Best snake dispatching knife

Steely_Gunz said:
I've never met a snake I've needed to kill. Venom is precious and costly for a snake to waste. They don't just bite to be a jerk.
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We have plenty of rattlers around here, especially at just this time of year. Local lore says that what you're saying about conservation of venom is true...for adults. It's the babies you have to especially watch out for. They're as dumb about venom conservation and appropriate biting as our species' teenagers would be, if we had venom.
 
I haven’t seen one in a few years but I used a shotgun when I found prairie rattlers in my yard. Away from the house I just leave them be.
 
I used my Himalayan Imports Tarwar to kill a copper head once. Didn't like killing it but it was on the sidewalk where children walked. I was glad I had the extra reach. Once its head was severed it kept on bitting and it's body thrashed for awhile.
 
I have read, but never witnessed, that a severed snake head can still bite for several hours. If true, that is wild.
 
bayouace said:
I have read, but never witnessed, that a severed snake head can still bite for several hours. If true, that is wild.
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Maybe they can still bite ... but dying makes it lots harder for them to catch you ! ;)
 
DocJD said:
Maybe they can still bite ... but dying makes it lots harder for them to catch you ! ;)
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Yes sir! Leaving the heads lying around and having something, or someone, come by later to kick or pick it up is the scenario I read about.
 
I love snakes. I usually catch them with a y shaped stick, by pinning their heads down. Once captured, I relocate them. I dont mess with venomous snakes though. Luckily they are rare around my house.

Ide like a reason to buy a sjambok. Its like a stiff whip that they use in Africa to kill snakes. Cold Steel used to make one
 
Remember, if you locate a snake, there may be others nearby.

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Any knife can kill a snake. But obviously the further away your hands are from the snake, the safer you will be.
So a 7inch blade knife is better than a 4 inch. A 9 inch is better than a 7inch.
Ultimately a blade on a long staff would be safest but these generally aren't considered "knives".
Below is a Japanese Naginata. Also referred to sometimes as Halbeard or Polearm, variations of which are found all over the world.
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Having fought many a snake in my day I have come to appreciate the dance. A machete is hardly fair. Nor is a shotgun. Snakes aren't armed so I feel the best method is to beat them at their own game.

I strip down, get down on my belly, and rear my head and shoulders in a threatening posture.
If you have ever studied any martial arts adding some Bruce Lee type sounds can be a great part of the display. If the snake decides it still wants that smoke I'll wriggle right up to it with lightning speed and bite it right in the face. They hate that! There is still time for de-escalation so I don't hold the snake in my jaws, I release it and move back a couple of feet to observe it's response. Often they will retreat. But if not... HI-YAH you stupid snake I bite you again! Only this time I shake it in my jaws and roll over and over and over, wrapping my body around it, until it finally stops moving. Then I eat it whole, head first, and later vomit the hurty bits in a little sack.

This can be messy and spectators will find the ordeal alarming but I believe this humbles all snakes, on behalf of man.
 
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