Dream ruined EDC rotation!

fulloflead

fulloflead

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Are you ready for this? Are you REALLY ready for this? You'd better sit down. Are you sitting? OK...

I've been carrying my BM AFCK Axis for a while off and on a LOT for well over a year. It's my fastest and easiest draw by far. RECENTLY, I've been carrying it religiously for the last two months because I moved and packed my knives for a while. The point I'm trying to get across here is that my Axis AFCK is the knife (above all others) that I'm really USED to and can draw and use in less than two seconds (often one second) anytime. I'm really USED to the knife and REALLY fast with it and it's become basically an extention of myself. I have a special way of drawing my Axis AFCK and opening it with my with my index finger that's SOOOO fast and still gives me an immediate grip and ready to cut that I've done probably a THOUSAND times.

After I moved, I decided to start my EDC rotation again, beginning with a Microtech Auto which I like but I'm nowhere NEAR as fast with or good with.

Well, the very night that I decided to put the Axis AFCK away for another...

I had a dream that night.
The dream was about a physical confrontation where I had to use a knife to defend the one I love. The knife I used was the Axis AFCK. I drew it quick when I had to and it served me well. (Basically saved both our lives in the dream.)

NOW...

I'm thinking that this particular knife has become such an important part of my defensive reflex that it's even worked it's way into my subconscious.

This must sound crazy but I think that the "muscle-memory" has worked it's way into my PERMANENT memory. I wonder if this particular knife has worked it's way into my natural defensive mode.

In any case, now I feel like I must be NUTS to ever leave it at home with the attachment I have to it.

Solution?
Of coarse, I MUST carry it every day. I've accidently acquired a weapon as well as a strong relationship with that weapon and it's become extention of myself and I'd be absolutely stupid not to use that perfect reflex I've developed to my advantage. (I wish I had a CCW firearm liscense with that kind of reflex!)

From now on my BM Axis AFCK will be clipped to my right pocket and my EDC rotation knives will be clipped in my back pocket. I'm sure 90% of the time I'll reach for the AFCK out of habbit until I get used to the fact that my WORK knife is in the back pocket and the DEFENSIVE knife is in my front pocket. (I just worry about unlearning or confusing the reflex. Should I sell the rest of my knives? I think not. But I do worry about ruining it with developing a two-loction draw confusion.)

I just thought the forum might think that this story might be interesting and entertaining...

or even a little bit...

weird.:eek:
 
I'm not sure where I first heard this one, but I think it's been around for a very long time...

The phrase is...

"Beware... the man with one gun"...

meaning... he's only got one gun to train with, one gun to draw, one gun's trajectory to know... he's the one who's gonna get you fast and accurately.

I'm sure it's the same for a knife.
 
Originally posted by MelancholyMutt
I'm not sure where I first heard this one, but I think it's been around for a very long time...

The phrase is...

"Beware... the man with one gun"...

meaning... he's only got one gun to train with, one gun to draw, one gun's trajectory to know... he's the one who's gonna get you fast and accurately.

I'm sure it's the same for a knife.
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I've heard that one too.
Thanks. That's an encouraging post.;)
 
Absolutely true. Besides, what you're thinking is what we should all be training for. How can you depend on a knife if it isn't the same knife, same location, same motion every time? It doesn't even have to be fast -- in an emergency, fine motor skills may degrade -- but it has to be sure.

Your dream was telling you that you had no business rotating a defensive knife. I like the idea of a multitool in a belt pouch and a knife-of-the-day, generally a new acquisition, in an off pocket. But my EDC is always clipped to a right front pocket or I constantly touch around to find it.
 
The beauty of the AFCK Axis is that it's D2 blade will hold an edge while you use it as a regular knife and still be sharp should you need it to save your life.
 
IMHO

Muscle memory is very important. I found that with handguns. I learned to shoot with a 1911 and used one extensively in IPSC competition. Then I went the route of trying the latest and greatest. Ten years later I found myself back to the 1911 and actually sold all my other "carry" handguns. I had spent so much practice time with the 1911 it was still in muscle memory.

Same route with an EDC. I find I'm most comfortable with a Microtech Amphibian so I've made that my off work carry EDC and that's the knife I practice with.

If you have hours a day for practice you could teach your mind muscle memory to accept several different knives. However if you don't have hours, select one knife and stick with it. If you find something new make sure you spend enouigh time practicing with it before it becomes your SD EDC. If not you'll find yourself reverting to the feel of the AFCK when you're under stress.
 
Another possibility would be to pick one knife, the 806D2 in this case, and use and maintain it until it finally (if ever) wears out. Put some rust-proofing compound on your other knives and stash them away.
 
