack]
>> BRIAN: Like that?
>> JASON: Yeah.
>> BRIAN: When I felt that,
I felt the hooks just stick right into it that time.
[slow motion whack]
Oh, dude, it definitely jabbed right into the chest.
[laughs]
>> JASON: Make sure you get back, okay.
[whack]
[laughs]
>> BRIAN: That would definitely slice up the face, for sure.
>> JASON: Yeah.
[whacking]
>> BRIAN: God, yeah.
>> JASON: Yeah.
>> BRIAN: When that thing hits, it's just taking
giant bites out of it, wow. [slow motion whack]
Uh yeah, I'm going to call it.
>> JASON: So effective, but maybe not the most efficient.
There are probably a lot of other prison weapons
that you could craft, even using this stuff,
that works way better than this.
But, this is super evil.
>> Super evil.
Look at all these individual scars,
where you can see the blade just pierced,
pierced, pierced, pierced, pierced, pierced.
I'm going to say fearsome, but dumb and cumbersome.
>> Yeah, and it also--
>> Unwieldy.
>> You run the risk of this popping back and hurting you,
just as much as you do hurting someone else with it.
>> Which, if you're in the middle
of an intergalactic prison riot,
you probably don't have a lot to lose.
>> Yeah.
>> Because you're a gambler on the run.
>> You're going to want to go for something,
maybe kyber crystal powered or something like that.
>> [laughs] Yeah.
Okay, we're going to say dumb, but scary.
>> Yeah, I think that's fair.
>> Bad weapon.
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You do wear some wild pants though.
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>> Oh, that looks nice.
>> Yes!
>> JASON: You got pants?
>> I got pants!
>> JASON: Are they wacky?
>> I'm going to, I'll be right back.
>> Are you going to put the shorts over the pants?
>> No, I'm going to [mumbles]. Try it,
maybe that's what they intended.
That's a nice fit.
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I look like I should be walking down the beach,
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>> Well now I can't enjoy [mumbles].
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>> Hang on, let's give it a.
>> Do the half fist, the thoughtful hmm.
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>> The counting invisible dollars.
>> Is that what that is?
>> Yeah. >> Let's do that.
>> Don't tell [mumbles].
[laughs]
One of his--
>> David's going to think,
"Why do all of my pushpins smell like like turkey?"
>> You want to kind of scale them.
There you go, you always want the pin to [mumbles].
>> Are you trying to protect him?
>> I'm trying to get even coverage,
so it's most like hitting flesh.