Neck knife accident.

[Mk-211]

Be sure to check your equipment if you wear a neck knife.

Sad story.

Man's death outside Kowloon Restaurant appears accidental, DA says

Authorities have also identified the 42-year-old victim, who was found suffering from a knife wound in the parking lot.

www.wcvb.com

This is what was around his neck.

 

[pbearperry]

I saw this on the News. Sad!

 

[.38 Special]

Any details? I can't really tell what is being shown in the picture. It looks more like a tent stake than a knife.

 

[Styx]

How does one stabbed and puncture themselves deep enough to be fatal with a neck knife? I'm not sure how this even happens. I have worn small sub 3" neck knifes in the past, so I'm trying to understand this.... Plus first it was ruled a murder, then an accident? How do they know he didn't attempt to deploy his knife, and someone stabbed him with it? The knife seemed to be found off his body.

 

[Styx]

Any details? I can't really tell what is being shown in the picture. It looks more like a tent stake than a knife.

I'd like details too, because something doesn't make sense lol. Plus why is the knife found on the ground and not around his neck?

 

[Mk-211]

The only thing it says is that they took a bus to the restaurant.

Obviously they planned on drinking, maybe tripped while drunk?

If it stabbed him in the neck and sliced his aorta... maybe he pulled it out? EMS, removed it while working on him?

Picture of knife is weird, maybe just the angle it was taken.

 

[Mk-211]

I-Team: Victim in Kowloon stabbing was wearing lanyard with knife attached

WBZ TV's Paul Burton reports.

www.cbsnews.com

Listen to the audio, says he fell in the parking lot. Maybe to much to drink, no sheath on blade?

 

[troy fairweather]

Weird things happen, in 10th grade a kid was killed at my school from slashing a tire which blew out and stuck him in the heart.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

I tried a neck knife (worn around the neck) once. Gives me the Willie's.

 

[jmorris]

How does one stabbed and puncture themselves deep enough to be fatal with a neck knife?

You don’t have to go very deep in the front neck area to cause damage that you might not even live through if your already at the hospital, when it occurs.

 

[Enfielder]

Running around at work with a screwdriver in your back pocket is another way to find yourself with a new butthole Or a hole in your kidney. The same applies to a device hanging around your neck except there are no natural holes on your chest.

 

[.38 Special]

I'm no fan of neck knives, but it's hard to see how how a properly sheathed blade would be much more dangerous worn on the chest than anywhere else.

Unsheathed, of course, would be lunacy. Someone please tell me that's not a thing.

 

[Styx]

You don’t have to go very deep in the front neck area to cause damage that you might not even live through if your already at the hospital, when it occurs.

The lanyard on his alleged knife it pretty long as well as the knife itself. Combined or individually, it must have past his neck into his chest area.

 

[jmr40]

Happened to a deer hunter recently too.

Hunter Dies from Accidental Knife Stabbing, Likely After His Deer Spooked

A man died in a freak hunting accident in Kentucky after a deer he'd shot startled him and he stabbed himself in the leg.

www.wideopenspaces.com

 

[hso]

stabbed him in the neck and sliced his aorta

The aorta is in the chest. The carotids are in the neck. Can't get both.

That does NOT look like any neck knife I've seen. I agree it looks like a plastic tent stake, but who would wear a tent stake?

 

[JohnKSa]

Holsters and sheaths are safety equipment.

They must be checked carefully before they are used to make sure they will work as intended, will hold the gun/knife securely and will positively prevent serious injury when a knife is sheathed or a gun is holstered.

They must be checked periodically to make sure they haven't become worn or damaged to the point that their function is compromised.

You don't want to kill yourself or someone else accidentally because you aren't using a holster/sheath when you need one or are using one that is inadequate or that is worn or damaged.

 

[lemaymiami]

Place your fingers alongside your neck to feel the pulse of your carotid arteries… the fact that you can easily feel them means they’re not deep at all… Not even a less than two inch penetration is needed to sever one - and the Vic will expire very quickly if the bleeding isn’t stopped… Very sad if self inflicted. As a general principle you can’t assume that news reports are accurate though… Nothing that I was ever personally involved in on the street was ever accurately reported. period.

 

[JDeere]

Holsters and sheaths are safety equipment.

You don't want to kill yourself or someone else accidentally because you aren't using a holster/sheath when you need one or are using one that is inadequate or that is worn or damaged.

This is why there are the so called Glock leg accidents as well, inadequte or cheap holsters.
I personally don't wear anything around my neck or on my fingers for a reason. When you are doing certain jobs rings can be an issue as well...

 

[herrwalther]

That does NOT look like any neck knife I've seen. I agree it looks like a plastic tent stake, but who would wear a tent stake?

Happened in Massachusetts. Added to that a scant 22 minutes from Boston (according to Google Maps) which has their own knife ordinances. And in a bar? A tent stake, if that is what it was, may have been the best he could have gotten away with legally, but unfortunately it killed him. This may very well be one of those instances where he was carrying a weapon for self defense in the best tactical, legal etc way possible. Something everyone on this forum has done at some point. And because of law restrictions, carried something not ideal and died from it.

 

[EMC45]

Kinda like this.....

 

[gwpercle]

I never - ever thought "Neck Knives" were a good idea ... I still don't think they are a good idea .

Old School Knife Carry ,
Gary

 

[hso]

may have been the best he could have gotten away with legally

Ok, but carrying it without sheathing the tip to prevent this very accident is just volunteering for natural selection.

 

[Cfish]

A sharpened plastic tent stake would get the Vic past a metal detector. Probably a trick learned in prison.

 

[herrwalther]

Ok, but carrying it without sheathing the tip to prevent this very accident is just volunteering for natural selection.

Other than a custom maker, where can you get a sheath for a tent stake? This is a tragic accident. But it is a direct result of trying to abide by the law when an area (Massachusetts) takes away all reasonable means of self defense.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Other than a custom maker, where can you get a sheath for a tent stake? This is a tragic accident.

Some cardboard and duct tape could have worked. I've done that to temporarily transfer kitchen knives.