That’s not weird at all, once when my brother tried to spoke me I stood up, then I started patting my pockets for my knife, I couldn’t find it, had that been a real instance I probably would have been in danger, my knife was on the table in front of me and I didn’t reach for it, I patted my pockets…my point is…if you have it down to a reflex, just stick with that knife. I've gotten the same way with my SOG Sculptura. :D now, just sell of all your other knives and buy more BM Axis AFCK in diffrent versions youll be ste for life;)
 
Originally posted by Will'em
now, just sell of all your other knives and buy more BM Axis AFCK in diffrent versions youll be ste for life;)
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;) I would get more versions if there were any, but as far as I know it's just the black-coated D2 model. I could get an UNSERRATED version. Damn, now I've got another knife to buy.:eek:
 
I believe in muscle memory, but I believe that it applies to any implement. For example, I shoot 1911's, but then revolvers, as well. I've never tried to dump a magazine out of a revolver.

My truck is a 5-speed. I can think of only a few times when I reached for the floor shift in my wife's Explorer.

However, the title of this thread really scared me. I thought it was going to be a tale of woe involving a favorite knife, a seductive dream, spoo all over metal, tedious cleaning...
 
I actualy find myself tring to open my other knives as if it was my sculptura....its wierd lol
 
Musle Memory is important but so is diversity, the ability to improvise and use anything at hand to defend yourself.

Also Muscle Memory is very important to freehand sharpening.

So what am I trying to say? Who the hell knows?

Oh yeah, practice, practice, practice, there's nothing wrong with being proficient with a single knife, but also practice with your other knives.
 
Fulloflead, I would rather have your dream!! I have a reoccurring dream that that involves different scenarios, But they all end up in my having to shoot people in defense. The problem is in my dream, when I point my Kimber at them and am ready to shoot, I experience a Trigger pull problem and can never get the hammer to drop. I usually wake up in a panic after that. Problem is my dream is making me loose confidence in my primary firearm:eek:
 
Originally posted by TheBadGuy
Fulloflead, I would rather have your dream!! I have a reoccurring dream that that involves different scenarios, But they all end up in my having to shoot people in defense. The problem is in my dream, when I point my Kimber at them and am ready to shoot, I experience a Trigger pull problem and can never get the hammer to drop. I usually wake up in a panic after that. Problem is my dream is making me loose confidence in my primary firearm:eek:
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I have dreams JUST LIKE THAT too. I have knife fight dreams all the time too...

Then there's that dream I have where I'm standing naked on a giant pyramid surrounded by beautiful women who are chanting and throwing little pickles at me...

then there the one where I'm dressed in ladies underware and riding a zebra through a pasture while Danny Divito is chasing me on a riding lawnmower...

and then there's the one...
 
I got you all beat, I have a recurring dream where I'm stabbing my Supervisor over and over while singing New York New York.:eek: :confused: :cool:
 
I always put my primary EDC in exactly the same place. I virtually always use a two-handed opening if I'm serious. The specific knife is not as important to me as a uniform place to look for it. If I leave my regular knife behind I fill my standard spot with another knife. This spot does not require a clip so sometimes I put a knife with a clip in my usual spot. The knife I put there always has a locking blade and is razor sharp.
 
Originally posted by TheBadGuy
Fulloflead, I would rather have your dream!! I have a reoccurring dream that that involves different scenarios, But they all end up in my having to shoot people in defense. The problem is in my dream, when I point my Kimber at them and am ready to shoot, I experience a Trigger pull problem and can never get the hammer to drop. I usually wake up in a panic after that. Problem is my dream is making me loose confidence in my primary firearm:eek:
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Human racial memory dream?

Me too. Or the slug just plops out the end of the tube...
 
Originally posted by TheBadGuy
I have a reoccurring dream that that involves different scenarios, But they all end up in my having to shoot people in defense. The problem is in my dream, when I point my Kimber at them and am ready to shoot, I experience a Trigger pull problem and can never get the hammer to drop. I usually wake up in a panic after that. Problem is my dream is making me loose confidence in my primary firearm:eek:
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Originally posted by mwelch8404
Me too. Or the slug just plops out the end of the tube...
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You guys know what Freud would say, right? :) I have these dreams too, where I have to shoot people but I can't aim right.
 
Originally posted by T. Erdelyi
I got you all beat, I have a recurring dream where I'm stabbing my Supervisor over and over while singing New York New York.:eek: :confused: :cool:
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Kinda like the Reservoir Dogs ear cutting scene, or the Clockwork Orange "Singin' in the Rain" part?

I'm going to back away slowly...
 
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