Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon Sword

[John Picard]

I had no idea that they made REAL Bat'leth's...

Officially? I don't think so. But yeah, there's a few people out there that make real ones. There used to be a guy on st.com a couple years or more back that popped them out of sheet-metal.

I knew a guy in Texas who belonged to a group that comprised a Klingon crew. They'd go to conventions in full dress, including Bat'leths. He sent me video once of a few of them conducting Bat'leth drills Yep, they'd have competitions and actually fight with them.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

You know some poor cop was scratching his head when writing that report: "A Bat what...you saying he robbed dress like Batman?"

My good friend/old college roommate is a police officer in Co Springs (where the robberies took place), so he should know what it is. He's not really a Trek fan, but I think he absorbed enough through me over the years. I offered him the use of my old Klingon dictionary though, just in case they need to talk to the guy.

This story brings shame to the Klingon way.
The fact that he was beaten by the cunning use of the word 'No' by the second clerk is too shaming! Truely a PahtK.
I wish I still had my 'learn Klingon' cassette tape, I used to get fabulous looks practising in the car

Well it appears that, as in every foreign language, you remember the important words (the curse words ).

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I don't want to point fingers at anyone, but I did see this guy at the local bar.

 

[JAG]

Too funny!

 

[Augustus]

I had no idea that they made REAL Bat'leth's...

Officially? I don't think so. But yeah, there's a few people out there that make real ones. There used to be a guy on st.com a couple years or more back that popped them out of sheet-metal.

I knew a guy in Texas who belonged to a group that comprised a Klingon crew. They'd go to conventions in full dress, including Bat'leths. He sent me video once of a few of them conducting Bat'leth drills Yep, they'd have competitions and actually fight with them.

Whoa! I wonder if the new movie will make this a more mainstream activity

Instead of Soccer and hockey mom's, we'll have Bat'leth mom's...

 

[Mallory]

Can you imagine the police alert on that one?

Dispatcher: Be on the lookout for a white man in his 20s, wearing a black mask, black jacket, and blue jeans carrying a bat'leth.

Police: Carrying a what?

 

[Trekker4747]

I love it when news articles have to explain Star Trek nonsense.

"Klingons were warlike enemies of the good-guy United Federation of Planets in the original "Star Trek" series but were allies in "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

I love it.

 

[Starbreaker]

That's my boy!

 

[M'Sharak]

I had no idea that they made REAL Bat'leth's...

I imagine quality and "realness' varies, but there are plenty of folks out there who would be willing to sell you one.

You can even find them at Amazon.com.

 

[jamestyler]

I had no idea that they made REAL Bat'leth's...

I imagine quality and "realness' varies, but there are plenty of folks out there who would be willing to sell you one.

You can even find them at Amazon.com.

I had no idea they could be found on amazon. Awesome!

I wasn't sure form the pic if it was a show-type model or one of the weird versions you get on eBay.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Oh i got it! The guy was just making sure that there were no Romulans in that store!

 

[Mistral]

There's a knife store in Little Tokyo, LA that sells serious 440 stainless ones for about $135US and up. Thought they were ornamental and cut my thumb on one like a fool....

 

[RoJoHen]

Oh i got it! The guy was just making sure that there were no Romulans in that store!

What they don't tell you in the article is that the store owner's last name is Khitomer.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

It makes perfect sense then!

 

[K'Ehleyr]

My good friend/old college roommate is a police officer in Co Springs (where the robberies took place), so he should know what it is. He's not really a Trek fan, but I think he absorbed enough through me over the years. I offered him the use of my old Klingon dictionary though, just in case they need to talk to the guy.

This story brings shame to the Klingon way.
The fact that he was beaten by the cunning use of the word 'No' by the second clerk is too shaming! Truely a PahtK.
I wish I still had my 'learn Klingon' cassette tape, I used to get fabulous looks practising in the car

Well it appears that, as in every foreign language, you remember the important words (the curse words ).

Oddly enough there are not too many translations for 'could you point me in the direction of 10 forward please my friend' or 'here old lady have my seat on the shuttle'
Anyway foreign expletives are more fun too say. Even 'merde' sounds more expressive than 'shit' !

 

[Lindley]

I once saw a Bat'leth hanging in armory at a Renaissance fair.

 

[Lookingglassman]

LOL! What a loser!

 

[the Dagman]

I have had one of the 48" ones myself for many years. I put a hell of an edge on it as well. Many practice dummies have been split in twain by it. It is much more deadly to fight with than has ever been shown in Star Trek, very hard to defend against. It is very much like four different weapons all in one.

 

[Kommander]

Funny, JuanBolio didn't mention he was going to Colorado...

Tungsten Carbide.

It would look nice and hold an edge like nothing else, however:

-If the whole thing was carbide, it would cost well over $100,000 to have it made.

-It would shatter if you drop it on a hard surface (like concrete), or if you were to find yourself in a situation where you had to use it to parry an attack from another Bat'leth.

 

[Messianni]

TrekMovie.com has an image of it from a surveillance camera:

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/batleth_cocrime1.jpg

It's not even full sized!