Wrist Holdouts?

[RVM45]

Friends,

I saw a video on "U" Tube where that crazy guy from England made a working copy of the forearm-mounted blade in the Assassin Computer Game. I was underwhelmed at the practicality...

But it got me to thinking.

Anyone old enough may have seen the TV Series "The Dirty Dozen." One character had some sort of rig that would instantly pop a long bladed switchblade into his right hand. They never explained it of course.

The old gamblers used a Jacob's Ladder affair to secrete a card—but they couldn't bend that arm lest the hidden card pop out—and I question how robust the mechanism would be for a much heavier small pistol.

One can mount a friction retainer that will release with a hard thrust—Jeff Goldblume had that type of holster in "Silverado." It is not very secure or reliable.

Anyone who watched movies may recall Travis Bickle's odd wrist holster in "Taxi Driver" or Andrew Dice Clay's elaborate wrist device in "Ford Fairlane"—and even in the movies that carry system let him down.

Does anyone know of a Real World system that allows fast one-handed access to a small knife or pistol mounted on the wrist?

{Yes, I'm not being insensitive to that significant and ever growing minority that doesn't believe that there is such a thing as "Reality."}

This is just curiosity. There is no crying necessity for such a device. I'd just like to see how it might be done.

 

…..RVM45