Mine is spring load/self opening, but it is folded too. It is a good knife. Kershaw's are good knives.
Mine is spring load/self opening, but it is folded too. It is a good knife. Kershaw's are good knives.
Googer
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A knife is really useless if you have never been trained to fight with one, you'd be better off with a bare fists than a blade and if you are faced with the wrong attacker, he could turn that knife against you quicker than you could pull it out. Plus a knife is useless in a gun fight.
0roo0roo
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Originally posted by: DaShen
Mine is spring load/self opening, but it is folded too. It is a good knife. Kershaw's are good knives.
you mean past a certain point it starts to swing open like swiss army right? if its just push a button or something and whap open then its probably illegal.
i always carry a pocket knife...but it is about 2-3 inches. I might be able to really hard someone with it if i wanted, but eh.
I can find the Kershaw make for it later, but I am pretty sure it is street legal.
The blade can be opened two different ways, one from swinging it out like a swiss army knife and then it fully opens. The other is that part of the back of the blade is exposed near the joint and can be pushed out from there (almost like a button). It automatically opens when I do that, but the blade is 3".
Kershaw 1620 or something like that.
**EDIT**
Here it is
http://www.dragonflyproducts.com/Mercha...=DP&Product_Code=K114&Category_Code=Ke
shortylickens
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For protection?
I dont know if its normal or not but its a very bad idea.
I got just enough knife defense training to learn that they are more of a liability than an asset unless you recieve extensive training with them. I dont mean just a couple of videos either.
I mean years with a professional trainer.
Not advocating people shy away from personal defense classes. But anything you get at the "Y" should just teach you how to avoid getting killed by them, not how to kill with them.
I dont know if its normal or not but its a very bad idea.
I got just enough knife defense training to learn that they are more of a liability than an asset unless you recieve extensive training with them. I dont mean just a couple of videos either.
I mean years with a professional trainer.
Not advocating people shy away from personal defense classes. But anything you get at the "Y" should just teach you how to avoid getting killed by them, not how to kill with them.
Specifically for protection? Yes.
Because it happens to be on you as a tool? No.
Also, to all the gun > knife advocates, while that's true in many situations, don't forget the "21-Foot-Rule."
- M4H
Because it happens to be on you as a tool? No.
Also, to all the gun > knife advocates, while that's true in many situations, don't forget the "21-Foot-Rule."
- M4H
I especially like the redirects that involve the knife being stuck in the attacker's thigh.
- M4H
I always have one on me, unless I am somewhere that they are prohibited. Of course, it is more for their utilitarian nature than for self defence. I generally carry one of the ones below:
Buck NXT
Gerber Air Ranger
Gerber Paraframe II
Gerber Ridge
Buck NXT
Gerber Air Ranger
Gerber Paraframe II
Gerber Ridge
I think that the number of people who "know how to use" a knife as a weapon are few and far between. But remember that horrible movie with Tommy Lee Jones?
irishScott
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I used to get Chipotle for lunch during my summer job, and went there fairly regularly. I'd seen some hispanic gangs around, but never got any trouble from them. I drive a nicer car than normal (2000 Volvo S60). Anyways, one day I went and got my lunch as normal (I got take out and ate in my cubicle), and came out to see a hispanic guy staring inside my car. He saw me, we were about 25 ft away from each other. He had all the gang markings you could ask for. He fixed me with this mad glare, at which point I immediantly averted my eyes and started walking an evasive pattern back towards the chipotle (where there were a bunch of people eating). He eventually got in his own car and drove off, no damage to my vehicle.
Still, if he had come at me with a knife I dunno what I would've done. A nice boot knife might've helped in such a situation. Also, in close quarters, guns are pratically useless. A well trained fighter can counter almost any gun if it's within arm's length, whereas a knife is much harder to defend against. To defend against a gun in close quarters, you have to slap and dodge. To defend against a knife, you have to grab the assailant's wrist. But then again, the situation depends on the skill of the wielder. I had a friend who knows krav maga, and to demonstrate he let me use his airsoft gun in a "stick up" situation. The moment I got within arms length, the gun was out of my hands and I was on the ground. I never got off a shot in time to hit him.
Still, if he had come at me with a knife I dunno what I would've done. A nice boot knife might've helped in such a situation. Also, in close quarters, guns are pratically useless. A well trained fighter can counter almost any gun if it's within arm's length, whereas a knife is much harder to defend against. To defend against a gun in close quarters, you have to slap and dodge. To defend against a knife, you have to grab the assailant's wrist. But then again, the situation depends on the skill of the wielder. I had a friend who knows krav maga, and to demonstrate he let me use his airsoft gun in a "stick up" situation. The moment I got within arms length, the gun was out of my hands and I was on the ground. I never got off a shot in time to hit him.
I carry a knife often, but more for utility reasons then defence. Mostly for cutting string, tags, packing tape ect...
Depends on where you live I guess. Where I live, there is no need to carry a knife for protection. Although there might be a probability of 3.1415% that I might need it for protection, I choose not to worry about it.
Meh...I dunno. If I was robbing someone and they maced me, I would shoot them. It is best to kill them before they kill you.
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