The Ugly Stick

Birdkiller said:
I was going into the marines when I graduated college, but I got a bone tumor and now have a metal plate and screws. So no marines for me.
Also Bob I like the version that's not got a sharp top edge so you can baton.
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Oh, that's a bummer, man, being all set to do something, and then having something like that crop up. Sorry; I can imagine how that must have felt. I know how I felt when they told me my legs were too messed up to serve with my old unit.

Actually, there's a 2 inch space toward the front of the blade on all of them that's meant for either pounding, or being pounded upon (batoning). To my way of thinking, any knife meant for field use should be designed with the possibility of batoning in mind.
 
Awesome I was to lazy to go back and look at the pictures tell now. I really like the one with the curved edge. It seems that I've been getting all the sweet toys while I can't walk hah, I got a H•E•S•T, tomahawk and cause of this sub-forum a BK-2. So hopefully I'll getbto pound the heck outa those soon.
 
Birdkiller said:
Awesome I was to lazy to go back and look at the pictures tell now. I really like the one with the curved edge. It seems that I've been getting all the sweet toys while I can't walk hah, I got a H•E•S•T, tomahawk and cause of this sub-forum a BK-2. So hopefully I'll getbto pound the heck outa those soon.
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I can understand. I can't get out in the bush right now either, but I can sit here and come up with things to use when I can get out. I can hardly wait.
 
SilentJohn said:
Can you stab with the ugly stick
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Well, you could, but not as well as you could with something with a better point. It's not really made for stabbing, it's made more for cutting in several different ways. I'm working on a little companion knife that has a better point for stabbing.

Now, ask yourself, how much stabbing do you really do, as opposed to cutting?
 
Birdkiller said:
I normally only stab when I'm attacked by 30 mall ninja. But I typically use a katana for that.
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See, I consider that one of the more realistic stabbing scenarios. That, or when being attacked by hordes of tux-wearing ninja penguins. I don't know about you, but I don't do much stabbing, other than those pesky penguins.
 
you are much better off using the tool to make a spear out of a mall tree - you can stab with that, maintain your distance (ninja penguins are infectious) and still have the awesome DBob ugly stick to hack through a display and make your escape.
 
1066vik said:
you are much better off using the tool to make a spear out of a mall tree - you can stab with that, maintain your distance (ninja penguins are infectious) and still have the awesome DBob ugly stick to hack through a display and make your escape.
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I couldn't have put it any better. Use the knife to make a spear that you can carry in one hand, then carry the knife in the other for up-close penguin chopping . . . or making your escape.
 
SilentJohn said:
I only ask , can I kill a bear with it?
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Yes, you probably could kill a bear with it, but I certainly wouldn't try it with this or any other knife unless there were no other — and I mean no other — alternative. Knives weren't meant for killing bears.

Bears are incredibly strong, fast animals and, quite frankly, you don't stand much of a chance with any knife. I would suggest a 105mm howitzer from 600 meters, but then, at that distance you have no reason to kill the bear.
 
I prefer slicing for penguins butto each his own. I fight bears with my hands typically. And I would strap the companion knife onto the stick.
 
ashtxsniper said:
Will it outperform a Smatchet? I think not. LOL
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LOL. Nothing outsmatchets a Smatchet for smatchety jobs, but the Ugly Stick out-uglys the Smatchet hands down. It does some things the Smatchet doesn't do, too.

If I were defending myself against bears, though, I'd take the Smatchet.
 
Birdkiller said:
I prefer slicing for penguins butto each his own. I fight bears with my hands typically. And I would strap the companion knife onto the stick.
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Heck, after a few days out in the woods, my breath will take down a grizzly bear . . . don't even need my hands.

Penguins, though, especially killer ninja penguins, are some pretty tough critters. I think you're right: slicing would be best. And the companion knife on a stick would just be an added bonus.:D
 
if you use a forked stick, ou could put the companion knife on one time and a jalapeno on the other.
nothing more deadly to ninja penguins than a jalapeno on a stick.
they can't take the heat.
of course, if they are undead ninja penguins, it will only make a nice condiment, unless you have a smatchet - the uber-zombie killer of all time....
 
1066vik said:
if you use a forked stick, ou could put the companion knife on one time and a jalapeno on the other.
nothing more deadly to ninja penguins than a jalapeno on a stick.
they can't take the heat.
of course, if they are undead ninja penguins, it will only make a nice condiment, unless you have a smatchet - the uber-zombie killer of all time....
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That's why I always carry my genuine KA-BAR Jalapeno's™ for just such an emergency encounter.

For undead ninja penguins, though, you're right: nothing beats the Smatchet.
 
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