Video: Neil Strauss makes a knife from a cigarette

Neil Strauss has a new book, "Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life", which reveals the secrets of people who in a hypothetical apocalypse will be roasting your femur over oil barrels. He made this video showing how to make a knife from a cigarette for Danger Room. Too bad my cigarettes use cotton filters.

[#1 posted by johnnyaction , March 17, 2009 3:00 PM]

This is much better with the goat disturbing things.

[#2 posted by Enochrewt , March 17, 2009 3:15 PM]

Eh, how did that cut the paper? perpendicular to the direction he stroked you say? Now that's a knife!

Kudos to the goat on the catch...

[#3 posted by hohum , March 17, 2009 3:53 PM]

Ooo, are we stuck in italics today!

This video makes me want to get a goat. When the hypothetical apocalypse comes, I'm going to need something to entertain me. I think goat will work perfectly.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , March 17, 2009 4:34 PM]

Thanks,

In one video post, you've convinced me not to waste money buying his book.

Congrats.

[#5 posted by mdh , March 17, 2009 5:30 PM]

I'll take a cotton filter over a plastic and fiberglass one any day.

[#6 posted by Enochrewt , March 17, 2009 5:34 PM]

#3: I had a pet goat and believe me, they're more trouble than they're worth. The novelty of having a goat perched on top of the roof of my car during a blinding snowstorm was far outweighed by the annoyance of having hoof prints chipped out of the paint.

And don't get me wrong, I will try and make a knife out of cigarette filter because of this video, snarky internet comments aside.

[#7 posted by nixiebunny , March 17, 2009 5:59 PM]

Today's take-home messages:

1. Plastic can be melted and formed into any shape you please.

2. Goats don't eat cigarette lighters, although they eat just about everything else.

[#8 posted by superrobot , March 17, 2009 6:35 PM]

Video: Neil Strauss has a goat

[#9 posted by mdh , March 17, 2009 7:04 PM]

And don't get me wrong, I will try and make a knife out of cigarette filter because of this video, snarky internet comments aside.

Me too, next time I need a shiv.

[#10 posted by wrybread , March 17, 2009 7:30 PM]

I think South x Southwest is bad for BoingBoing gadgets...

As someone who contributes absolutely nothing to this blog but takes takes takes multiple times per day, I DEMAND MORE POSTS!

Sorry about that, couldn't resist.

[#11 posted by Jack , March 17, 2009 9:26 PM]

That goat is more interesting that Neil Strauss.

Also:

I had a pet goat and believe me, they're more trouble than they're worth.

Amen to that brother!

[#12 posted by galapaghost , March 17, 2009 10:20 PM]

people who carry cigarettes clearly aren't too concerned with surviving.

[#13 posted by Coho , March 18, 2009 3:40 AM]

Or you could just break the glass and use that. The goat gets the idea.

[#14 posted by fataltourist , March 18, 2009 6:12 AM]

I'm assuming the goat ate the knife before they could get a close up shot.

[#15 posted by thechicgeek , March 18, 2009 7:30 AM]

Maybe if I had a goat, I could have it trim my lawn. Also, I'd get goat cheese. Delicious goat cheese.

Shiv's are cool too, but not as cool as goats.

[#16 posted by OM , March 18, 2009 2:52 PM]

...Well, if you can do that with a hard filter cigarette, then it finally answers the question of whether it's a wise thing to give a Tiparillo to a lady.

[#17 posted by Anonymous , March 19, 2009 7:12 AM]

That's not a knife, now this is a knife!

[#18 posted by AirPillo , March 19, 2009 2:17 PM]

That's not a knife, now this is a knife!

That's not a knife, that's a spoon.

[#19 posted by nutbastard , March 19, 2009 3:58 PM]

"people who carry cigarettes clearly aren't too concerned with surviving."

because smokers are all just trying to commit suicide but are too stupid to come up with a more efficient method.... riiiiight.