Does Doctor Lecter's Bladecraft measure up?

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If you read the novels by Harris, Lecter starts off with a linoleum knife and graduates to a Harpy for his edc, he even purchases a Civillian in a gunshow. One of the tactics Lecter uses that I liked was to employ the use of a drop cloth in tandem with his blade. He used this in the book Hannibal on the kidnapper Mateo, he dropped a cloth over him, secured it with a zip tie and then slashed him, he also does the same thing to inspector Pazzi but chloroforms him instead of cutting him. He doesn't seem to favor the straight blade too often except I think for stabbing a patient in the heart while on the therapy couch with a thin stilleto. I think in the movie Red Dragon he is depicted stabbing the FBI agent with one of those cheap sleeve dagger replicas you can get from United Cutlery, in the book he uses a linoleum knife in on the agent. What is your opinion of his bladecraft?
 
I guess it's very effective..... if you want to be a serial killer!:grumpy:

I doubt if it would be very effective for those who carry a tactical folder on a daily basis, for self defense. You'd have to rely on a different set of tactics.
 
stickbobby said:
...One of the tactics Lecter uses that I liked was to employ the use of a drop cloth in tandem with his blade. He used this in the book Hannibal on the kidnapper Mateo, he dropped a cloth over him, secured it with a zip tie and then slashed him, he also does the same thing to inspector Pazzi but chloroforms him instead of cutting him...
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As a Knife user and collector I find it disturbing to "like" a certain way of deliberately killing someone. Yes I suppose if I had to I may use a knife to defend me or my loved ones from harm I would do it but anything else as in the novel is pathological serial murder - not a good thing for someone into knives.
 
Well, to address the knife issues first, the Harpy's a normal everyday knife, i have one myself, hawkbill blades get an unfair reputation as "evil" knives, thanks to movies/books like the Hannibal Lecter series....

what do i use *my* Harpy for?, mundane everyday stuff, cutting down cardboard boxes, opening packages, scoring boxes to peel shipping labels off, cutting apples, everyday stuff really, the downturned point of a hawkbill gives the user an incredible amount of precision point control from a normal grip position

the Civillian? Spyderco developed *that* one for law enforcement agents that may be caught in a dire predicament where they have lost their firearm and have been reduced to defending themselves with a knife, the "Reverse-S" blade (modified Hawkbill) is designed as a defensive blade, for pull cuts, lets say an officer in a chokehold, the officer deploys the Civvie, and performs a draw cut along the assailant's arm, there's a good chance the assailant will let go

the Civvie's not designed as an EDC blade, more of a "when the fecal matter hits the air circulator" kinda' blade, Spyderco says right on their webpage;

Spyderco said:
In the 1990s Spyderco was approached by a specialized branch of U.S. law enforcement about making a knife for their undercover agents. These plain-clothes LEOs found themselves in situations where they often could not carry a firearm but carrying a knife was not a problem. Most had no formal training in self-defense tactics or MBC but as a last resort could use a blade to protect or extricate themselves from a life-threatening situation. This was how the Civilian model came to be.

The Civilian has a patented reverse "S" blade that's intended to be used like an oversized claw. The tip is ground to an ultra-thin profile. Deeply curved and full at the belly, the VG-10 hollow-ground blade excels in slicing and is available fully SpyderEdged. Because of its distinctly specialized features it is not intended or designed for general utility or everyday use.
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I agree with Digdeep as well
 
James Keating has a thing to say about the use of cloak and daggers doesnt he? He also suggests that we can imagine a jacket to be a cloak, the cloth could be used to conceal the blade or entangle an opponent or engulf the opponent to remove his vision and orientation. I also respect way the character of Lecter used misdirection, deception and surprise to gain an advantage on his adversary, and anyway dont you think in failing to consider "evil" tactics and thinking we limit ourselves in the range of options available to us and to understanding how someone who might attack us thinks and operates?
 
i the film hannibal the scene where he cuts the man and throws him off the balcony dr lecter cuts his gut open with a spyderco with a hawkbill blade.
 
Personally I think the Hannibal Lecter movies are pretty sick.

I don't like knives being portrayed as they are in horror movies.
 
I like the Hannibal movies. Silence of the Lambs was brilliant. Red Dragon sucked. A serial killer's choice in knives is mostly academic as far as I'm concerned, but I wouldn't speak in terms of what I liked about it.
 
Chefget said:
Knife fighting+serial killing+deployment speed = troll

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Funny because before this thread was posted I wrote a lengthy response to his 'gunfighter' b.s. where I called him out on getting all his 'info' from Thomas Harris novels when he mentions FBI tactics and skateboard tape, etc.

When I realized he was simply a troll, I edited it back out. Then enter this thread where he talks about the books. Too funny.
 
Keep things in perspective here: Lecter is a MURDERER which has absolutely nothing to do with bladecraft. :thumbdn:
 
Rhesus Feces said:
Keep things in perspective here: Lecter is a MURDERER which has absolutely nothing to do with bladecraft. :thumbdn:
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Let's keep this in perspective: Not only is lecter a serial killer, he is fictional. He has no "bladecraft" or "style".
 
I have dismembered over six hundred cardboard boxes and disemboweled countless bundles.

Hannibal's bladecraft has nothing on mine.
 
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