Random Thought Thread

Pàdruig said:
I love that. Nothing fancy, no nonsense, no bullshit.
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Indeed. My takeaway was that they weren't necessarily trained to "knife fight." Instead, their goal was to take enemies down quietly and learn some grappling techniques to keep themselves alive when something went wrong. I like how he described using the knife like a needle, basically letting the point fall into the enemy. Nothing elegant, just to the point.
 
Random thoughts. YMMV.

I’m no knife expert. I have done some training with Tom Sotis, Craig Douglas and others. Done empty hand training since the 1980s.I have also talked with a few people that used a knife for real.

I think MMA with no rules and a blade is about right.
Being able to access blade under surprise attack is important.
Being able to to access blade in a grapple in important.
Being able to hold on to it is important.
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I want to know by feel how the knife is in my hand: forward or reverse grip, edge in or out .
I need to be able to retain the knife under full power striking if I hit a hard object, equipment, weapon etc…
Also if you are graying out from impact knife should be easy to hold on to and keep the point into the work.
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I have two striking targets for knives.
One is a 10” diameter 1/2” wall thickness cardboard tube , this helps see what penetrates well.
The other is a wood Pell, wood post 72” x 11”, this helps you get used to the shock of impact and tests grip and handle design etc.
I also cut hanging rope some.
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Fairbairn knife was known to be fragile, Appplegate design was a big improvement.

Many good designs from medieval days when daggers were in much use.
Other than better materials, why reinvent the wheel.
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I really like big knives Bowies etc…. More damage , deeper penetration etc…
But they are like a carbine, if you have time and room to deploy them they ate wonderful.
I really like the Shiv and the Tyrant Boeie.

It is much easier to deploy a short blade , 3-5” when you are wrapped up in a grapple.
Hence S’NARC’s Clinch Pics etc.
 
fnordmorph said:
Kinda one of the reasons I like karambits and push daggers. I have no significant training in fighting with a knife, but I have done various martial arts long enough to have a vague appreciation of what I don't know, and a rudimentary plan if I need to do something before I would be able to draw a pistol. things you can use to punch or grapple with added effect seem like they could be useful.

Having said that I'm still reaching for the shiv if I have it on me. After the pistol. Unless I have a long gun handy. Also, cross the street and head toward a different neighborhood. I'm too damn old to fight and too slow to run. I need to just win before things get started. How is it that I have been living my life that I got into the mess in the first place? Need to reexamine that, carefully. Later. After I win and finish with the earthworks. 😁
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I like Karambits, and carry a Fox 599 regularly as a last ditch option.

That said;
- Karambits aren’t all the same. The angle of the blade to handle, and the curvature of the blade, differences in the handles; make them all handle slightly differently, and that’s before even accounting for differences in blade length.
- of various defensive knife options, IMO, a Karambit is one that has the highest chance of the user opening themselves up, if they have no training. Good idea to get a blunt trainer to try playing with at full speed. That way, if you make accidental contact, it doesn’t result in a hospital trip or obituary.

Seen plenty of newbs make significant contact with their other arm, or their own leg, playing with the trainers.
 
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well, it's that time of year! Starting this week, I'm down to 4 days a week at the bike shop which means one day a week for knife and sheath making!
haven't spent much time in the shop over the summer which was expected, but I didn't anticipate how much I'd miss it.
I love my shop time, it's almost sacred. My little crucible of creation.
 
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