Best Combat knife?
May 1, 2013 23:33:11 GMT
Post by Timberwolf on May 1, 2013 23:33:11 GMT
Hi, people! I'm sorry if I'm repeating points that were already made, but I'm feeling lazy today and I don't want to read 8 pages of comments!
I like knives and own quite a few, most of which would be called combat knives. Knowing something about fighting, there are really only 3 places for a knife in a real fight. One, to gain the advantage over someone who's unarmed. Two, to use in a stealth attack; from the front, maybe, but preferably from the rear. Three, when you're out of ammo. The best fight is the one where the other guy never had a chance. I really prefer my .338 Lapua Mag from 1000+ meters, but we're talking knives here!
Someone who knows how to use a knife will stick and slice you before you ever see it. If they're foolish enough to show off the knife before engaging, you should either shoot them or run! Preferably both. If you have a bat, heavy chain, or some other long weapon, that improves your odds, but you're still taking a big chance of being cut.
A lot of martial arts will teach "how to take a knife away". That is dangerously stupid stuff. It looks cool in the movies, but it doesn't work in the real world. I don't care if you're a 5th Dan expert, even a 12 year old girl with a kitchen knife has much better odds of messing you up than you have of taking that blade away before things go sideways.
Going toe-to-toe, knife-on-knife is purely insane. Most everyone who knows about such things will tell you that without having an emergency medical team standing by, you both have very good odds of dying.
Having said all of that, if I'm planning on sticking a blade through someone's ears, I'd like my Fairbarn-Sykes. If someone starts a fistfight, I'd prefer my Ka-Bar, or at least my EDC CRKT folder.
If you're not actively engaged in killing people? Above all, the best thing to have is a quick wit and convincing manner. It's better to talk someone down and possibly even have them call you awful names than to get in a fight. Walking away doesn't hurt too much. Besides, I'm way too old for fighting. My knives are cool tools, I hope I don't have to use one on somebody.
After my college years, I learned that the object of a fight is to incapacitate or kill the other guy(s). Quickly. By whatever means necessary. The graveyards are full of people who thought they would "fight fair".
I'm probably slightly OT, huh? Sorry.
I like knives and own quite a few, most of which would be called combat knives. Knowing something about fighting, there are really only 3 places for a knife in a real fight. One, to gain the advantage over someone who's unarmed. Two, to use in a stealth attack; from the front, maybe, but preferably from the rear. Three, when you're out of ammo. The best fight is the one where the other guy never had a chance. I really prefer my .338 Lapua Mag from 1000+ meters, but we're talking knives here!
Someone who knows how to use a knife will stick and slice you before you ever see it. If they're foolish enough to show off the knife before engaging, you should either shoot them or run! Preferably both. If you have a bat, heavy chain, or some other long weapon, that improves your odds, but you're still taking a big chance of being cut.
A lot of martial arts will teach "how to take a knife away". That is dangerously stupid stuff. It looks cool in the movies, but it doesn't work in the real world. I don't care if you're a 5th Dan expert, even a 12 year old girl with a kitchen knife has much better odds of messing you up than you have of taking that blade away before things go sideways.
Going toe-to-toe, knife-on-knife is purely insane. Most everyone who knows about such things will tell you that without having an emergency medical team standing by, you both have very good odds of dying.
Having said all of that, if I'm planning on sticking a blade through someone's ears, I'd like my Fairbarn-Sykes. If someone starts a fistfight, I'd prefer my Ka-Bar, or at least my EDC CRKT folder.
If you're not actively engaged in killing people? Above all, the best thing to have is a quick wit and convincing manner. It's better to talk someone down and possibly even have them call you awful names than to get in a fight. Walking away doesn't hurt too much. Besides, I'm way too old for fighting. My knives are cool tools, I hope I don't have to use one on somebody.
After my college years, I learned that the object of a fight is to incapacitate or kill the other guy(s). Quickly. By whatever means necessary. The graveyards are full of people who thought they would "fight fair".
I'm probably slightly OT, huh? Sorry.