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Old 2010-06-29, 13:29   Link #12064
Oliver
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Originally Posted by Smeckledorf View Post
But that is a candlestick, would that really be sharp enough to pierce?
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`I found a three-pronged candlestick and readied it.`@
`Although the pins on it, which were used to fit candles, were short, it was almost like a three-pronged spear.
A candleholder with pins involves an object with a sharp, thin pin that you stick a candle onto. That's sharp enough to inflict very painful wounds, though they usually aren't long enough to actually kill anyone.

Poking an eye out with it is no problem though.
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