bikerdoc
Moderator In Memoriam
A recent thread I closed was supposed to be a discussion on defensive knives, especially small ones.
A knife is not an ideal defense weapon yet I have seen serious injuries and even death when they are use. Both sides get cut in a knife fight.
Why do I carry one?
It is another tool, just like my side arm, my cane, and the modicum of martial arts training I have had.
These layers make feel that I can handle any problem I cannot avoid, and avoidance is my goal at my age and in my condition.
I have seen knife wounds in the ER and as a jail nurse, some resulted in death. I was the first officer on scene when a drunk kid attacked his disabled dad, and dad used an old buck to hit his carotid - he was no billed by a grand jury. I have a scar on my left hand from a perp with a knife when I was a cop, he met Mr Baton.
So if ADEE fails and you have to deploy a knife get some training.
Better yet sharpen your situation awareness.
A knife is not an ideal defense weapon yet I have seen serious injuries and even death when they are use. Both sides get cut in a knife fight.
Why do I carry one?
It is another tool, just like my side arm, my cane, and the modicum of martial arts training I have had.
These layers make feel that I can handle any problem I cannot avoid, and avoidance is my goal at my age and in my condition.
I have seen knife wounds in the ER and as a jail nurse, some resulted in death. I was the first officer on scene when a drunk kid attacked his disabled dad, and dad used an old buck to hit his carotid - he was no billed by a grand jury. I have a scar on my left hand from a perp with a knife when I was a cop, he met Mr Baton.
So if ADEE fails and you have to deploy a knife get some training.
Better yet sharpen your situation awareness.