Opinions on using small blades?

Never had to kill anything with a Khukuri yet, but I did have to chase some Coyotes off with my KLVUK the other day. Bastards were in my back yard looking at my black labs. Just got done chopping up some small blow downs from a storm and I see the ugly dogs 10 yards from me. Stood up right quick, raised my Khuk in the air and hollered. Enough to scare them off, but it was probably the khukuri more than my foolish whooping.
 
This guy had a 5 inch knife, they don't specify what:

http://www.kare11.com/story/news/local/2014/12/08/man-survives-3-bear-attacks-with-knife/20078121/

I recently came across a similar news story but the guy only had a little Spyderco, I searched but can't find it now...


Steve Tall said:
Didja happen to see this thread, about a grizzly that attacked (and lost its life to) a guy that was armed only with his HI M43?

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1217819-So-that-happened-*Warning-for-those-who-are-squeamish*
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Steve Tall said:
Didja happen to see this thread, about a grizzly that attacked (and lost its life to) a guy that was armed only with his HI M43?

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1217819-So-that-happened-*Warning-for-those-who-are-squeamish*
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Nope, but I still would call him, besides incredibly brave, quite lucky :). I witnessed an incident at the zoo and that made me appreciate what these beasts are capable of, very much. That was way before the media picked up on everything, in a communist country.
 
Hey Bawana!

How would you rate your tiny bowies with a Kumar Karda?

I am seriously tempted to order a Karda from the new Kami...

Shane
 
I sadly don't have a Kumar Karda to compare it too. I suspect both would have their positives and negatives.

I probably should work on getting one myself just in case someone ask me this question in the future.

I can't speak for the Karda, but the praises I sing for the little bowie are well known. Mine goes with me everywhere and the officers at work are starting to express an interest.

One is trying to talk me out of my latest blued version, wants it badly, I'm resisting for the time being.
 
Ok Bawanna. The trend in EDC has been towards knives that break in the middle so they will fit in a pocket. However, since my medical problems, my hands don't work so good, so I carry a small (3.75 inch blade) fixed blade knife on my belt. (I hate to endorse or mention specific companies.) The knife I carry has a minimal kydex sheath. I carry it cross draw, parallel to the ground. It is secure and easy to get to with either hand. I actually used this same carry when I worked as an Animal Control Officer. I kept it on my Sam Browne Belt right where a belt buckle is normally located. Thee were a number of times when I HAD to have a knife FAST and a one hand opening would be too slow, if you can believe that. (Odd note: The LEO that I worked with raised a huge objection with this style of carry. )

The point I am trying to get to is that the MINI BOWIE looks like a stout EDC sized blade for just what I was talking about.

And they must be a great project knife.

Shane
 
A very stout EDC and in some cases great projects although they are usually so nice out of the box I don't want to mess with them.

I used to be a devout folder guy but my first love is fixed blades.

I also adhere to the adage that a folding knife is a broken knife except of course kami dogs folding IBBB, I don't see that puppy breaking.

I wear my micro bowie on my left side straight up although I've considered a forward cant, but straight up I can carry it about 7:30 or 8 on the belt and it will semi go unnoticed in my office environment. Being a full time sitter the chair hides to some extent, plus it's a police department office so nobody gives me a hard time, working somewhere else like my next job as a Walmart door greeter might be an issue but I'll burn that bridge when I get there.
The micro bowie is my get off me knife, for when someone tries to grab my 1911 on the right side, a few pokes with the bowie and I'm sure it will be a much more harmonious outcome at least for me.
 
shane justice said:
Ok Bawanna. The trend in EDC has been towards knives that break in the middle so they will fit in a pocket. However, since my medical problems, my hands don't work so good, so I carry a small (3.75 inch blade) fixed blade knife on my belt. (I hate to endorse or mention specific companies.) The knife I carry has a minimal kydex sheath. I carry it cross draw, parallel to the ground. It is secure and easy to get to with either hand. I actually used this same carry when I worked as an Animal Control Officer. I kept it on my Sam Browne Belt right where a belt buckle is normally located. Thee were a number of times when I HAD to have a knife FAST and a one hand opening would be too slow, if you can believe that. (Odd note: The LEO that I worked with raised a huge objection with this style of carry. )

The point I am trying to get to is that the MINI BOWIE looks like a stout EDC sized blade for just what I was talking about.

And they must be a great project knife.

Shane
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Well I've been experimenting lately, and my IBBBs fit in a cargo pocket though the standard scabbard makes that not a great idea. The brass chape can poke a hole in the bottom of the pocket under some circumstances. It fits quite easily in the kangaroo pocket of any jacket that has one, and I recently found that at least in the case of my cargo pants it fits well in the front pockets of my pants. The strike plate at the bottom pokes out of the top, but not much. If you're wearing a t-shirt you can pull the bottom down and it covers it completely.

I am planning on getting a kydex sheath made for it, or making my own. That way I can carry it in pockets without the chape causing problems, and I can carry it anywhere on the belt. My big issue with the traditional scabbard is that it's big, and because it's a two handed job to remove the knife from it, even when it's on the belt. And I just had a cool idea a few seconds ago. If I were to go with pocket carry with kydex, it would still take two hands to remove the knife from the sheath, but I can make it easier and safer by tying paracord through two of the rivets to make a loop that I can use to pull the sheath off. Ooh, I just had another idea. With a longer loop I could discretely loop it around a belt loop or my belt and then when I pull the knife out I only have to pull it away from the belt and it unsheathes.
 
If you incorporated a hook system like some pistol pocket holsters and didn't form the sheath too tight, it would stay in the pocket when you drew the knife.
 
Bawanna said:
If you incorporated a hook system like some pistol pocket holsters and didn't form the sheath too tight, it would stay in the pocket when you drew the knife.
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I find those hook systems to be a little finicky for my tastes. The fact that the draw has to be modified for each different pair of pants is a little annoying and worrying.
 
When I carry my Kagas Katne in my front pocket I put it edge up. Its very comfortable that way because when you sit down it dont poke you anywhere. If you want to snatch it out and its not too tight in the sheath you can put some pressure on the spine against the seam of your pocket (where the rivet would be on a pair of jeans) and it will pull the sheath off while you draw. Worked every time for me but you had to get the fit slightly loose. Its a bit slower when you want to sheath it again because it takes two hands but dont matter so much then because the job is done.
 
Ok, I misunderstood what you meant Bawanna. I thought you were referring to those folding knives with a little hook on the blade for snagging on the pocket. I tried to edit my post, but Dot Defender blocked me and then I had to go without internet for a few hours.
 
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