22 Nov
Fend off would-be (wet) attackers with brass knuckles & a blade

Say your out taking a stroll through a light drizzle, just trying to mind your business and not got in anyone’s way, when unexpectedly you start getting punked by a roving band of street ninjas. What are you gonna do, run? Throw your duck boots at them? Well if you had this handy Umbrella Sword […]


28 Jul
Carry your groceries, kick some ass

The use of knuckleduster-type weapons dates back to the 1900s when soldiers made wood, brass or cast iron knuckles to wipe up loose ends on the battleground with. Others have said they’re even older, but irrelevant to when they were created people never seem to tire of their functionality — whether it be as a […]


16 May
BLACKMEANS potentially hostile Bic accessory

If you’ve ever wanted to combine a fine knuckleduster with your Bic lighter holder, BLACKMEANS may have created your perfect badboy accessory. Made of premium fine leather, either in black or dark blue, the Bic lighter holder incorporates four brass knuckle-like finger slots for easy carrying… and threatening potential rabblerousers. The lighter holder also features […]


28 Apr
How to take no bull in a Chinashop

These may not be the most practical material for everyday dishware, or unbreakable fistware, but I’d argue they’re a household necessity. These China Knuckles — courtesy of Juliet Ames of The Broken Plate Pendant Company — are all cut from authentic blue Willow Ware china. And while these very breakable bad boys may be neither […]


15 Feb
Chromoly leather holsters for mundane killing tools

When Chromoly created past pieces, Ninja Tack and Bourgeois Brass Knuckles, manufacturers were advised by lawyers to disassociate themselves with such collections and Scandinavian retailers were actually required to pull these items off their shelves; they were portrayed as weapons marketed to the public. Well Chromoly decided to take this assumption and spin it, showing […]


11 Nov
Security Wizard's Nylon Cord Wrapped Brass Knuckle Buckle

Imagine yourself walking down a dark alley, late at night. Suddenly, some menacing hoodied figure approaches asking you for some nylon cording cause his shoelace broke. You’d be helpless — no nylon cord to offer him ad hoc shoelaces, and no weapon to defend yourself if he was up to any funny business. Security Wizard […]


28 Jun
Debra Baxter is making art/weaponry for women everywhere

Debra Baxter seems to be the ultimate woman’s right’s advocate. She has created a pair of crystal brass knuckles (humorously titled “Crystal Brass Knuckles (I am going to realign your chakras motherf*****)”) for all of you ladies who need a weapon, for one reason or another. Maybe you need to go teach Chad he should […]


18 May
Time To Hurt Some Dirt

Designers Kaza Razat and Imani Powell definitely have a playful, urban aesthetic with their work. But this is a little bit weird. I never understood the need for decorative soap—shaped as Brass Knuckles or not. WTF? Who is the customer here? It’s gotta be either heteroflexible guys, big bears, or their butchy female counterparts, because […]