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, 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 construced 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 outstreached 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...)