Exposed Knives

Fast and Furious is back.  I think this is the sixth one in the series so I can assume someone is making money on the franchise. 

It’s got everything an action film should have: handsome guys, well proportioned, good-looking women, incredible stunts and of course, cars doing things that would disintegrate your car and kill the driver.  And action, non-stop action, constantly increasing action. Just in case I didn’t get the point across, more action!

I’ll catch the film when it’s delegated to TV.  It’s not that I have some intellectual bias against action films or some inability to suspend disbelief.  On the contrary, I’m still worried about the movie character with the nuclear reactor in his chest and I can’t wait to see what happens next.  It’s just I can’t get cranked up about any movie where the cars and the stars are indiscernible.

They're fast and they're furious!  How many knives do you see?

Take a look the at hottie under the “U”.  She’s wearing a knife in front on the outside of her low riders.  That’s another strike against the movie.  Pocket clip knives, when worn as knives should be worn on the inside with only the clip showing.  Wear it as a fashion statement and it will be lost by the time you need it.  Strike two. 

The knife's shape is unique.  It has to be a Spyderco Delica!

So what’s the knife?  I think it’s a Spyderco C11 stainless steel Delica.  It’s a nice knife.  VG-10 steel, large thumb hole, saber grind blade and the stainless steel handle is drilled and tapped for up/down and left/right carry.  Add a partial serration and you have some powerful cutting ability in a closed package 4.25 inches long. That's a lot of good reasons to carry a Delica.

It’s also four and quarter inches of stainless steel that will jab her in her exposed gut every time she sits down. Which should be a lot.  You gotta sit down to drive the car.

She would have been better off with the Emerson Delica.  With Ernie’s wave incorporated into the blade, she could alternate between:

• Two handed polite opening,
• One handed thumb hole opening
• Waving it open.

The options depend on the scene.  Oh, wait that’s character development which should never interfere with the action.

Oh!  I forgot suspension of disbelief.