Synthetic knives: good or bad ?

[Arizona]

rockspyder,
you are correct. Impaled objects should be left where they are until you can get to an emergency care facility. The one exception being something that is stuck through your cheeks (not the ones on your behind

) Since there is a chance of obstructing the airway, it is generally ok to remove the object.

The other observation i have to make is that there seems to be a negative undertone toward synthetic knives. Like they are only good for the purpose of circumventing the law, killing or the like. Maybe they are less usefull as a gerneral tool, but those of us who carry "tactical" knives are not carrying them to spread peanut butter on the sandwich either. They are mainly for self-defense, which mean they are also used to kill if necessary. So if I carry a knife purely for self defense, not as a general tool, then why should it matter if it is made from steel, talonite, titanium or a synthetic material?
Maybe I'm misreading the comments regarding the implied usage.

 

[dogboye]

Wouldn't an object stuck through the cheeks of my behind also obstruct an airway?

Sorry, I just couldn't resist that one. You had to see it coming!

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[brian w edginton]

Arizona

I think that the "problem" most of us have with the synthetic stuff is that OTHER people (as in "the authorities

have a problem
Generally speaking, the only thing a synthetic knife will do that a metallic knife won't do better is deceive security devices.
Most of us do carry tacticals sometimes for the purpose of defense....but we can try to justify it as a bagel cutter/butter spreader.
To many legal people, the carrying of a weapon with the ability to go undetected in a place where it is illegal is evidence of intent to do just that. And a paranoid system will, often, extend that to an intent to commit other unsociable acts.
The key to my "objection" to synthetics is that most are inefficient as "knives".
But, as I said earlier, in extreme circumstances, I would carry one of my undetectables.

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