Ever needed your defensive knife?

[aramis]

Many of us carry knives for defense, but have any of you actually been attacked and needed to use it? How well did the knife perform? I'd like to hear your stories.

 

[Bods Oddkin]

Some crazy jackass with a prybar broke into my hotel room in beautiful historical Williamsburg about 17 years ago. It was around 2:00 in the A.M. and I became instantly awake and grabbed my slightly modified M4 bayonet from the nightstand. He pushed and punched me to my knees as I stumbled out of bed; I stabbed up twice into his stomach. He ran out of the room wailing like a banshee, but lived to tell about it. More importantly, so did I. It took a year and a half for the police, the hotel and me to sort things out between us.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Never had to use mine, but have had to show it a couple of times. That was all that was needed in the situations I found myself in. The possibility of grievous bodily harm was prevented by just having a knife with me.

 

[bmcneil]

Never needed to use it, but on one occaion my kershaw black out, and twice my cold steel safe keeper 2 scared off three different attackers.