depends, am i a Heel or face.. 😀

but i'd take a harry potter verse House Elf.. they can kick ass, teleport and find food anywhere.

A serious option on the home defense Macgyver/Home alone vein.. insect spray, body spray in the face will disorient (maybe even get them puking). Hair spray flame jet, fire bad - scare looters.. make run

Normal flour, talc, pepper, salt, heck dirt from a plant in a pot near the door..

I had someone come in my place uninvited months back, they backed off quick when 6ft 4 of my tubby self stood up with a 4ft long aluminium canadian crutch in my hand. (its my walking stick)

some kind of dowel rod or cut down broom handle can be wedged into sliding windows tracks to stop them being opened as easy.. it can be domne with a wire coathanger. Wire coathangers make good jabbing and striking tools, sting like a bitch, thin electrical cords work too, leather or vinyl belts. BBQ forks, long tongs,

Water balloons with urine or other unpleasant liquid, bleach, detergent, used cooking oil.

Basically all the crap me, my brothers and mates used to get in trouble for in our youth.

Heck smear something icky on your outside door handle.. they grab.. theyu go uuuuh yuck..

wedges for jamming under the front door, the old chair under the door knob. Sticky tape strung across corridors (clear tape with the lights out is almost invisible)

Fishing line strung across corridors at various heights, won't stop em but may slow, injure them, and can give warning.

a glass beer bottle with narrow neck, great club, smashed its a hell of a edged weapon.

The old crushed light bulb scattered on the floor outside your door.
And heres a tip.. punching people in the head hurts you as well, if u hit someone, use a weapon,

Keys wedged in your hand and the ends protruding between your fingers, and rake the eyes, face.

If i have to i can be nasty. and thats a handy trait at times.

Yeah I like the low budget, many deterrent thing. I thought about nailing into the deck and running fishing line across the porch, or old tires like a football exercise. I used to use Vaseline on doorknobs, electrical tape in the key hole and shut off all outdoor lights when my sister snuck out of the house as a teen. Engine oil on the steps would work. There are things in my head that I cannot divulge but they make a statement. 🙂

one advantage i have is i can easily remove the indicators that my place exists eg signage, can't bug out without aid.. but i can make my place look like nothing.. there are people who live here didn't i was here for months. suburban gillie residence.. mwuahaha. heck the bits and pieces of crap that get left lying around by current and former residents add to the image of "nothing here"

LOL my place is the same way. Most think it is a work shop. Our neighbor has a shouse (Shop/house).

heh, mine IS a converted garage/workshop 😉

A decorators weapon. Take a weathered wood shaft (5 ft), something strong (like a garden tool handle). Put a hammer beaten spear point on it, with a pointed stud collar running a foot down from the spear point. Let it rust out side for a while, and then lightly buff it and put a coat of varnish on it. Now you have a useable Decorator weapon that can be used in home defense against a knife wielding lunatic. Why the pointed stud collar, you ask? (please do), Well, when the fool tries to grab the spear from you, he’ll end up having a shredded hand to account for it. Oh and put a few feathers or leather frills on it to make look like a novelty. 😈

Ah the forgotten weapon: the tried and true spear. I highly recommend one for home defense. They are excellent in close quarters. Check out the assegai or Zulu spear. If you do not want to make one and you have $50 or so to spare you can purchase one from Cold Steel among other manufacturers. Here is the link: http://www.coldsteel.com/aswishsh.html

They can be supplied with a 6 foot or 3 foot shaft. For home defense the 3 foot shaft is perfect. With the 6 foot shaft you have a great hunting weapon. Two of these mounted in an x fashion on the wall make a great decoration. Just be sure to attach the one closest to the wall securely. You do not want the perpetrate to be able to grab it and use it against you. Defensive weapons hidden in plain sight, I love it. If a perpetrator attempts to grab it from you it will slice their hands open. You might want to grease the last 6 inches of the shaft closest to the head to make it even more difficult to grab from you. All in all a great defensive weapon.

I got a board with a nail in it. I realize the clip is not the origional but the effect is still the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pr190YheRQ

How about a potato canon? Shove a potato in the barrel and on the end of it put a sharpened stick or core out the center of the potato and shove a large rock in there.

Gravlore where do you find those videos? 😆

So I was working on a project next to the house when it was dark out and I accidentally stepped into a 8"X4' deep auger hole. Scraped my knee a touch but I realized that if I were walking forward or running that would definitely break my leg. So The thing would be auger holes around the yard covered with loose material. Easy to do on acreage but not city. I still want a moat with barb wire in the water though.

Trust me Gravlore it wont work for me, I've tried it. I live on the Canadain Sheild!

I still say Japanese roses work well as barbed wire, with 1"thorns. 😈

Trust me Gravlore it wont work for me, I've tried it. I live on the Canadain Sheild!

Yeah a moat is a warm weather deal but I figure winter in and by itself is harsh enough that people would not venture to where I am.

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Good idea with the rose thorns. Could always put old fish net in there to as a tangling mess.

The best defense is one where you don't have to respond to a threat at all.

Just make that into your bedroom.

To take it a few steps beyond, reinforce it so that it is bullet resistant (there's no such thing as truly bulletproof), and can be bolted/barred from inside.