Fact #1: laser sights don’t help your aim; they’re highly inaccurate at any range longer than a couple dozen yards and only good for rapid target acquisition
Fact #2: absolutely every precision shooter knows this
Fact #3: almost nobody else knows this because movies have erroneously taught people that snipers paint a red dot on the target’s chest before they shoot them
Fact #4: any nazi who notices a red dot on their chest while giving a speech is going to immediately stop talking and get off the stage, probably while shitting themself
Fact #5: laser pointers are cheap, legal, and easy to conceal, and unless there’s smoke or dust or something in the air, theres no way to know where it’s coming from
When it comes to stuff like racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, I’ve found it’s usually way better to think to yourself ‘I don’t want to be’ than ‘I’m not’.
I.e. if someone goes ‘that thing you just did is ableist’, instead of going ‘I’m not ableist, I don’t hate disabled people!’ it’s usually a lot better to go ‘I don’t want to be ableist, I should rethink what I’m doing/saying/etc in light of that fact’. Because that shifts your thinking so rather than jumping straight into denial and attempts to defend your character, you’re instead more inclined to look at how your actions could be misrepresenting your intentions. Or whether you’ve overlooked something, been callous, or acted in ignorance.
Swords from nails are cute: for how-to reference, here’s a video.
And here are some more ex-nails.
This looks like something Terry would have given the Nac mac Feegle. (NB, must glow blue in the presence of lawyers…)
If you want something bigger, there are plenty of photos of handsome knives made from old US railroad spikes…
This one is so well-finished that it looks incomplete without a proper grip; of course a grip would conceal its origin. YMMV. Swings and roundabouts..
Not just knives…
There are even swords (with extra metal added, of course).
There’s an attractive Middle Earth Elvish look to these.
Man that first one is like swords for mice
A lot of intermediate-beginner blacksmith classes teach you how to make knives out of US railroad nails. It is a lot of fun but takes time and resources. Support your local blacksmith! Take classes!