Subclaw or Subcom for Self Defense?

I love the subclaw, Thanks Chad, The blade pulls the target into the blade causing the blade to sink deeper into the target. This small knife has a Napoleonic complex and cuts like a larger knife.
 
jaislandboy said:
congrats on the MType Esav :thumbup::cool:

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Thanks! I've been carrying it since Sunday, totally unobtrusive like the Military it replaced, it's very strong, great lockup, but thin.

I just finished cutting up apples and pears for fruit salad, and made a garden salad, too. It slices as cleanly as any knife I've got. Although I usually prefer a longer blade or a curved blade (nessmuk or ulu) it works fine and with this slick coating, cleans up especially well.
 
pedalinbob said:
Though I am not a professional knife-fighter, I am a medical professional, and can attestto the above statement.
A single "lucky" slash or stab can stop a person immediately, or incapacitate them completely.

There are a surprising number of superficial vessels which are easily severed (even with the smallest of knives), as well as critical supportive structures which can be damaged therefore ending an altercation quickly.

These discussions always surprise me, because I often read things like "Well, you may as well not carry a knife unless you train for 27 years and carry a machete, because you will certainly end up against Bruce Lee--and he will disembowel you in 0.04 seconds with your own knife!"

This strikes me funny, because I have a fair number of patients who have been attacked, and were beaten severely.
Comas, traumatic brain injuries, loss of a limb (compartment syndrome), para/quadraplegia, severe chronic pain, impotence, chronic seizures, loss of sight and/or hearing, rape, PTSD, etc...all without any weapon.

Typically, if NO weapons were involved, the more injured victim tends to be significantly smaller or less aggressive than the other party.

The idea that a knife could make it worse is laughable.
Agreed.
"Careful---you might make them mad and escalate the situation!"
A knife, with a little tecnique and luck, may have saved them from a horrible outcome.
Luck is not a good thing to depend on. Neither is a small knife if better tools are available and legal.
The situation may have gone very badly. Aggressor is angrier, NOT scared of his blood, and beats the defender to death... then goes to get some stitches. This isn't to denigrate the usefulness of knives in self-defense... just that they are not ideal.
Oh, and most forms of pepper spray (if not all) are useless against a truly committed attacker.

In my opinion, a knife can heavily tip the scales in favor of the weaker person, because a simple slash, which requires little strength, can result in a fatal (or severely debilitating) wound to the attacker.
Other than a firearm or pepper spray, how else would my 4'11" 100lb wife defend herself against a 6' 200lb attacker?
A single stab to the axilla, slash ot the upper arm/thigh/neck may [sic]
Can is not = will. Stopping power is most evident in heavier blunt weapons transferring sufficient kinetic energy to cause a knock-out - and not necessarily with a knife. By the way, there are of course records where the victim (in prison) of an ambush stabbing manages to struggle for quite a while.. even with punctured lungs and other organs.

Even wounds that weren't fatal have been ugly, requiring multiple surgeries and long hospitalizations.
But they may have still beaten the other person senseless - unless they were the victims and did not react aggressively - yet SOMEHOW managed to escape.
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Emphasis mine.
Lot of "if's".
Prepare for the worst imaginable... and you will still be underprepared.
 
Both will work fine, however the classic Subcom design gives you a value addition of sheeple friendliness. ;)
Those are small, but powerfull knives, great slashers, secure grip and in a possible SHTF defense you protected with a 2" blade, that makes the chances lower to see you are society theatening dangerous psychotic maniac :p
 
After checking them both out I couldn't decide which one I liked better, so I did the only thing I could think of. I bought one of each!:D Fantastic little knives. The Claw is tricky to sharpen on a stone.
 
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