New knife maker waterjet and bevel angle question

lanternnate said:
A knife fight isn’t fencing. I’m not an expert on bowie fighting technique, but your frame of reference seems to be sport fencing based on the scoring a touch comment. Sport fencing is long removed from real sword fighting techniques and I would think even farther removed from knife fighting. I’d have to imagine a knife fight is as likely to become a grappling situation as anything else. In that case it’s logical to think locking into and controlling the other blade could be advantageous.
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Understand the diferences, but I can guarentee no matter what the principal that a parry beats a block is true in every level of fighting. I am also positive that no matter how hard I chop into a brass bar with a bowie, the guy holding the brass bar will not have control of my weapon. I am unaware of a martial art style that encourages blocking with a weapon. It may be used as a last resort, but if it isnt combined with some other method of getting off the X, it isn't gonna keep you alive very long. And generally, if you can get out of the line of attack, why waste energy and opportunity blocking an attack that wont hit you.

Even if I am wrong, which I strongly suspect I am not, I am totally unaware of any other bladed style that includes a brass back or other accoutrement. This means to me that regardless of the intent, if other than visual, it didn't work well enough to replicate.
 
Well folks, the purpose of the brass on spine these days is solely to copy the original. Doesn't matter if makes sense or not - the Musso Bowie has the brass, so a reproduction needs the brass also.

Let's face it, if headed to a knife fight, I don't want a Musso Bowie - I want a .45!
 
Ken H> said:
Let's face it, if headed to a knife fight, I don't want a Musso Bowie - I want a .45!
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Hell a .22 would be better than a knife! But really my .308 at 400m would be perfect.
 
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