Pocket Hobbit questions

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Elegua

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OK, so, I'm a brand-new pocket hobbit owner, and I love the little critter, though it's occasionally inconvenient to only carry it in an external sheath. Anyway, I had two questions that I hope someone can help me with --

1. Where can I get information on PH tactics? Either seminar tours or videos would help.

2. My out of box sharpness wasn't that great on my pocket hobbit. For me, a defensive knife should cut skin with a draw using the knife's weight alone. I tried running it between my ceramic sticks, when I realized that the problem might be the grind itself -- my pocket hobbit seems to have the kind of grind you'd find on a machete or hatchet rather than a knife, especially a defensive knife. So, as for my question, has anyone else noticed a similar situation with their pocket hobbit (out of box), and if so, what grind did you end up giving the PH to make it more suitable as a dedicated defense knife?
 
Received mine on a trade. The edge was not as sharp as it could or should have been. A few minutes with the edge pro and it is rasor sharp.
E-mailed REKAT and asked about techniques for opening and deployment, but they never responded. If anyone has information??
It is a heavy knife, but I keep wanting to carry and use it.
Jim

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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??

 
The pocket hobbit was the result of the public wanting a folding version of the Hobbit warrior. The Hobbit warrior was the result of people wanting a smaller knife than the original Warrior. Can you see the progession here? The folding Hobbit is designed for reverse blade use like the original fixed blades. The Kydex scabbard was designed so you could deploy the knife in one movement by grasping the rear of the frame and rotating forward out of the breakfront scabbard snapping the blade down and out from the frame and it locking in the open postion. This is much easier seen than described. Once it is mastered it is fast. The knife must be on your strong side to be deployed thus. It is not a cross draw. This is slow and clumsy. Yes the knife is very large and heavy. It was ment to replace a full size battle blade and performe just as well. Within the limits of it's format I consider it to be the best Self defense/combat folder on the market.

Cheers,

ts

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Guns are for show. Knifes are for Pros.
 
BMWGS80
Well put only one very important fact. The Rolling Lock was born because of the design until Bob Brothers and I said, "well what will withstand that back cut pressure and using the back of the blade" we never gave locks much thought. We have the Patented Rolling Lock, one in patent pending and two more in the disclouser phase of patent.

Bob Taylor

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Some days it's not worth chewing through the restraints and escaping.
 
Hmmm...so there aren't any Pocket Hobbit/Hobbit Warrior/Warrior specific techniques tapes out there? Or roving masters teaching on the seminar circuit? Or would any reverse-grip techniques tape apply for this well-designed knife?
 
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