Whats with the Chaos hate?

[KingMC]

In its one and only purpose, the Chaos is probably the best fighting knife I've had a chance to hold, and the only one I own. It weighs a solid ton, but that is useful in a fighting knife especially when you put that weight behind the solid aluminum handle that will crush whatever you decide to crush. The added bonus of finger protection when fighting is not very commonly considered when thinking about fighting with knives, but once you hold it you'll realize that you'd much rather fight someone if you're holding the Chaos than if you had, say, a Busse.

As a student of practical unarmed self-defense I'm used to striking with my hands rather than slicing with a knife, so having the knuckle-duster makes my fighting that much more effective since I can also punch as well as slice. The glass-breaker pommel makes it a 3-directional weapon as you can even bludgeon with a hammer strike using said pommel.

Yes, as a practical knife the Chaos is only slightly more useful than a push dagger, but as a fighting knife it is really hard to come up with a better option.

Yes, I own one. Unused, but it sits with my bugout bag as my fighting knife since my main knife is a mora and not a useful defense knife.

 

[Rasco]

It looks like a cool enough knife to me.
It's no fun if ALLLL your knives are "super practical" right? Gotta have a few ridiculous ones in there.
And nobody makes better ridiculous knives than Cold Steel in my opinion.

Check this one out, it might actually be a happy middle-ground between "combat knife" and "large utility blade"

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-Warcraft-Tanto-Knife--15391

 

[DShiflet]

and doesn't have the legal issues that the D/E version does, at least as long as Cold Steel market the handle as a "finger guard" not a "knuckle duster".

I'm afraid that's a myth. It doesn't matter if it's sold as a "finger guard" or not, if you got arrested carrying it and the officer decides it's a knuckle duster, it IS a knuckle duster and will be treated as such, no matter how much you argue that it's a "finger guard". The same thing applies to "paper weights" or "belt buckles". Now, I assume you won't be doing anything stupid to get yourself arrested, but if you do, you really don't want to rely on the "it's not REALLY a knuckle duster" argument.

 

[syco1138]

It looks like a cool enough knife to me.
It's no fun if ALLLL your knives are "super practical" right? Gotta have a few ridiculous ones in there.
And nobody makes better ridiculous knives than Cold Steel in my opinion.

Check this one out, it might actually be a happy middle-ground between "combat knife" and "large utility blade"

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-Warcraft-Tanto-Knife--15391

.....I'll be in my bunk.