Good daggers in a ~5" blade with good modern steel?

I don't mean to derail the knife thoughts, but at the moment I believe carrying a "dagger" on your person and off of your property, is still illegal in Texas, no matter the length of blade. Hopefullly it will not be soon. Just don't want you to get surprised by law enforcement in case you didn't know.
 
Thanks! Technically, the daggers I'm looking at are as you say, not legal according to Texas law as I understand it today. I can live with that risk as I'm in a rural area and not attracting attention to myself. Open carry (or concealed carry) of a pistol on public roadways is not a line I will cross.
 
I lucked out on an Ebay auction and purchased a Boker AF 5.5, the Bill Harsey micarta 440C version that retails for ~$350 and happened into an Amazon Warehouse deal on an unloved Kabar/EK carbon dagger as well.

Both are good knives for the money spent / deals I got.
 
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I lucked out on an Ebay auction and purchased a Boker AF 5.5, the Bill Harsey micarta 440C version that retails for ~$350 and happened into an Amazon Warehouse deal on an unloved Kabar/EK carbon dagger as well.

Both are good knives for the money spent / deals I got.
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Nice finds on both. I really love those Kabar/EKs and of course the Harsey designed AF 5.5.

Also, now I know that Amazon Warehouse exists, and that seems a great and terrible thing to know. Open box deals! Ack!
 
You just need pepper spray. Or a stick. USPS guidelines in a nutshell: If pepper spray is ineffective, or cannot be deployed in time, let the assailant bite on the stick before raising your arm and kicking said assailant in the gonads/nipples region.
 
A walking stick or cane isn't something I will have with me when or if I ever need it, just like my rifles and handguns rifles right now. An ASP baton will get me in more trouble than an open carry handgun where I live.
 
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Winkler Knives II Emergency Response Tool. Not a knife, per se. But either end will put the hurt on an assailant. Doubles as an innocuous trade tool :thumbsup:
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Interesting concept but, I don't see myself carrying it routinely either. I'm not in the building trades and have no reason to carry it. It also looks like it would have almost no utility in my case for dealing with the dogs in question.

I think a small hatchet might be more practical and has the advantages of a bit more reach, sharp edge, and a logical reason to be carrying it. The negative is general bulk and weight so, would I really have it available when I need it?
 
A stout stick would be my first choice to keep them at bay. Once a dog is committed to an attack then you have to be more aggressive than them until they back off or you have killed it. Dogs chest cavity is their weak area so knee it hard, and lateral movement on all joint systems is weak (grab front leg and yank sideways and out). Not for he faint of heart. They will go for your groin and throat so protect. If your hand is in their jaws then don't pull, push as in down their throat. Be angry and roar as if you are bigger and badder than them. You ain't going to come out of it unscathed.
The J.P. Peltonen Sissipuukko would do it fine and quite a useful knife. Anything pointy will do it.

.380 would be plenty.

Farmers in the UK can shoot dogs that are worrying sheep and livestock, but must be caught in the act.
 
Polish handmade dagger LKW Inquizitor - O2 steel, 4,5 mm thick, blade is 5".
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Radek Łęgowik is from Poland and he has facebook - lkw knives.

Another spear point style knife from LKW - F1 prototype.
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Polish handmade dagger LKW Inquizitor - O2 steel, 4,5 mm thick, blade is 5".

Radek Łęgowik is from Poland and he has facebook - lkw knives.
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THANKS! Those look like really nice knives. Hopefully they are in my price range because they look like a knife I would enjoy owning.
 
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