The blade catch, on many Busse kin knives - cant find much info about it

[DamascusBowie]

So Ive always been fascinated with the blade catch on a knife, I mean, its just about the most serious, intense feature that is pretty much exclusively used during actual knife on knife combat to the death

I tried searching youtube and google but I havent seen one bit of info or examples of how the blade catch is used.

Id imagine its pretty much a crossed-knives move, obviously, like intercepting your opponents khife, letting it slide into the catch and the... - snap, twist?

Long story short, I dontwant to get in a major knifefight and not being able to use the catch option on my CFSK

 

[evltcat]

AFAIK, that's because the whole idea of the "Blade Catch" came from late medieval/early Renaissance parrying daggers.
This Wikipedia article on Parrying Daggers will give you more info, including the elaborate "Sword Breaker" which was much more of a sword catcher, and shows a main gauche with blade catches near the hilt.

Here's a bit more scholarly info from the American Society of Arms Collectors.

I'm sure if you do some searching HEMA teaches the technique somewhere.

 

[DamascusBowie]

AFAIK, that's because the whole idea of the "Blade Catch" came from late medieval/early Renaissance parrying daggers.
This Wikipedia article on Parrying Daggers will give you more info, including the elaborate "Sword Breaker" which was much more of a sword catcher, and shows a main gauche with blade catches near the hilt.

Here's a bit more scholarly info from the American Society of Arms Collectors.

I'm sure if you do some searching HEMA teaches the technique somewhere.

Wow, thats right on the money, thanks for the heads up!

 

[evltcat]

Wow, thats right on the money, thanks for the heads up!

YW!