Rediscover Communication

Songs will be sung about this day. Credit to TrekMovie for this

The televised version is only funny because the newscaster says "Trac" like an idiot.


The question is did this guy indeed use a bat'leth or some other kind of fantasy weapon/dagger thing? Consider the following. By far the most common incarnation of this weapon throughout the series looks like this:


Notice how the blade arches inward, the sharp part being the inside of the half circle not the outside.



Our perps blade seems to be sharp on the outside, like this ebay listing claiming to be Lursa's weapon:


But the problem with all these weapons is they are much too big. Our perp's weapon can't be much longer than 25" while a standard bat'leth wouldn't fit through a 7-11 door sideways. After some searching I came across this:
The Sacred Sword of Kahless
Which seems more likely though 43" is still unlikely.

I then stumbled on this great analysis from Squid.org

They were able to narrow it down to a cheap one handed dagger knock-off calling itself "Klingon". This kid could have acquired it at a county fair for all we know.



He might not even know what a Klingon is. He is without honor.
But what is even worse is the media portraying it so simply. Compare the Squid debunking with the Dever Post coverage. Bullshit.