What make a knife "unwieldy"?

jaime_lion said:
Mainly I am coming at this from a martial artist perspective. The 15 inch knives I have handled and worked with are butterfly swords used in the martial art Wing Chun.

Please lets try and keep this topic on topic and at a good maturity level.

Thanks
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Balance.

And Prac Tac would be the place that would handle your "martial artist perspective" with your level of maturity. That's what it's there for. You should try it! :thumbsup:
 
Practice balance a lot and again and again... before you wield any sharp object, or even a blunt object. Practice balance... before even thinking of a fight.
 
jaime_lion said:
So I am curious what make a knife "unwieldy"? for me it has little to do with length but more to do with thickness and heft. I have handled 15 inch knives that were awesome and very "wieldy" but have also handled 6 inch ones that were not. What for you guys makes a knife "unwieldy" vs "wieldy"? I have heard people say on forums that a 9 inch blade is too long and such and their fore unwieldy and others say 15 inches is fine. Trying to see if i can understand where this is coming from?

Mainly I am coming at this from a martial artist perspective. The 15 inch knives I have handled and worked with are butterfly swords used in the martial art Wing Chun.

Please lets try and keep this topic on topic and at a good maturity level.

Thanks
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A knife is unwieldy if it's too heavy for your wrist / hand to handle swiftly and precisely. I prefer small knives, always efficient in any situation.
 
^^^ Pretty much sums it up for me. A blade which is too large and heavy to effectively control it's start/stop momentum (e.g. Atlantean Sword) is considered unwieldy to me.
 
No offence Mr. Martial Artist, but:
Sun Tzu was a Chinese general. As -any- Martial Artist would know....
And his book has been translated in english since 1910.
What on earth has Celtic to do with him or his book?
So please, good Sir, cut that Bravo Sierra, thank you!
 
Emden said:
No offence Mr. Martial Artist, but:
Sun Tzu was a Chinese general. As -any- Martial Artist would know....
And his book has been translated in english since 1910.
What on earth has Celtic to do with him or his book?
So please, good Sir, cut that Bravo Sierra, thank you!
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You should have just let it go now there is potential for a word explosion of defense.
 
One side being heavier than the other (Balance)
Poor Blade to Handle Ratio
Peaks and Humps in the handles. (WE 702, PM2, Manix 2, Etc.)
 
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