                              EXPLOSIVE PENS



     Here are the instructions for building a device no agent should be

without.  From the mind of "Q" himself, a device for your evaluation.



Materials......



           [1]-(1) "Felt" Tip Pen

           [2]-(1) "Ball" Point Pen

           [3]-(1)  High quality firecracker!

           [4]-(1)  8 gram measure potassium parmagranite (optional)

           [5]-(x)  Scotch Tape

           [6]-(1)  Large Paper Clip

           [7]-(2)  Packages of matches

           [8]-(1)  Pair of scissors

           [9]-(1)  Length of Beige thread



Assembly......



[1]- Use thread to friction saw the felt tip pen in half at the point

     where the cap "snaps" onto the pen. (about mid-section)
[2]- Remove the innerts of the felt tip pen, and throw them away.

[3]- Pull the innerts out of a bic ball point pen and remove the ball

     point assembly at the front of the pen.

[4]- Use scissors to widen the hole in the "felt" end of the pen.  Insert

     the ball assembly and make sure it is a tight fit.  It should now

     look as if the felt tip pen was constructed as a ball point pen.

[5]- Cut off abrasive strips from the packs of matches.  It is best if they

     have not been used. Tape these to the top of the firecracker near
     the fuse, the strips should run parallel to the outstreched fuse.

     Wrap fuse over the top of one strip and tape down so fuse runs parallel

     to abrasive strips.

[6]- Unbend paperclip and tape a match to the metal rod, the match should

     be parallel to the rod and it should be taped tight using as little

     tape as possible.

[7]- Insert the match head 1/5 of the way between the abrasive strips

     and wrap tape around the assembly.  It should now look like this.



                         ------______-----

            [][][]a[][][]-----------------(b)

                                 (())---------------------

                         ______------_____               |(c)

                                          |(d)

     (a)-Explosive/(b)-Fuse/(c)-Match attached to metal rod/(d)-Abrasives

     The entire assembly should be thin enough to slip into the case of

     the felt tip pen.

[8]- Using scissors drill a small hole in the "non-tip" end of the felt

     tip pen case.  Insert the assembly so the metal rod fits through the

     hole in the end of the pen case.

[9]- The assembly will not quite fit properly.  The firecracker will

     protrude from the cut half of the felt tip case.  Slip the removed

     end of the case over the firecracker. (join the halfs together over

     the firecracker in the center) and mount the cap of the felt tip pen

     on the end of the metal rod.  Glue any loose parts.  You are done!



To Detonate...



     Simply hit the cap (mounted at end of pen permanently) and throw

it at your target, or hand it to your target.  My favourite is to say

"Think Fast" and throw them your felt tip pen. (make it a easy throw)

Your victim will catch it, and it will then explode.  Cutting off many

small appendages if you coat the firecracker with potassium parmagranite.

Or killing your target if you use contact poison in place of the potassium.



Theory of operation...



     Quite simple, by hitting the cap you are ramming the match head at

the end of the metal rod between the tight abrasive strips causing

combustion. Or the "Orgasm" effect. (the term Axis Agents use!) The

fire lights the fuse and from there, the pen is history! (pardon the pun)

After hitting the cap you have a average time limit of 2.5 seconds to

rid yourself of the pen. (plenty of time actually...)

     Edited by : Quasimoto
