Comments on: How to Escape from Zip Ties http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/ Imminent Threat Solutions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jody http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-55703 jody Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-55703 i was just realizing that you might also be able to use the end of the zip tie as a shim if you don't have long enough fingernails or a pick i was just realizing that you might also be able to use the end of the zip tie as a shim if you don’t have long enough fingernails or a pick

]]> By: Joshua http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-55308 Joshua Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:07:27 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-55308 That tone was rude, I'm sorry. That tone was rude, I’m sorry.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-55301 Joshua Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:35:37 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-55301 Iunno what Navy you were in, but as a Deck Seaman I was told it was "Bo-lin." Iunno what Navy you were in, but as a Deck Seaman I was told it was “Bo-lin.”

]]> By: Marty http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-55179 Marty Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:51:37 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-55179 Would it help when trying to slip out to literally lick your thumb to make the skin more slick? Especially when trying to get out of the "wrist over wrist" position? Would it help when trying to slip out to literally lick your thumb to make the skin more slick? Especially when trying to get out of the “wrist over wrist” position?

]]> By: tyler http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-54499 tyler Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:38:33 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-54499 i have gotten out of them many times. it take a little more skill then what this guy does. they are very sturdy cuffs and u literally have to be able to bend your wrist back to your arm and pry the lock open and slide out. they wont break. we tried. hard to cut them to. we have to use bolt cutters on the ones we had. oddly i think i made my instructor mad he said i wouldn't be able to get out of them. i have gotten out of them many times. it take a little more skill then what this guy does. they are very sturdy cuffs and u literally have to be able to bend your wrist back to your arm and pry the lock open and slide out. they wont break. we tried. hard to cut them to. we have to use bolt cutters on the ones we had. oddly i think i made my instructor mad he said i wouldn’t be able to get out of them.

]]> By: Bryan Black http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-54465 Bryan Black Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:15:40 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-54465 I was taught to say it the way I do in the Navy, it's Bow like the bow of a boat. As in throwing a mooring line off the bow with a bowline tied in it. I cringe when I hear it pronounced the other way. I was taught to say it the way I do in the Navy, it’s Bow like the bow of a boat. As in throwing a mooring line off the bow with a bowline tied in it. I cringe when I hear it pronounced the other way.

]]> By: Marc http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-54462 Marc Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:28:11 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-54462 It's "bow" (as in -and arrow) "lin". Bowline. I cringed every time he said it. It’s “bow” (as in -and arrow) “lin”. Bowline. I cringed every time he said it.

]]> By: Judon http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-54392 Judon Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:23:37 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-54392 http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/slideshow/evidence-photos-petit-murder-trial-11658978 Sorry.. It said "website" so I put the link there.. duh. This is the link. http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/slideshow/evidence-photos-petit-murder-trial-11658978

Sorry.. It said “website” so I put the link there.. duh. This is the link.

]]> By: Judon http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-54391 Judon Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:21:32 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-54391 Holy smokes... click through to slide # 17.... isn't that the exact same zip ties that were used in these videos??? Of course these guys didn't actually use the zip ties...the planned to, but then went with rope they found at the house... but still. THAT's the freaking zip ties!!!!!! PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE..... and the PRACTICE some more.... then have your family practice!!! Jeeessh.. Holy smokes… click through to slide # 17…. isn’t that the exact same zip ties that were used in these videos??? Of course these guys didn’t actually use the zip ties…the planned to, but then went with rope they found at the house… but still. THAT’s the freaking zip ties!!!!!! PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE….. and the PRACTICE some more…. then have your family practice!!! Jeeessh..

]]> By: yaya http://www.itstactical.com/skillcom/lock-picking/how-to-escape-from-zip-ties/comment-page-2/#comment-54341 yaya Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:10:37 +0000 http://www.itstactical.com/?p=2064#comment-54341 bad guys don't care how it feels, before zip ties, and in places like srebrenica in the mid 90's the standard way of tying wrists for execution was wire, this could be coat hanger or often copper because its widely available (electrical) and soft enough to quickly tie/twist. are you alone or do you have a fellow captive who could help you untwist it, they will probably clip off the ends with thier wire cutter, copper will quickly harden and break if bent back and forth, it will get hot if this is done too quickly but copper dissipates heat well to so its not like touching a coat hanger being bent back and forth. If you are in a multi story building and have gotten loose, can't pass through the first floor which they occupy but have limited access in a higher more deserted floor, take any wire you find be it coat hanger or copper, and look out any windows you can access for an electrical transformer on a pole, then make a tangle of the wire that you can throw on the top of this transformer at night when you make your move. this should if you get lucky put the electrical service for the local area out for a while, giving you the advantage of darkness and confusion. bad guys don’t care how it feels, before zip ties, and in places like srebrenica in the mid 90′s the standard way of tying wrists for execution was wire, this could be coat hanger or often copper because its widely available (electrical) and soft enough to quickly tie/twist. are you alone or do you have a fellow captive who could help you untwist it, they will probably clip off the ends with thier wire cutter, copper will quickly harden and break if bent back and forth, it will get hot if this is done too quickly but copper dissipates heat well to so its not like touching a coat hanger being bent back and forth.
If you are in a multi story building and have gotten loose, can’t pass through the first floor which they occupy but have limited access in a higher more deserted floor, take any wire you find be it coat hanger or copper, and look out any windows you can access for an electrical transformer on a pole, then make a tangle of the wire that you can throw on the top of this transformer at night when you make your move. this should if you get lucky put the electrical service for the local area out for a while, giving you the advantage of darkness and confusion.

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