Vim WW2 and poly trainer

[J W Bensinger]

We all hashed this out a couple months ago, but here's my WW2 (courtesy of brother Philll) and a poly trainer, made from a $12 made-in-USA wallyworld cutting board. Great for partner training, but nowhere near the weight of the real thing (which is fine w/me since if I'm training solo it's almost always live.)

 

[Oppositional]

Neat idea. You should contact the mods for HI and do a collab for this type of product. My 2 cents, weight is important in training. You could do a hollow one that has the OPTION of being sand filled. Good job, cheers!

 

[Bawanna]

I think you should market a junior khukri assortment. Shrink em down a tad. Toy knives to go with their toy guns! Actually I don't really endorse toy guns but let them experience the real thing when they are ready, usually around age 3.

I agree, very neat idea.

 

[J W Bensinger]

Neat idea. You should contact the mods for HI and do a collab for this type of product. My 2 cents, weight is important in training. You could do a hollow one that has the OPTION of being sand filled. Good job, cheers!

Thanks! I'd do a mild steel trainer for weight-these are for force on force, and while they are unpleasant to get hit hard with, usually D) nobody actually goes down...

 

[greenwoods]

Nice idea with the cutting board.
I made a trainer for my WW2 from a slice of Rock Maple I had left from another project and it's been a treat to work with.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I still think you could light someone up something fierce with a plastic khuk. Give the edge a nice bevel for a decent point of impact, and I think you'd be set.
I mean, if I were going to carry a less than lethal club-like object, I would prefer it be something I'm very familiar with. I have a decade plus of using khuks for pretty much every earthly task I could come up with. A snap cut with a .75lb piece of plastic is still gonna smart when you whip it along and connect 2-3" from the tip

Hell, I would like for someone to make a heavy duty wood model. Once upon a time, that's how custom khuks were made. An artistic forumite would have to craft a wooden khuk as close to spec as possible, then Uncle Bill would mail it off to Pala, and the kamis would make it as close to identical as possible (and sometimes TOO identical). I think the plastic one looks great, though:thumbup:

 

[J W Bensinger]

The poly ones do hurt. As to viability as a non(ish) lethal-i have a bolo trainer I made out of a broken axehandle that is terrifying-almost a beveled gunstock-style warclub.
The poly is nice because it doesn't get splintery-that's my favorite aspect of it as a material.
I love the idea of the carved wooden prototype.

 

[wildmanh]

That's cool! Using a cutting board sounds like a great idea. I may have to try something like this. . . .

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Keep us posted on what you do, Heber I'd love to see more of these pop up.

As a matter of fact, I have an old band saw in my garage that my grandfather gave to me when he and my grandma downsized. I took it out of gratitude as I really had no idea what I would use a band saw for...short of making my hand look like my Jr. High shop teacher's. Lets just say that his piggies having roast beef, having none, and going wee wee wee are MIA.

That said...I think I need to make a khuk-like bonking stick. I have no use for one, but I kinda just want.one.

 

[Shavru]

As I mentioned in the original discussion of training khuks The wooden practice swords (bokken) have been known to cause severe internal damage. Do not use them without proper protection or safe processes they are deadly but in a different way than a live blade. Be safe in your training at all times please.