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A folding switchblade. A switchblade (also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or ...
Design. The morning star is a medieval weapon consisting of a spiked ball mounted on a shaft, resembling a mace, usually with a long spike extending straight from the top and many smaller spikes around the particle of the head. [3] [1] The spikes distinguish it from a mace, which uses flanges or knobs to penetrate plate armor. [citation needed]
All styles and codes are played on dry, flat floor surfaces such as a gymnasium or basketball court. As in other hockey codes, players on each team attempt to shoot a ball, disk or puck into a goal using sticks, some with a curved end and others a straight, bladeless stick.
Blades Brown (born May 21, 2007) is an American golfer from Nashville, Tennessee who at age 16 broke Bobby Jones ' record as the youngest medalist at stroke play in U.S. Amateur history. [1] Bobby Jones set the record when he was 18 years old (1920), and it remained unbroken for 103 years. In 2023, the 16-year-old Brown, then a high school ...
Since inaugural 1960 Summer Paralympics. Table tennis (also known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of two, players take alternating turns returning a light ...
1 ⁄ 8 in (3.18 mm) ball: Bearing alloy, tin, hard plastic materials: 130: 500 L: HRL: 60: 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.35 mm) ball: Bearing metals and other very soft or thin materials. 130: 500 M: HRM: 100: 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.35 mm) ball: Thermoplastics, bearing metals and other very soft or thin materials: 130: 500 P: HRP: 150: 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.35 mm) ball
Chain weapon. A chain weapon is a weapon made of one or more heavy objects attached to a chain, sometimes with a handle. The flail was one of the more common types of chain weapons associated with medieval Europe, although some flails used hinges instead of chains.
Timo Boll ( German pronunciation: [ˈtiːmo ˈbɔl], audio ⓘ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is currently ranked 45th in the ITTF world rankings as of January 2024. [5] Boll is the most successful German table tennis player of all time, having won several ...
Blade. (upcoming video game) Marvel's Blade is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Arkane Lyon and published by Bethesda Softworks. Based on the Marvel Comics character Blade, it will feature an original narrative that draws from the character's comic book mythology, while additionally deriving from various appearances in other media.
Blade is a superhero film and television franchise based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Wesley Snipes as Blade in the original trilogy, and Sticky Fingaz in the television series. The original trilogy was directed by Stephen Norrington, Guillermo del Toro and David S. Goyer, the latter of whom also wrote the films and ...