New toys...

[Garland]

well...luckily, my skinny ass doesn't have to worry about applying that much weight to the knife. What angle would you have to get at to break the knife anyway? On his rips? I know in a real fight you don't have much time to try for accuracy, but, I mean...damn, there's a lot of open space to stab without having the knife get levered the wrong way behind bone. (wouldn't that also indicate that your superimposing your wrist?) By the way, if it's a stabbing motion, why leave the knife in for the "force of two men to leverage...p=f x a...bla bla"....wouldn't it be better to thrust and immediately pull out... (don't take that sentence out of context)


...but really, if I'm just pumping a knife into somebody for self defense...couldn't a nail, or even a pen work???
If the guy has friends around...I think the slight probability of me breaking a 4 dollar knife is the last of my worries. Shit, realisticly, I'd probably either deploy it after I'd been hit stab stab stab stab stab..run, or brandish it to buy time before it got physical and then RUNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!

There is no rule that once I stab the bejesus out of the dude that I have to stay and finish the fight...I'm not a military guy or a law enforcement officer, so I can just assume, hey, to hell with him, I'm out.

[Garland]

WASSABIIIIIIIIIIIII...
where'd you go, hommie?

[BoarSpear]

As for the no-lies...we train hard and fast enough with rubber that the skin gets broken or cut from the rubber alone...bruises and rips from trainers leave no doubt as to whether you were cut...we have gone to using the flimsiest possible single edge trainers for rough play because of this. The typical cold steel etc trainers are too hard and sharp for high speed play...but great for learning disarms and projections of the blade.

Have you ever heard of the " Riddle Of Steel?" or Master At Arms James keating? or Laci Szabo? Datu Kelly Worden Or Bram frank? or perhaps Michael Janich? All of these men teach some sort of live blade drilling...i dont agree with everything else they all say or do (imagine that an opinionated S.O.B like me disagrees with someone ) but i do agree training with the live blade is essential...and i think im in pretty good company since so did William Fairborne and Rex applegate...and this from Miyamoto Musashi

"the way cannot be learned through frivoulous contest in which trophies or a name are the outcome. the way can only be learned where physical death is a reality"

damn if that dont sound like training with live blades to me

[Garland]

...coo.
but things were a little bit different back in MM's day...hommie didn't have no-lie blades, and life was a whole lot cheaper.

[BoarSpear]

well...luckily, my skinny ass doesn't have to worry about applying that much weight to the knife. What angle would you have to get at to break the knife anyway? On his rips? I know in a real fight you don't have much time to try for accuracy, but, I mean...damn, there's a lot of open space to stab without having the knife get levered the wrong way behind bone. (wouldn't that also indicate that your superimposing your wrist?) By the way, if it's a stabbing motion, why leave the knife in for the "force of two men to leverage...p=f x a...bla bla"....wouldn't it be better to thrust and immediately pull out... (don't take that sentence out of context)


...but really, if I'm just pumping a knife into somebody for self defense...couldn't a nail, or even a pen work???
If the guy has friends around...I think the slight probability of me breaking a 4 dollar knife is the last of my worries. Shit, realisticly, I'd probably either deploy it after I'd been hit stab stab stab stab stab..run, or brandish it to buy time before it got physical and then RUNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!

There is no rule that once I stab the bejesus out of the dude that I have to stay and finish the fight...I'm not a military guy or a law enforcement officer, so I can just assume, hey, to hell with him, I'm out.

Sure pulling a woody woodpecker on someone can be done with improvised weapons...but i prefer to hit nails with a hammer and turn screws with a screwdriver if you get my drift...can you cut your way out of a sinking car with a pen? or a 5 dollar knife? i think not...Ever heard of Bud Nealy? he makes some of the finest self defense blades available...and his carry systems are freakin AWESOME! a knife in the drawer is like a gun in the glove box...unavailable when you need it. anyway back to the knife as a tool...on buds site are testimonials from many "PROs" like the head of the KGB who carry buds blades or the DEA agent who cut through the roof of his submerged car with a pesh kabz bud nealy made him. (dont ask me why )

i used one of my blades to cut a seat belt off myself that was jammed shut in a wreck and the car was on fire... then used it to cut out my kids carseat...yeah i like good knives i think they are worth the investment.

[BoarSpear]

...coo.
but things were a little bit different back in MM's day...hommie didn't have no-lie blades, and life was a whole lot cheaper.

MM's life didnt seem very cheap to MM. i think that was his point...and mine

[BoarSpear]

WASSABIIIIIIIIIIIII...
where'd you go, hommie?

sorry i didnt take typing in school

[Garland]

whew. Good counter-point. I can't argue with that. They now make devices specifically for breaking car windows and slicing seatbelts too.
But I guess if a good knife is capable of that...carrying one is a great idea.

[BoarSpear]

Masters of defense puts out the D Dieter CQDMk1 folder that has strap cutters and crate/window and skull crushers built into the handle...nice blade too big and fancy as well as too tactical looking for me. I carry the point man from M.O.D. not so tactical looking but sharp, strong and dependable...my wife carries the James Keating hornet that M.O.D put out. we both carry small pesh kabz and mini max's ( baby belladou's) fixed blade's for EDC

[Garland]

I keep hearin your concerned about my happiness
all that though your givin me is consciense I guess
If I were walkin in your shoes
I wouldn't worry none
when you and your friends were worried about me I'm having lots of fun

Counting flowers on the wall
that don't bother me at all
playin solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51
smoking cigarettes and watchin captain kan-ga-roo
don't tell me I've got nothin to do....

[Garland]

I want a spyderco gunting.
kydex sheath, maybe with one of those quick draw V-Gar things...
ka-pow.

[BoarSpear]

here is a link to buds site...look at his MCS line. here are pictures of the only two full sized belladou's bud ever made...the g-10 handled one is MINE its clad damascus so it takes a lot of care but what a blade it seems to "know" the manipulations

http://www.budnealyknifemaker.com/

[BoarSpear]

I keep hearin your concerned about my happiness
all that though your givin me is consciense I guess
If I were walkin in your shoes
I wouldn't worry none
when you and your friends were worried about me I'm having lots of fun

Counting flowers on the wall
that don't bother me at all
playin solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51
smoking cigarettes and watchin captain kan-ga-roo
don't tell me I've got nothin to do....

The statler brothers? dude country music causes suicide! Area's with more cw stations have higher incidents of suicide! please go back to the prodigy...btw ever see the unedited video for smack my bitch up?

[Garland]

yup...I got bored, sorry.

[Garland]

I wish I had the money for one of those...but those aren't weapons, man...that's a work of ART.
God...the weight of something like that would make me feel nervous. If it feels too good to put down, but it's that expensive, that unique and well crafted....damn.