Recommend small fixed blade

erhodes

erhodes

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I know it has been asked before but it seems to have been a little on this one when i searched through the forums.

I am looking for a last ditch type small fixed blade to carry. I am a recruiter in a bad area and am not allowed to carry at work but am allowed to carry a knife with me. My first thing if i ever encounter anything is to deescalate if possible and/or just try and get away but going around and talking to people like i do it isn’t always possible to get away safetly quickly.

I have trained in martial arts for almost a decade and have been using variations of blades for about half of that. I understand all the legal stuff behind it and never want to have to use it so if i do it will be bc there is absolutely no way of getting out of the situation without being seriously injured or killed.

All that being said i just want to know what good options are available out there. I am leaning toward a karambit style blade since that is what i am familiar with but i have seen other designs such as the clinch pick that also show promise and i could adapt to. I was also looking at the bastinelli pika but really don’t see why it cost more than about $75.

Does anyone else have a good suggestion on something small that can be discretely worn on my belt?
 
erhodes said:
I know it has been asked before but it seems to have been a little on this one when i searched through the forums.

I am looking for a last ditch type small fixed blade to carry. I am a recruiter in a bad area and am not allowed to carry at work but am allowed to carry a knife with me. My first thing if i ever encounter anything is to deescalate if possible and/or just try and get away but going around and talking to people like i do it isn’t always possible to get away safetly quickly.

I have trained in martial arts for almost a decade and have been using variations of blades for about half of that. I understand all the legal stuff behind it and never want to have to use it so if i do it will be bc there is absolutely no way of getting out of the situation without being seriously injured or killed.

All that being said i just want to know what good options are available out there. I am leaning toward a karambit style blade since that is what i am familiar with but i have seen other designs such as the clinch pick that also show promise and i could adapt to. I was also looking at the bastinelli pika but really don’t see why it cost more than about $75.

Does anyone else have a good suggestion on something small that can be discretely worn on my belt?
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Discreetly worn on your belt? One word: Belt Sword.


 
Look at the various puukko. Lots of small (ca 3" blades), good grip, fine blades razor honed. I like either Lauri PT (Progression tempered) or Helle Laminated blades. Can buy finished knives or just blades and do your own.
Rich
 
Bradford G3 or the new Necker. The Pika is difficult to carry concealed, and be able to draw easily. The Bastinelli Kalinou is a fine knife, the only way I've found it can be carried is ring-down at the 7-8 o'clock position; disengage from kydex sheath with your index finger.
 
Bob Dozier, KM-6 Arkansas Toothpick, with horizontal Kydex sheath.

Edit: A.G. Russell has them in stock
 
Bradford Guardian 3.
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Please don't. If you have good martial arts experience, it's probably better not to go for the knife in the first place. Your fists will be faster and a good punch might take someone out of the fight faster than a small stab.

As small fixed blade will not stop an attacker. It will take a lot of stabbing and a lot of them bleeding out before they are out of the fight. In the meantime, the adrenaline might spur them on even faster.

Also, as much as I respect this place for its' expertise, don't get knife-fighting advice on the internet. (that includes me). If you must go that route, try to find someone into the martial arts scene who has some experience.

Don't buy a puukko for knife-fighting. You will injure yourself when your hand slides over the blade (there is a reason serious fighting knives have crossguards).

I very much like the bradford guardian 3 because it is a great edc option and it carries very nicely. (I usually use my jeans pocket, although it does fill up pretty much the entire pocket). It's grippy, but I'm not sure how much use it'll be in a knife fight.

Observation: Safety is often a subjective feeling for people. Sure, you can do quantative risk-analysis and all that, but people don't do that on a daily basis. They just want to feel safe. The use of knives in self-defense is highly questionable at best. People looking for knives for self defense seem to be looking for a feeling of safety. In your case, I would recommend you draw that feeling from your martial arts experience. Almost a decade of martial arts experience is nothing to scoff at. I'm confident it will serve you better for self-defence than any knife ever will.

Sorry for the sermon. I realize I might be a bit of a party-pooper and a sourpuss. But I think people that use knives in self-defense end up worse than people that don't. And I just want people to be as safe as possible.
 
Lodd said:
Please don't. If you have good martial arts experience, it's probably better not to go for the knife in the first place. Your fists will be faster and a good punch might take someone out of the fight faster than a small stab.

As small fixed blade will not stop an attacker. It will take a lot of stabbing and a lot of them bleeding out before they are out of the fight. In the meantime, the adrenaline might spur them on even faster.

Also, as much as I respect this place for its' expertise, don't get knife-fighting advice on the internet. (that includes me). If you must go that route, try to find someone into the martial arts scene who has some experience.

Don't buy a puukko for knife-fighting. You will injure yourself when your hand slides over the blade (there is a reason serious fighting knives have crossguards).

I very much like the bradford guardian 3 because it is a great edc option and it carries very nicely. (I usually use my jeans pocket, although it does fill up pretty much the entire pocket). It's grippy, but I'm not sure how much use it'll be in a knife fight.

Observation: Safety is often a subjective feeling for people. Sure, you can do quantative risk-analysis and all that, but people don't do that on a daily basis. They just want to feel safe. The use of knives in self-defense is highly questionable at best. People looking for knives for self defense seem to be looking for a feeling of safety. In your case, I would recommend you draw that feeling from your martial arts experience. Almost a decade of martial arts experience is nothing to scoff at. I'm confident it will serve you better for self-defence than any knife ever will.

Sorry for the sermon. I realize I might be a bit of a party-pooper and a sourpuss. But I think people that use knives in self-defense end up worse than people that don't. And I just want people to be as safe as possible.
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I completely agree with a lot of what you are saying. Wasn’t trying to get knife advice at all from people, that’s what my martial arts training has been for. I was looking more for good blades or makers that would fit in the category i am looking. At this point it seems i should just have done a lot of digging on my own, no offense to anyone who has offered suggestions. A lot of my training has been with karambits so was kind if looking for good suggestions on fixed blade ones since I know the good folding versions.

i very much agree that something like a puukko is. Ot a good option. They seem like great edc blades but as soon as you hit something hard your hand is def going to ride that blade all the way down. Most small blades seem that way in fact bc they aren’t really made for anything other than edc tasks which is another reason why i was looking for karambit.


Like i said too, this would be for that oh s*** situation where all other routes have failed and I’m just trying the last ditch effort to get out of there alive.
 
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