colubrid
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How many times have you used a knife in SD in Brazil?
About 12x per day
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How many times have you used a knife in SD in Brazil?
Ya, okay. Maybe you should join a stronger cartel.About 12x per day
Under duress fine motor skills are gone. Muscle memory is what you will be depending on and that is less than 100%.Yeah like London. You can't even take a locking blade of any size into that country. Only thing allowed are slip joints.
Well I am an Emerson guy. And Emerson people practice their WAVED knives all day long . They open every single time. So no worries about a folder not being opened under duress.
It’s a cool stilleto like knife, but with no wave for quick deployment a folder is not appropriate for self defense imho.
Because a knife without a wave feature just can't be considered a serious knife for defensive purposes.
Tell you who should fear the wave most... microbrews sans twist tops.
The stiletto shape is awesome, don't get me wrong. I simply love my ProTech Godson for all its pointy goodness.
But it doesn't make a good EDC for me, so I never carry it.
I would say that in most cases where you see the threat coming early enough to draw your folder and thumb it open; you would have been better served just running away.
The reason why I feel waved folders are the only ones viable for SD use is because they draw in the open position with a gross motor movement.
Even autos or assisteds are too fidgety for what I would want in those kinds of scenarios.
And that's fine.... for you. I wear shorts most of the time, or pack my knife in a coat pocket. Both of these carry methods render a wave feature useless. Believe me, I've carried an Emerson CQC7 with a wave, and it was never "waved" open the entire time I owned it. I honestly consider it more of a gimmick on knives than anything.
But I realize there are folks that swear by it, and that's just fine. But I don't think it's an end-all-be-all requirement for SD folders.
About 12x per day
Sorry to get off track
The OP did ask about folders not fixed blades so here are a few of my favorites
DISKIN FIRE
COMPOUND GRIND
Max blade to handle ratio
DISKIN FLIPPER
New DISKIN DA
My favorite
Durand
Look at the spine and blade transition
Handle shape is awesome
Marfione custom Combat Troodan
When blade is retracted makes an awesome impact weapon and does open quickly if need be
So the point would be to extract the knife when there is a threat and keep closed to use as an impact weapon that can be deployed if need be quickly
For a prouduction piece the old Spyderco Szabofly
Kizer John Grey Pocket Brute pimped by John
Last but not least my favorite factory waved folder and I have a bunch of Emerson’s .....the cold steel Talwar
But even this can be improved on in a fixed blade
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Under duress fine motor skills are gone. Muscle memory is what you will be depending on and that is less than 100%.
Beautiful stuff, Joe. Nice add to this thread.
I love my Spyderco Szabo. That thing is badass. One day I may have to grind the Spydie hole into a wave.
Btw Kizer just releases a production version of the Diskin flipper they are calling the Kizer Toro.
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Ps: love that fixed blade Talwar.
It’s no more of a gimmick than thumbstuds are. It definitely isn’t 100% necessary for SD with a folder hut I think it is a huge advantage to be able to draw a folder as fast as a fixed blade.
Infact depending on what I’m wearing I can sometimes draw my waved knives faster than a fixed blade. This is because to get at my fixed blade which I wear IWB I have to lift my shirt out of the way. Even worse if I’m wearing a sweater and worse yet a heavy jacket.
Really want one of those Tendick blades.I have a few of Bens and I do believe they are the finest Hartsfield adaptations out there and since Phill is gone and his go for large amounts on the secondary market Ben is the way to go