Welcome to the armory. On this blog, we will be over viewing fictional weapons and armor, determining how they work, what they would realistically do, and most interestingly, if they could be made and wielded in real life, now or in the future. Many of these might suprise you, I have a number of them planned already In the spirit of the season, I have selected my first weapon to examine. Ash's Chainsaw Prosthetic: (Evil Dead, 1981.) Disclaimer: Don't try and build any of the weapons discussed here, you will either get hurt, die, or get sent to prison. This is purely for entertainment and hobby purposes. Disregarding the method by which he attains this weapon, as it is immaterial to the function, this seems like a good idea at first glance. The weapon itself is a Homelite XL-12 chainsaw, a model that is, as near as I could find, discontinued at present time. This was a powerful, large model of tool, used for processing heavy lumber and cutting down tr