Another good point. Maybe I'll take up urban trash can stabbing. Honestly this is a pretty useful video for the one person on this forum who apparently wonders about the Insingo tip and its piercing capabilities. Thank you!
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Insingo for Piercing & Defense
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Another good point. Maybe I'll take up urban trash can stabbing. Honestly this is a pretty useful video for the one person on this forum who apparently wonders about the Insingo tip and its piercing capabilities. Thank you!
Valeniiman
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Well, this has been an entertaining read! My .00003 cents worth. Pocket knife not that great for defensive weapon, but good enough for piercing, or slashing, if that's all you have handy. But hell, a nice long #2 (#3,4, or 5) pencil, BIC pen, sharp stick, or garden trowel, etc..... will sluck easily into soft (neck) flesh if shoved properly. And yes, the OP was merely asking an honest question. That's all folks, thanks...Cheers.
Thanks for that, and the question was just about the ability of the Insingo tip to pierce, not knives in general (that would be obtuse) given it is a downward sloping non sharpened swedge that looks like it may struggle to pierce things. It was an honest question and in multiple prominent YouTube video reviews about the Insingo the question is raised but never answered. I don't think it's crazy.
Good Idea!
Just a quick thought... if the insingo is slowly pushed straight in, wouldn't the blade move toward the sharp edge cutting material until approximately the width of blade and then travel straight? I guess that's what I always thought...
I guess I always think about the job I need the tool to do... for instance when I clean out a big game animal I want to puncture straight (clip point) through the skin (in most areas) and then use the belly of a clip point to travel up and also to skin back hide. However, I started using an insingo blade style for cleaning out fish and it works wonders... I push in (you know where) and the cutting edge naturally travels up (where it needs to) because of the backbone and dull swedge and then when I cut the gills out it seems way easier and safer with the tip down option.
I guess I always think about the job I need the tool to do... for instance when I clean out a big game animal I want to puncture straight (clip point) through the skin (in most areas) and then use the belly of a clip point to travel up and also to skin back hide. However, I started using an insingo blade style for cleaning out fish and it works wonders... I push in (you know where) and the cutting edge naturally travels up (where it needs to) because of the backbone and dull swedge and then when I cut the gills out it seems way easier and safer with the tip down option.