blade for "safe room"?

I remember a drill instructor, after a great deal of bayonet training, taking us all aside and stating, "If you hear someone say fix bayonets, you know you are in real trouble." ("and someone really screwed up!")

Kind of applies here - have a knife, bowie, etc. BUT - if you have to use them, perhaps you have screwed up??? (Not enough ammo???)

For me 12 gag, Mini 14, then whatever handguns happen to be around.

Calling for an air strike is difficult inside the house.:D
 
Full Tang Clan,

Now that you have cleared up your reasoning, I have a simple argument.

If you aint in range to stab 'im, shoot 'im. :)
 
Hay Fork ,short enough Long enough. Chopper:Kukuri--chop&thrust HI BAS Perfect...Hachet w/15 inch handle chop&smash ... Roofing hammer/hachet-light and fast ...Bowie -thrust ,chop,backslash.On the cheap can make many 3/4, 1 inch pipe or electical conduit -cut at 15 degree angle and sharpen the edge's :D
 
Personally, I think the concept of a "safe room" incase of a home invasion is a bit off anyway.

Your chances of survival are much greater if you attack the intruder, instead of waiting like a sitting duck to be attacked. If the BG realizes where you are and pours gas outside the room, torches your home with you in it, what is your bowie or 9mm going to help with?

What a way to die, cowering helplessly in a little room. Albeit with some cool knives in your hands.

I say attack, show the BG this isn't going to be an easy score, and DO NOT HIDE and do NOT allow him/it/the BG to plan at his convenience how he'll kill you while you're trapped in your "safe room".

I've got many tools for this purpose.
One of my favourites is my chainsaw.
What BG on this planet will continue when he hears my chainsaw rumbling and a crazy bastid operating it?

Not to mention my Staff Bull Terrior chewing his balls off.
 
http://www.xsw.com/securehome/ has some Verrry good info. Think out of the Box{another way out} then if not an option Denie entrance!!! go to hardware/auto supply shop , look around see what you can use -grill above the door - sulfuric acid in jar, tip and spill on head/body . Electric current door/feet, water.Dust bomb-foot powder blinding then attack.Layer your defense.Chop&stab last resort,loved one's saftey first!!
 
As Practical Use says: "I remember a drill instructor, after a great deal of bayonet training, taking us all aside and stating, "If you hear someone say fix bayonets, you know you are in real trouble." ("and someone really screwed up!") "

As much as we all love edged weapons (I'd have at least a short machete and a CS Assegai spear with the short shaft. Worked for Shaka Zulu ;-).) The question begs for someone to ask, how well equipped is your "safe" room if the battle comes down to knives? Not very, in my estimation.

In your "safe" room, if you don't have, at the very minimum, some type of high capacity, large caliber handgun, with at least 4 magazines and 10 boxes of ammo, your master plan needs serious reconsideration . My 2 cents.

John in Boise, a whole house can be a "safe" room. ;-)
 
Originally posted by ichor
As Practical Use says: "I remember a drill instructor, after a great deal of bayonet training, taking us all aside and stating, "If you hear someone say fix bayonets, you know you are in real trouble." ("and someone really screwed up!") "

As much as we all love edged weapons (I'd have at least a short machete and a CS Assegai spear with the short shaft. Worked for Shaka Zulu ;-).) The question begs for someone to ask, how well equipped is your "safe" room if the battle comes down to knives? Not very, in my estimation.

In your "safe" room, if you don't have, at the very minimum, some type of high capacity, large caliber handgun, with at least 4 magazines and 10 boxes of ammo, your master plan needs serious reconsideration . My 2 cents.

John in Boise, a whole house can be a "safe" room. ;-)
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If somebody's breaking into your safe-room, a 12-gauge with buckshot is probably the preferred greeting. A reliable handgun would also be a comforting addition.

But if it came down to a hand-to-hand thing, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Ka-Bar or SOG Seal knife. I sure wouldn't feel undermanned with either of those. Then again, I don't even know what a khukuri is, so what do I know. Is it some kind of small machete or something? Come to think of it, a machete might be a great idea.
 
