One viable option is the quintessential tactical pen.
But what should you look for in purchasing a tactical pen?
What are the dos and donts of appropriate access, carry and rapid deployment?
And is the pen truly mightier than the sword?
However, the techniques to wield a tactical pen have been around for millennia.
What Is a Tactical Pen?
A tactical pen is a writing instrument that is designed to double as a self-defense tool.
you could find everything from an elegant business style to something that looks like a tier-one government asset.
Prices can range from very affordable to as high up the take-my-money scale as you want.
Materials can range anywhere from injection-molded polycarbonate to polished steel to aircraft-grade aluminum and everything in between.
Selection boils down to fitting your hand size, cost and personal style preferences.
How to Carry?
Carry is a matter of practical utility.
A heavier pen would be best structurally supported in any location at or below your belt.
Accessibility translates to how quickly you could get your tactical pen into your hand under extreme duress.
If so, is there a less restrictive or more expedient way to place the pen in my hand?
Consider your day plan.
Will you be on foot?
With or protecting others?
Each one of these conditions may warrant a different carry or access consideration.
Given appropriate training and technique it may even be deployed to strike specific arteries.
Attacking/tearing skin, the nastier the wound the more attention it will get from your assailant(s).
It should additionally be noted that its not the weapon but the wielder.
In other words, its effectiveness resides not in the tool itself but in the skill of the user.
Skill levels can range from novice to very highly accomplished practitioner.
