Off Topic No such thing as a bad/ "evil" knife , if it works !

[22-rimfire]

Cheap is all I can afford sometimes.

 

[BenchCo Spydermade]

Then we won't agree, which is fine.

Development and what something turns out to be sometimes are different.

Didnt it "turn out to be" a tool in the situation we are talking about?

 

[David Mary]

Yeah, I'm not gonna agree with that.
Developed as an agricultural tool initially, and still makes a decent tool

I just interpreted him to mean the modern karambits that are decked out with double edges and eye gouging points on the ring, etc. I was looking at karambits online last night at herooutdoors, and this one had a description which said: "Designed and constructed for the modern battlefield, the Delta Defender Assisted Opening Black Karambit Knife takes a traditional design pumps it up with steroids..." I couldn't help but think it was a bit of a silly description meant to entice, not professional soldiers, but mall ninjas.

I'd mod the tacti out of it until there was nothing left but cool.

Or something like that...

 

[DocJD]

I remember back 60+ yrs ago ,when there were basically no "tactical" knives marketed to the public , especially folders . Some military combat fixed blades and stuff like daggers , bowies , kukri etc .

By now , tanto style folders are very commonplace work knives and I don't think "tactical" means much except as a marketing term . But 40 yrs ago , they were pretty exotic and exciting .

Switch blades and butterfly knives got banned many places . Most double edged also .

Only time will tell if karambit style become more common or banned .

In the country of origin , only the DE karambit is considered a weapon . Otherwise it's just a common work knife .