Originally posted by Emanuel
Personally, I think the concept of a "safe room" incase of a home invasion is a bit off anyway.

Your chances of survival are much greater if you attack the intruder, instead of waiting like a sitting duck to be attacked. If the BG realizes where you are and pours gas outside the room, torches your home with you in it, what is your bowie or 9mm going to help with?

What a way to die, cowering helplessly in a little room. Albeit with some cool knives in your hands.

I say attack, show the BG this isn't going to be an easy score, and DO NOT HIDE and do NOT allow him/it/the BG to plan at his convenience how he'll kill you while you're trapped in your "safe room".

I've got many tools for this purpose.
One of my favourites is my chainsaw.
What BG on this planet will continue when he hears my chainsaw rumbling and a crazy bastid operating it?

Not to mention my Staff Bull Terrior chewing his balls off.
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While most of your points are valid and I would concur, unfortunately it doesn't apply for everyone since:

1. Countries outside of the U.S. have much stricter gun laws and firearms are not nearly as accessible. So 9mm Berettas, and 12 gauge Mossbergs are just not an option for many people in other countries.

2. Some people have moral, ethical, or religious dilemmas about using lethal force even on scumbags.

3. Although we all have an instinctive "flight or fight" mechanism, not everyone will or are physically able to stand up and fight mano-a-mano. For example, people who may be less physically strong, disabled persons, etc. For them a "safe room", or an escape route may be the only realistic options.
 
I keep a Remington 870 with one in the tube and a whole bunch more available, a HK USP 9f with 10+1, and a Busse basic 7 at the bedside. I don't really have a "safe room" and I basically live in an apartment, but if I hear someone breaking in, I have a direct shot at the door with those weapons, plus others if I can get there in time. Seems like a reasonable enough loadout to me. If I need more then it was my time.
 
C'mon people. The guy, Cato, asked for blades, not bullets.

Besides, the guy is from Austria. You know? Home of Glock, and Steyr... Telling him about guns, is like trying to tell a Canadian who Wayne Gretzky is! :p

BUT if we're all gonna get off topic, may I suggest a Hoyt Ultratec compound bow with 80lb draw, and aluminum shaft arrows. Then tie a Mad Maxx to the end of the tip, set it on fire, give him the skunk eye and say, "See you in Hell." and let 'er rip! Woo hoo!

Okay, maybe not. :o
 
a cold steel magnum tanto and a good ol surefire m6 would do the trick, methinks :D
 
The short spear would be my first choice for a blade followed by a tomahawk or machete.

Paul
 
in my 'safe room' i keep the following:

*gerber mark 11 combat knife

*greco recon w/cord wrapped handles and custom sheath

*colt sporter carbine (CAR15 or M4) and 4 30 round mags and surefire light

*steyr maahdi w/a side folding east german MPiKMs style stock, w/AK74 brake and 4 mags

*remington 1100 12 gauge w/6 round mag and rifle sites

*SIG P220 .45 and 2 spare mags

*beretta 92 9MM w/2 spare mags

*old cell phone that will still call 911

*fire extinguisher

*3 diff OC sprays

*M3 surefire, and a M2 also

*and my gun safe is in there too, w/my entire gun/knife/ammo collection,

greg
 
To SIFU1:

What???? No M-79, Claymores, rocket lauchers or Stinger missles? ;-)

John in Boise
 
If anyone gets into my room they will see me standing there with my Custom Bowie or my BK&T Patrol Machete. And my surefire :D
 
Originally posted by Rifter
If anyone gets into my room they will see me standing there with my Custom Bowie or my BK&T Patrol Machete. And my surefire :D
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Give your machete a slightly bloodied look, and don't forget a sinister looking retro hockey goalie mask to wear! And all around you, place hundreds of pickling jars with unidentifiable anatomical parts.

That'll freak 'em out! :D
 
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