Short video of a spydie in action

[tonydahose]

We found a connection with a towing company that lets us tear the cars apart before they bring them to the crusher. We give the guy a couple of firehouse t-shirts and he delivers the cars behind the firehouse :D . I would have used the assist but i had the mustang and i have one of my modded knives with the carbide in that car so i just used the jumpmaster on my firecoat. enjoy.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/ ... G_0342.mp4

[mikerestivo]

Thanks for the video - good to see that the glass breaker works well.

[grumpyphil]

I've never tried taking out a window with one of these but that's really impressive!

[Donut]

Looks like it works very well! Nice video.

[SmoothOne25]

wow such... ease!

[Jazz]

Very cool to see. Thanks for sharing, Tony.

- best wishes, Jazz.

[angusW]

Wow. Looks like you didn't have to put any effort in that at all. I noticed you hit at the edge of the window as apposed to the centre. I hear that's the best spot to hit I guess because there's less flex.

[tonydahose]

exactly, if you hit it in the middle with lets say the pick of an axe it will just bounce off unless you put alot of power behind it but then the victim wouldn't be so happy about the follow through of the swing :p .

[Water Bug]

Very nice demonstration, Tony! Thank you for sharing that!

[SteelDragon]

Well, guess that's what I get for parking in a tow away zone in Chicago.

Nice video Tony! Glad to see the glass falls out verse in.

[SolidState]

That was an excellent demonstration. Thank you.

[dialex]

exactly, if you hit it in the middle with lets say the pick of an axe it will just bounce off unless you put alot of power behind it but then the victim wouldn't be so happy about the follow through of the swing :p .

Indeed. Some time ago, I've seen a video with a couple guys who were trying to break the window of a car with a rock. because on of them forgot the keys inside.
And they were hitting the window in the center, wondering how strong it is.
Meanwhile, a third one came and took his chance by hitting the window (also in the center) with his bare fist :rolleyes:
It took them about ten minutes of smashing with that rock till one of them had a lucky shot

[Jackson]

exactly, if you hit it in the middle with lets say the pick of an axe it will just bounce off unless you put alot of power behind it but then the victim wouldn't be so happy about the follow through of the swing :p .

That is very interesting - both the video and your follow up post.

I was about to say "its cool to see how well those glass breakers work" but now that I understand that there is some technique involved (striking on the edge) I have a fuller understanding (they still work well, you just gotta use em right).

Ya learn something new every day... :D

[Dr. Snubnose]

That was quick!....Remind me never to park my car behind the firehouse when I come to visit!.....or even ask for one of those firehouse shirts....Doc :p

[tonydahose]

but now that I understand that there is some technique involved (striking on the edge)

i just want to make sure we are talking about the same thing, when you say striking on the edge, do you mean hit the corner of the window? when you hit the window with the carbide point it should be perpendicular to it. i just didnt want any confusion in case anyone needs to do this one day. On a side note, the window punches that have a spring inside usually work anywhere on a window but for something like my knife or an assist, the glass will break easier if you hit it in a bottom corner.

[mobi]

It is very difficult to break the side window of a car , i locked my keys inside years ago and had to borrow a hammer to bust the glass, i did see on tv though a trick criminals use which is to use a small jagged crystal type stone (real small maybe only 1/2") those guys would keep a suitable piece handy in their pocket and if they saw a bag or lap top on a car seat they would throw this as hard as possible at the glass , it was surprising to see it worked so well.

[defenestrate]

A quartz or harder crystal with a good point should definitely be good on glass, as will shards of porcelain of the type found on spark plugs. The porcelain is so hard and so sharp that it has been known to shatter glass easily when thrown with moderate force. I believe the same is typically true with properly knapped obsidian.

[defenestrate]

BTW, nice vid Tony. Good to see how easily that tip works.