Everybody ’s wondered what it would be like to be James Bond . Not the womanizing or the killing or the endangering national security measure role , of course . No , Gizmodo readers , it ’s all about the gismo , andtoday ’s your golden day .
An ongoing auction in the United Kingdomis offering upa handful of World War II - era undercover agent gadgets at bargain prices . For as little as £ 100 , you could be the unexampled owner of a Protona Microphone Spy Watch Recorde or a rather lethal - looking SOE Agents Assassination Pen Dagger . SOEstands for Special Operations Executive , a British espionage and sabotage organization also known as “ Churchill ’s Secret Army ” that was tax with oppose exemption in Nazi - occupied Europe .
Should you use these undercover agent contrivance ? Probably not in daily life . Can you buy them to freak out your friends at a dinner party ? That ’s up to you , 007 .
Special Forces SOE / OSS Escape Utility Knife
This is fundamentally a Leatherman except rather of scissors and a useless power saw , you get wirecutters and peculiar blade for slashing tires . [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 500 to £ 1,000 ]
Royal Air Force Tunic Button With Concealed Compass
Ever find yourself in a pinch where you call for to know which direction is North but all you have to figure out with is an overcoat ? This RAF Tunic Button with Concealed Compass is for you . [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 80 to £ 120 ]
Royal Air Force Button Compass Lot
Did you lose your first RAF Button with Concealed Compass and need a couple more ? These two “ relief valve button ” are n’t as fine-looking as the more expensive concealed compass button above , but they ’ll do the trick . [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 40 to £ 60 ]
SOE Agents Assassination Pen Dagger
The name of this item pretty much says it all . It ’s a pen until you necessitate to obliterate someone , and then the equipment do apart to reveal a dagger with a three - column inch blade . allot to the auction bridge household , “ These were also leave to resistance fighters . ” [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 300 to £ 500 ]
Protona Microphone Spy Watch Recorder
This is the good shit . Designed to face and officiate like a regular chronograph watch , this contraption becomes a vertical flute when you plug in a special wire attachment . concord to the auction house , it may or may not work . [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 100 to £ 150 ]
SOE Agents Concealment Key
Just gon na paste the auction house ’s description here because it is awesome : “ interesting iron key which the destruction screws off to reveal vacuous centre which could be used to smuggle out messages , conceal a compass or even used to hold in a weapon or poisonous substance . ” [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 100 to £ 200 ]
SOE / Commando Garrote Wire
Okay , now we ’re start out real . This advanced version a mafioso ’s pianoforte conducting wire is studded with razor knifelike barb , so that when you go to strangle the enemy , you could cut off their head at the same time . Not for kids . [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 60 to £ 100 ]
SOE Agents Assassination Lapel Spike
It ’s a lapel pin but for assassinations , not dapper looks . [ Auctioneer ’s Estimate : £ 60 to £ 100 ]
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