Wolf,I here where you are coming from.I don't know if this is a real possiability,as no matter how hard you try one or the other is liable to get flashed when you are not expecting to do so.That is why I felt that the classy fancyier Knife wouldnt be as noticeable or at least not thought of as a weapon.I have seen people carrying one or the other at any given time and they are not noticeable.Mostly it depends on how thin and big the knife is as it can be very thin and unnoticeable if you try hard enough to cover it you will,The pistole will be harder to cover than a knife.Soo Yes you can accomplish the task of carrying both if you try hard enough.The ones I am going to make will be able to be clipped on the inside of the inside breast pocket of the sport coat co that only the handle and guard would be showing and thus nobody will see it,unless you take off the jacket and it lays open and the knife can be seen by everybody around,thus the less intimidating package.
I never carry my knife hidden or consealed and when I have my pistol on my belt I also keep it out in the open,Here in Mississippi we are allowed by law to openly carry a firearm but not consealed without a permit.So I never got hasseled when carrying either.There was a couple of incidents a few years back were some people were robbing the pawn shops in town and one of the owners was shot and killed,So I started carrying a piece when I worked at the scrap yard for my Mom,She wasn't real sure about it but my stepdad was also packing,she asked a police man that came into the yard about me carrying it one day and he told her that it was a good idea.We used to get allot of rowdy drunks come in and they would start stuff with the other guys or Mom when they would weigh in there metal and I would get called to the scales and sometimes that wouldn't stop them and i wuld have to make them leave,but when I started openly carrying the pistol I would never have to say a word,they would see it and then shut up.I wasn't trying to be a hard ass or anything but sometimes a little flash can stop allot of BS....
Now as for my thoughts about the name for my knives it is like when you see a woman and man walking hrough a gun show and she doesn't even want to touch one of teh plain tactical,made for fighting knives.But dress that same knife up so that it looks like a work of art and she will just have to pick it up and says that she just loves it.It doesnt look thretening anymore,but just like the sleeper street rod when the time come it will hold all the punch of the other car.
picture this:You take a Kydex sheathed black blasted finished tactical and set it out of a brief case during a meeting and watch the people stat staring and wispering whats he going to do with that.Now take the same Blade and add a old Sheffield or Price style handle on that tanto half serrated edge knife and then sheath it with a leather covered kydex sheath with a throat and tip on it so it look real classy.now set the same knife out still in its sheath and watch people ask if they can see it or that really don't give it a second thought as they think it is just a art knife or something pretty,but when needed and you pull it from the sheath,now you have that old tactical blade style that you are acustomed to using for self defense.
I am just thinking in the lines of making them less threatening looking to the general public,but if needed they can help kick some major butt.
I will start making some of these as soon as I get the next order finished and let you guys see what I am talking about.
Bruce
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