brooklyn shorty by cold steel
Apr 8, 2024 7:06:09 GMT
Post by hawthorn on Apr 8, 2024 7:06:09 GMT
I was remembering the year 2000 when I carried a sawed off louiseville slugger while working security, and wishing it was made of stronger material than easily broken ash. Then I remembered cold steel invented a plastic truncheon they were laughably calling a baseball bat so I bought one. I have experience with two of their polypropylene products, the stuff is tough as hell. My concern therefore with the brooklyn shorty was not its durability but handling characteristics, as this thing would be for self protection.
I was skeptical when ordering the shorty because of the listed weight (19oz) and the overall length (20"). Somehow I imagined it would be too lightweight and/or imbalanced, or feel like those puny wood fishing clubs I see everywhere nowadays. My package arrived a few days ago...
First impressions:
-Fresh from the box and in hand, this is no mere fish club. I'm instantly reminded of the scene in Unleashed when Bob Hoskins uses something very similar to snap a fellow mobster's tibia in half.
-The shorty's felt weight is greater than expected. I heard something about polypropylene being heavier than hickory or ash, well it's certainly heavier than anything of equivalent size made from those woods in my experience, and in this case I can really feel it a lot. If I didn't know better you could convince me there's a lead weight in the shorty. Momentum builds very early. You don't need to swing full power to get some serious whackage from this thing. A small tap to my left knee almost broke something. A snap-cut style strike seems like it would obliterate a coconut.
-It's fast. Whoa. Even recovery time is a split second. It sorta feels like a sjambok.
-Neither my arm nor wrist is getting tired from swinging it around for a minute.
I was skeptical when ordering the shorty because of the listed weight (19oz) and the overall length (20"). Somehow I imagined it would be too lightweight and/or imbalanced, or feel like those puny wood fishing clubs I see everywhere nowadays. My package arrived a few days ago...
First impressions:
-Fresh from the box and in hand, this is no mere fish club. I'm instantly reminded of the scene in Unleashed when Bob Hoskins uses something very similar to snap a fellow mobster's tibia in half.
-The shorty's felt weight is greater than expected. I heard something about polypropylene being heavier than hickory or ash, well it's certainly heavier than anything of equivalent size made from those woods in my experience, and in this case I can really feel it a lot. If I didn't know better you could convince me there's a lead weight in the shorty. Momentum builds very early. You don't need to swing full power to get some serious whackage from this thing. A small tap to my left knee almost broke something. A snap-cut style strike seems like it would obliterate a coconut.
-It's fast. Whoa. Even recovery time is a split second. It sorta feels like a sjambok.
-Neither my arm nor wrist is getting tired from swinging it around for a minute.
Cold steel did a great job, I honestly would not change a thing about the shorty. Not one. To call it satisfactory doesn't describe it. This is a nasty, nasty object. For me it strikes the perfect balance between speed, maneuverability and delivering fight-stopping blunt power. The perfect balance when considering confined spaces and the in-your-face distances of actual self defense situations in which you're basically getting jumped and longer things like swords are useless. It only needs a carry rig or two to become part of my EDC. Cold steel invented a model called the brooklyn slammer that is essentially a heavier shorty being 19 inches and weighing 12oz more, but I don't see packing another 12oz into the shorty without making it unwieldy.
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the shorty pictured between a dagger and a cold steel gunstock club for size comparison