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Alright, then, with no humor whatsoever, here's the deal on her situation and my thought process, in detail:
-She has not one but two carry guns, a S&W Model 64, and a Bersa Thunder .380, both w/Crimson Trace laser grips. Obviously, she can carry in her car and other places around town, but she is NOT allowed to bring her gun to work.
-I am concerned about where is illegal/impermissible for her to carry, therefore. She has the monkey ball and pepper spray, but I think better safe than sorry, and I'd like her to have a knife, too.
-If she doesn't like the knife, she won't carry it, period. No, it doesn't matter that it isn't the practical thing to do; JMO, but the majority of women aren't as practical as the majority of men; and this despite my wife being more practical than most.
-If it looks threatening at all (and the Izula in any color does, IMO), it may have the intended effect of repelling a potential attacker (she did this once when stalked on the street by a guy who started quickly closing in on her, and he ran off when she pretended to be pulling a gun).
-If it comes to her actually having to get in a fight with the knife, she's probably dead or at least seriously injured, anyway. This thing is for deterrence.
-As noted, I wanted to keep this discussion somewhat light-hearted, but the point (pardon the pun) was serious.
SO: Again, there is merit in all your suggestions. I'm prob. getting her the Izula regardless, and yes, color has a lot to do w/it. Tons of military/survival knives have orange scales as an option, and while my sports teams have nothing to do with their scales, that color, which I like, in no way denigrates the performance of the knife.
La Griffe and possibly KABAR Besh are likely additional choices (I'm getting her TWO knives, in other words: Izula plus one of these two) for a necker--the La Griffe is not only a better knife, though (on my own list, as well, yet again
), I think she'd almost certainly like the looks of it better.
I'll probably be getting her a pink Grip. later. Thanks, though, b/c I had no idea any of the sales proceeds went to breast cancer awareness until now. That's her anniversary (January) gift.
-Safe Keeper and Safe Maker are great defensive choices and look cool, but she d/n want another push knife, even though she likes them, b/c she thinks (right or wrong) that the choice lends itself to snagging the handle on something and/or falling out of the sheath and getting lost.
-Ya know, after all this discussion, I'm gonna tell her she needs to appreciate all this help a group of total strangers on this forum were willing to give in the way of input on one of her Xmas gifts.
-She has not one but two carry guns, a S&W Model 64, and a Bersa Thunder .380, both w/Crimson Trace laser grips. Obviously, she can carry in her car and other places around town, but she is NOT allowed to bring her gun to work.
-I am concerned about where is illegal/impermissible for her to carry, therefore. She has the monkey ball and pepper spray, but I think better safe than sorry, and I'd like her to have a knife, too.
-If she doesn't like the knife, she won't carry it, period. No, it doesn't matter that it isn't the practical thing to do; JMO, but the majority of women aren't as practical as the majority of men; and this despite my wife being more practical than most.
-If it looks threatening at all (and the Izula in any color does, IMO), it may have the intended effect of repelling a potential attacker (she did this once when stalked on the street by a guy who started quickly closing in on her, and he ran off when she pretended to be pulling a gun).
-If it comes to her actually having to get in a fight with the knife, she's probably dead or at least seriously injured, anyway. This thing is for deterrence.
-As noted, I wanted to keep this discussion somewhat light-hearted, but the point (pardon the pun) was serious.
SO: Again, there is merit in all your suggestions. I'm prob. getting her the Izula regardless, and yes, color has a lot to do w/it. Tons of military/survival knives have orange scales as an option, and while my sports teams have nothing to do with their scales, that color, which I like, in no way denigrates the performance of the knife.
La Griffe and possibly KABAR Besh are likely additional choices (I'm getting her TWO knives, in other words: Izula plus one of these two) for a necker--the La Griffe is not only a better knife, though (on my own list, as well, yet again
), I think she'd almost certainly like the looks of it better.I'll probably be getting her a pink Grip. later. Thanks, though, b/c I had no idea any of the sales proceeds went to breast cancer awareness until now. That's her anniversary (January) gift.
-Safe Keeper and Safe Maker are great defensive choices and look cool, but she d/n want another push knife, even though she likes them, b/c she thinks (right or wrong) that the choice lends itself to snagging the handle on something and/or falling out of the sheath and getting lost.
-Ya know, after all this discussion, I'm gonna tell her she needs to appreciate all this help a group of total strangers on this forum were willing to give in the way of input on one of her Xmas gifts.
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