Knives that can be used as Kubatons?

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I was looking at cold steel's ti lite, I like that it can be used as a kubaton in a pinch. Are there any other (non-balisong) knives marketed to be used as kubatons when closed?
 
On another forum, I heard a fella praising the Svord Peasant for use as a pocket stick. From my experience, yes, it would make a good kubaton. Cheap as chips too. But marketed as a kubaton it is not. It's about the least tactical kubaton you could find, which some could regard as a good thing too. If you're after something that looks tactical, don't go with the Svord Peasant.
 
Keep this in mind: when you brandish a knife, even if you intend to use it as a kubaton, you will be charged with escalation to the use of deadly force.

This is a topic that has been discussed at length in Practical Tactical, and probably in Knife Laws as well.

A knife is not a kubaton or yawara or any kind of impact weapon, even if designed as one. It remains a knife for all legal purposes.

See: (Bram Frank) Gunting.
 
Thanks for clarifying that Esav.

As for knives, I have always thought the buck 110 would make a decent Kubaton. It is ergonomic and beefy. I dont really know anything about kubaton techniques though, maybe lighter is better.
 
The kubaton was developed as much as a pain compliance tool as an impact weapon. See yawara or the Cold Steel Koga batons for the corresponding impact tools.

I walk with a deadly impact weapon: a Canemasters oak crooktop cane.
 
I live in Alabama, the knife laws here are pretty lax. I don't carry kubatons for legal reasons, I just find them superior to knives as a last ditch self defense tool (no questionable blood on you, ect.) I usually carry a travel wrench, but I thought a dual purpose knife might be easier to carry at times.
 
id say as long as the knife provided a good grip while closed and had a nice hard part at either end, youd be alright. i can understand wanting a knife like that, certainly id rather strike with my knife then stab, but i hope i never find myself in such a situation.

as esav said, check out the cold steel koga batons, i have the mini, and short of some of my more extreme knives, such as my extrema ratio MPC, is a far better impact weapon, and wayyyy cheaper.
 
a knife similar to this would work...
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Its actually similar to my primary edc...only difference being the handle color(and mine is army, not marines, but that doesn't matter)



but again, watch how you do use your knife; you can get charged heftily for it, even when using it as a "kubaton"
 
Any of the OTF Microtechs with the glassbreaker could probably be used as a kubaton.
 
Something that general shape/design would be perfect as a kubaton stealthchaser. Never heard of musamto though.
 
It's looking like folding daggers are what I'm looking for. Just came across a gerber covert, don't usually like gerber knives but I love the design of this one. Might work, I'll keep looking for a bit though before I purchase anything.
 
well, the original cold steel tanto would work beautifully, but its blade length makes it illegal to carry, but if you could luck out and find a cold steel mini-tanto, that would be a score. they are both fixedblades, and you are probably looking for a folder.
 
i think the al mar sere folder makes a good pocket stick when closed. the handle is long and narrow, flares out a bit at the ends.

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