What ONE knife do you use to keep the boogyman away?

Nice reply Judy!

Wish we could have guns in the UK!

I would have a Colt Commando with a 100 round drum and laser sight. Backup would be two Glock 20's in 10mm and a Level IV vest and helmet. Anyone get past me with that deserves my house and property if you ask me!

The KA BAR and Bayonet will surfice for now...

LOL!

W.A.


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A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
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Excellent point Tactical. Before we defend our castles, we need to clear the cobwebs and be absolutely certain that it is not a family member.

To get to my .45 from bed, I have to stand and take a step to my dresser. The combat shotgun, while in an unzipped case, requires a quick roll to my knees before I can reach it. The Battle Bowie, while very close, still requires a bit of a reach.

All this requires that important extra second or two to clear my head, take a deep breath, and get my wits about me to the degree that I know with whom, or what I am dealing.

That having been done, I'm ready to rock.





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EB, nothing would give me more pleasure than to rip of the face of someone entering our home illegally and feeding it to my large canine friend Kazmeir. But imagine they would come armed number one, and number two, as invincible as I feel sometimes, I am a powerlifter not a trained fighter or martial arts guy. Our home actually was robbed in Sept.99. They caught him a week later(turned out to be someone who grew up with my kids and ended up on crack), he's doing 4 years. He only took 16 knives that were on top of dresser(missed most of the expensive ones) and a few pieces of jewelry. Insurance covered just about everything. Since I know all the cops in Wharton, they remind me regularly that if I see him when he gets out, I can't touch him. That sucks.
BTW, Esav Benjamin, have you ever been to the sports shop on Rt23 past Pompton Plains? I think it's Dengnaro's(?). They used to carry customs from JJ McGovern.
 
My alarm system has 8 paws, 2 tails, 2 snouts and a total of 84 nice teeth. They circulate free in my home.
They were triggered twice in the past and the BG ran as fast as they could.
This gave me ample time to chose things more adequate for defence, just in case.
Would probably also work in UK.

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No, I think I may know the one you mean, but we haven't stopped there. Is that the one heading down toward Fuddrucker's?

I picked up a few knives in stores in Manhattan when I lived there, but more from catalogs, and now -- the internet.

Sorry you got robbed, but your experience makes a good point. Just as we have to shake those cobwebs out before shooting up our own homes or stabbing out at people we might know -- some of those people could be the bad guys, too!

Like child molesters, who aren't always strangers, thieves can be neighbors, and while a good first reaction is to DESTROY THEM, a better second thought is: it's a human being, get the situation under control, don't overreact. I'm not going to lose a lot of sleep over busting a crackhead's head, but I'd rather not start a neighborhood feud if I don't have to, either.
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ZUT&ZUT:
My alarm system has 8 paws, 2 tails, 2 snouts and a total of 84 nice teeth. </font>
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When I first got married, we lived in the south Bronx, on Walton Avenue, top floor of a five story walkup. We got a boxer, nice dog, our daughter's best friend, bodyguard, and babysitter. We trained him as a guard dog, and I used to take him up on the roof to discourage the local junkies from shooting up over our heads. (Before we got the dog, I brought two battleaxes with me, to persuade them.)

One day a burgler tried to break in the dumbwaiter shaft. My wife sent the dog up by himself, since I was working, and she stayed with the baby. He knew what to do. The burglar was real happy to see the police arrive.
 
i keep my set of 3 throwing knives next to me at night i keep my window open because i get hot so i have atleast 4 blades at fingers reach and my dad keeps 11 guns in the house 3 .22's 2 or 3 12 gauges a .44 magnum pistol 22. magnum pistol and a remington 44. rifle and a sks chinese assault rifles a 410 shotgun too so bad idea to break in here

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Something you might want to consider in your plans. What if sombody is in your bedroom already and you or a family member arrives home to find themselves facing the hardware you had reserved for the bad guys. Doesnt take a rocket scientist to pick up a sword or 12 inch bowie under a bed or hanging on one and hack up the arriving family member. In and around and under beds is one of the first place burglers look too.
 
Something you might want to consider in your plans. What if sombody has already broken in. Then you or a family member arrives home to find themselves facing the hardware you had reserved for the bad guys. Doesnt take a rocket scientist to pick up a sword or 12 inch bowie under a bed or hanging on one and hack up the arriving family member. In and around and under beds is one of the first place burglers look too.
 
Are we then to understand that the old and widely respected "castle doctrine"(as in "a man's home is his castle," is not reflected in NJ legislation regarding legitimate self defense? If that is so, this is outrageous.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by lifter4Him@aol.com:
As someone else pointed out, in my own home,I'm going downstairs with a little more firepower than a knife.
Of course, here in the great state NJ, I'd have to drag him into the bathroom afterwards. Why? Because the law has decided that even in your own home, if there is an intruder, you are not to use force, deadly or otherwise, unless you have no way of escape. I am supposed to escape from MY own home and leave mr bad guy alone. Yeah, that's gonna happen
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So officer, he cornered me in the bathroom, there I was with no way of escape
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They've actually had cases in NJ where not only was a homeowner prosecuted for using excessive force on a BG, he was sued by the BG for injuries suffered on his property.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Danbo:
Probably it would be the big forged 1084 bowie by John Fitch sitting by my bed. Blade is 11" long with good point and actually has a sharpened back edge. Nickel silver double guard and black micarta handle.

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If in this scenario it has to be a knife and one that I own then it would be a Cold Steel Tanto. My dream however would be a 10"+- bowie with a stag handle. At the Custom Knife Makers Guild show in Dallas many years ago I stopped at this one table and picked up the slimist bowie I had ever held. It was and is the only knife I have ever held that I could tell where the point was when I closed my eyes...and across the table sat Mr. Bill Bagwell himself. 15 years at least and I still can't forget that knife.....Bob
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Burke:
Criswell Wakizashi. 16" A2 blade. Perfect for CQB.</font>
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"I also keep a Criswell Wakizashi on a sword stand next to my bed at night" bimmer1@wfeca.net

 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Pergatory:
Let's also assume that you would not carry any other self defense implement (ie gun or baseball bat or whatever)</font>
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Now why in the world would I want to make that assumption?!
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In all seriousness, in the several times that I have been awakened in the night and felt the need to investigate, it was not with a knife. The only one that I would consider worth of that task would be either a Hossom Millenium Bowie at a minimum, but preferably a Hossom Espada. Or the Criswell Katana might work. Unfortunately, I don't own ANY of those. Soooo, probably the Gerber BMF. Razor sharp 9 inch blade, with sharpened swedge.

But, really, the best weapon is either a Remington 870, or Colt Government Model.
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In the nightstand next to my bed; the FOUR DOTS are easy to see in the dark.
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Yes Revenant, it is true. New Jersey has decided that if someone is in your house, you're supposed to escape. It is on you to prove that you had no way out and that your life was in grave danger. Isn't that swell?
Well, better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
 
Well if I empty my GLOCK 21 and that don't do it,(i should probably run)I usually keep my Spyderco Police or Spyderco Wegner on the dresser close to the bed.

RattlerXX
 
M-7 bayonet on my Mossberg 590.
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