Haha just reading some old threads. I beg to differ. :)
Santa clause brought me that 10+ years ago. Use it on the job occasionally. Great conversation piece. Spied it on a fast and furious movie! But otherwise pretty much yah...
Screw that. Akimbo these: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-AN18-18-Inch-Annihilator-Wrecking/dp/B001SEQH1I
California? mace, rape whistle, and maybe some Vaseline. edit- or you can do what my dad does and just carry a hammer. nobody messes with a guy thats openly carrying a hammer. its legal, and typically hammer > knife anyways. get one with a belt clip. http://www.amazon.com/Dead-On-AN18-Annihilator-Wrecking/dp/B001SEQH1I/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1343506264&sr=1-1&keywords=dead+on+hammers for practicality http://www.roguefitness.com/sisu-war-hammer.php to look like a badass and scare people. also might get you in better shape :-p
Well if I had to make a single choice, I would go with the 18" Dead On Annihilator Superhammer/Wrecking Crowbar or the Stanley FatMax Xtreme 55-120 FuBar III
do what I actually did. buy one of these http://www.amazon.com/Dead-AN18-18-Inch-Annihilator-Wrecking/dp/B001SEQH1I/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top smash the fuck out of what ever it is.