Custom Knife Fighting Knives.

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ryangruhn

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Hey All,
I train in Kali stick fighting along with knife fighting and I was wondering if you guys know of any places or people that make custom knives for knife fighting training? There are two different types that I am in search of.

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I have yet to see a real looking knife of all sizes that has a dull blade and dull tip but folds up like a regular lock blade or closes like a butter fly knife. I have seen some of the sheath dull blade knives but none of the other kinds.

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The other kind I am looking for is a knife that has a marker along the edge and a marker on the tip to show where the knife might slash if two people were in an actual knife fight.

Let me know if you can find anything!

Thanks!

Ryan
 
Ryan,


Benchmade makes several butterfly trainers with dull blades and rounded tip, you might check one stop knife shop. I remenmber seeing a marking blade in a magazine ad sometime back , I can not remember the name.

Good luck
 
The Benchmade 40T is the best balisong-style trainer out there.

It's been my experience sparring even with dull trainers that you don't need markers. The scratches, scrapes and bruises show where the hits were just fine.

If you are looking for training knives, avoid the cheap aluminum ones. After a few minutes sparring with the blades knocking together, the "edge" gets so banged up that it essentially turns into a live serrated edge. Gotta be hardened steel.

Spyderco and Benchmade are two major companies that make a good selection of serious training knives. By the way, they do cost about the same as a "real" knife. Of course they do. They are a real knife, all the same pieces and parts, all the same labor, just not sharpened. Sharpening takes about three minutes in a factory with jigs etc. So, of course a serious training knife costs about the same as a live blade. And they're worth it too.
 
Gollnick said:
It's been my experience sparring even with dull trainers that you don't need markers. The scratches, scrapes and bruises show where the hits were just fine.
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Thanks for your opinion but I think a scratch, scrape or bruise is a bit different then a four inch deep slash that a real blade would inflict. I am looking for the reality of what a real blade would do and I know a marker knife would do that. Does anyone know of any?

Ryan
 
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