I know I am pretty much preaching to the choir, but I wanted to let you guys in on a recent call I had. Several days ago I went to a stabbing call. I went to the house where the suspect was, so I never got to have contact with the victim, who had been cut in the forearm. After some investigation, we were able to determine that the 'stabber' was actually the victim, and he had used a knife to cut the 'stabbee's' arm when the stabbee was choking out the stabber. When I recovered the knife that was used in the stabbing, I noticed it was a cheap, imported folder with plastic handle and a plastic thumbstud. It had approx a 3" drop point blade. My partners described the wound to me as about 4" long and about 1" deep.
When I got the photos back of the injury, I could not believe how bad the stab wound was. I originated near the inside 'V' of the elbow on the outside joint, then travelled down slightly toward the hand and around to the outside of the forearm. The cut was to the bone and just ungodly to look at. Think about taking a raw, bone-in roast and slicing it open to the bone, then pulling the cut apart and looking inside, then imagine that is your arm. Needless to say, the cut ended the assault almost immediately.
I have seen lots of minor stab wounds and several puncture type stabs where the surface wound is small and not very dramatic, but this was by far the worst slicing type wound I have seen, all with a cheap little knife.
Obviously I will continue to buy and use good knives like Emersons, and I would certainly never trust my life to a cheap knife, this really proves the "any knife is better than no knife" point.
When I got the photos back of the injury, I could not believe how bad the stab wound was. I originated near the inside 'V' of the elbow on the outside joint, then travelled down slightly toward the hand and around to the outside of the forearm. The cut was to the bone and just ungodly to look at. Think about taking a raw, bone-in roast and slicing it open to the bone, then pulling the cut apart and looking inside, then imagine that is your arm. Needless to say, the cut ended the assault almost immediately.
I have seen lots of minor stab wounds and several puncture type stabs where the surface wound is small and not very dramatic, but this was by far the worst slicing type wound I have seen, all with a cheap little knife.
Obviously I will continue to buy and use good knives like Emersons, and I would certainly never trust my life to a cheap knife, this really proves the "any knife is better than no knife" point.
