Still Love the Combat Karambit!

[rick43t3]

Yeah, thats the one I like. The 13 looks the berries. How are the lock-up on Emersons? Compared to Al Mar Sere, etc.

 

[Bushman5]

The kerambit is great but i think people get caught up in the romance of what they hear about it way too much.

Iv trained in kerambit techniques from my back garden in Scotland to a beach in Malaysia and a few places in between.

The style basically looks to lock up or hold down a person while you butcher them.
Hacking away at the extremities, "boxing" or trying to taget tendons is not something that will work unless you want a knife "fight".

If you want a knife kill or physical disablement you need full control of your opponant by getting control of their weapon, locking them up or taking them down. This is a knife kill, not a knife "fight"
It is obviously more complicated that I just described but the "tap tap, parry" crap I see way too often just makes me cringe.

A knife is a tool for killing NOT fighting.

:thumbup:

im inclined to agree. while i LOVE karambits, (and knives in general) i want to be able to enjoy knives for the rest of my life......if i "defend" myself here in Canada with a knife, it is NO LONGER a tool, it is now a weapon, and i will face LONG jail time as a result.

I prefer to use extreme situational awareness and remove myself from any situ LONG before it become necessary for me to draw a blade.

my 2 cents.

 

[reconranger]

Sad when the governments consider defending yourself a "crime"!

I am a Canadian/US dual citizen, but reluctant to ever live in Canada!

 

[SIFU1A]

Yeah, thats the one I like. The 13 looks the berries. How are the lock-up on Emersons? Compared to Al Mar Sere, etc.

EKI's lock up just as well as any other liner locks from spydie/al mar/BM/MT/etc.

you have to keep an eye on them because they can wear and this can affect lock up, but thats the case with any brands liner locks not just EKI's, if ya wave them a lot or inertia open them a lot it increases the wear, EKI has a great warranty though.

 

[stabman]

if i "defend" myself here in Canada with a knife, it is NO LONGER a tool, it is now a weapon, and i will face LONG jail time as a result

ONLY if deadly force was not required.
You cannot carry a "weapon", but any tool you carry becomes a weapon once offensively used(true); BUT, it is okay to have used that tool as a weapon if the situation warrants it.
It is NOT an automatic jail term the way some would have you believe.
But avoidance is still best.:thumbup:

 

[batosai117]

ONLY if deadly force was not required.
You cannot carry a "weapon", but any tool you carry becomes a weapon once offensively used(true); BUT, it is okay to have used that tool as a weapon if the situation warrants it.
It is NOT an automatic jail term the way some would have you believe.
But avoidance is still best.:thumbup:

Well said stabman, that just about sums up everywhere :thumbup:.

 

[Hammer27]

I have owned a Spyderco Civilian for 15 years. Same techniques, and so forth. I like this type of knife.

X2

I've been saying that whenever someone trashed the karambit (If the Spyderco Civilian is perfect for those with no training why not a shorter one with a retention ring??).
On a similiar note, I recently bought a Spyderco Tasman Salt to carry when the karambit or Civilian is not PC enough. Civilian, Tasman, Harpy, Matriarch, Karambit, Superhawk, or Subcom, the hawk bills all operate pretty much the same and adding a ring just adds a feature...IMHO

 

[Lycosa]

The Great thing about this blade-thing is that you get what you lLike! And hopefully, you'll never have to slice or perforate some ninny with it!

 

[SIFU1A]

of course the fact that the civvy is "perfect" is also very much debateable lol.

and dont get me wrong they are ok but i dont know that they offer any big advantage over any other well made knife.

lotsa folks seem to think they are handicapped by not having much stabbing potential & being strictly a slasher, "they" seem to think a knife which will slash AND stab is preferable,

but hey its all debatable lol.

imho the closest thing to "perfect" i have seen is my custom CQC13 and my spyderco ti ATR,

 

[Haze]

You can stab with kerambits, Its just more like a punch than a typical thrust.
The piercing capabilities are actually pretty good.
I find the blade position can make a difference as to how good it actually is though.
I feel you also have a bit more control over the point with a kerambit than most other "regular" knives.

Kerambits are good and I like, carry and play with them allot but I think the P-tac is hard to beat, I just love those knives.
I just wish it came in an HD version.

I'd still settle for a full custom one though

 

[MassMatt]

The kerambit is great but i think people get caught up in the romance of what they hear about it way too much.

Iv trained in kerambit techniques from my back garden in Scotland to a beach in Malaysia and a few places in between.

The style basically looks to lock up or hold down a person while you butcher them.
Hacking away at the extremities, "boxing" or trying to taget tendons is not something that will work unless you want a knife "fight".

If you want a knife kill or physical disablement you need full control of your opponant by getting control of their weapon, locking them up or taking them down. This is a knife kill, not a knife "fight"
It is obviously more complicated that I just described but the "tap tap, parry" crap I see way too often just makes me cringe.

A knife is a tool for killing NOT fighting.

:thumbup:

This is well put. It kinda reminds me of Patton's famous "The goal of warfare is NOT to die for your country. The goal is to make the OTHER poor bastard die for HIS country!"

Carrying for SD should involve TRAINING for REAL SD, I'm no expert but too much of what I've seen on the web or in sample videos looks to me like boxing-type sparring, not really giving any sense of the brutality or lethality of knives. Reality Based Self Defense and Southnarc's play-by-plays are an exception.