Do you carry a knife?

All kidding aside, I hope no one takes "the knife to a gunfight" as a serious recommendation for survival. A knife is a deadly instrument and it should not be denigrated.

Having some drunken idiot grab hold of you with a knife is a very disturbing possibility. As you begin your fending martial arts training and a speed-rock attempt, your aggressor is slashing in every direction.

I suggest that you google Snopes and research a vignette they did on some very serious knife wounds. It is truly eye opening.

You cannot pick your emergency. And having a well maintained, sharp tactical knife might be just the thing you need.
 
I carry a Benchmade all titanium folder. i think it weights about an oz or 2. Blade is titanium too. It goes great with my carry SW329.
 
If you have enough room to pull a knife, you have enough room to pull a gun.

That being said, I carry a Microtech SOCOM Elite Auto. Been carrying it for 6+ years now. You just never know when you'll need a good knife for something.
 
Carry a knife?

If I'm up and dressed I'm carrying a knife! It's just part of my wardrobe, that and a pen and a pair of reading glasses now that I'm Old (57). I have always carried a knife as far back as I can remember. And all of my friends and work associates know I have a SHARP knife on me. I get asked to loan it everyday by someone. Some I say NO to. :)
 
Pocket knife unless I'm hunting or fishing. Usually carry a case toothpick or a buck folder. Funny, but I've never thought of a knife as a protection weapon although I'm well aware of what a trained person could do with one.
 
CRKT M-16 with a plain blade. I carry it everywhere and use it for whatever I need it for.
I've thought about getting a Benchmade but I'd probly lose it. I don't know how many times my CRKT has "ridden up" in my pocket and almost been lost.
I have a CRKT Mt. Ranier that I used to carry but I don't care for the serrated part of the blade. Too much of a hassle to sharpen.
 
"If you have enough room to pull a knife, you have enough room to pull a gun."

USNavy_233, in many ways, I'm not disputing that. My comments were more addressed to defending yourself against a knife attack.

Over the years, I 've heard the same "knife to a gunfight" jokes you probably have. My concern here is that some people might feel invulnerable because they have a pistol, a CCW license and training.

The reason we practice walking in 'condition yellow' is that predators try to find the weakest or the guy who is not paying attention. The aggressor knows what he wants to do, but our moves will be a reaction. This is why lots of people are surprised by "the 21-foot rule."

Clearly, I want to go home safe and sound to my wife. No heroes here--in fact, much the opposite. But if a knife like an Emerson was all I could grab within grappling distance of my attacker, I would certainly aggressively use the knife.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/kunsan.asp
 
Not necessarily for a defensive item, but 98% of the time I carry a knife. Its a swiss army pocket anchor that I've been carrying on and off since I was about 16 or 17. I've tried the nice single blade tactical folders. I have a beautiful titanium and carbon fiber handmade one I wear on special occasions. But I always go back to the swiss, Just too many useful items on it.

Like many on here, I'm more of a knife collector than a gun collector. Probably just due to the prices more than anything. I bet I have enough knives to carry a different one each day for several months without a repeat.

-Dane

And all of my friends and work associates know I have a SHARP knife on me. I get asked to loan it everyday by someone.
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Shooter, that is so very true, its not even funny!! Do you warn people that the knife is SHARP before you will loan it to them too? I bet there's 18 different blood types on my blade. (none of my own on this one, thankfully)
lol
 
I always carry a knife. And in Florida auto's are legal, and I have a bunch. As many have said not so much for defensive purposes, they are just handy to have.
 
Do you carry a knife?
Just wondering if many folks carry a knife as a secondary defense weapon.
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No.



I was raised in a time one was not dressed if they did not have a knife on person.
Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gents, didn't matter, one was not dressed without a knife.
Knives were just another tool.

1.No tool is any better than user of said tool.
2. It is the intent of the user - not the tool itself.

Seems some folks around here use that second one a lot against Gun Control folks and legislations...;)

As a kid, we brought pocket knives to school, we sharpened pencils with them and what not.

Defensive stuff we were taught was Mental.
So yeah a knife "could be" used as a defensive tool, then again so could that stapler on the teacher's desk, or that mason jar full of pencils, crayons and the like, or that *groan* Math text book.

Oh I have used a Case Trapper and defended myself in a serious situation.
Sliced his stomach wide open with that carbon steel blade, and he let go, and dropped that gun right fast!

Case Trapper is what I carried because I did all sorts of things with it. Cutting rope, opening boxes, cleaning fish, game, whittling...

I don't run around with a Heavy Glass Pitcher as a defensive weapon, be it primary, secondary or name a "dary".

I know for a fact a Glass Pitcher will stop an immediate threat right fast.
I and mine in had guns, and the Mental said " use the pitcher".


Street Smarts:
I've seen the homeless person take a screwdriver and beat the gangbanger with a "nine" . He did not get cut using that screwdriver either.
 
I carry a knife all the time unless I have to go into a public building. I don't feel dressed without a knife in my pocket. The knife gets used every single day as it is a very comvenient tool. Never been in a knife fight, and don't want to be. I enjoy all the new blades that are available these days. I also get a kick out of people that believe they are going to use their trusty Spydie for defense. It can happen, but not common. If it was common, I'd reach for a gun. Knife fights are down right messy. There are no winners.
 
I am usually armed in a caliber starting with a 4. At times I have to travel to the victim disarmament zones like California, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. I Awways carry a knife here too, but in these areas that is all I am left with. I carry a Kershaw Assisted Open when I can, a CRKT M16-02Z when I cant carry AO.
 
I always have at least two or three HideAwayKnives on me at all times. As a civilian government employee, I can't carry my Kimber at work, but my UHAK neck knife somehow ended up on the outside one day and NOBODY NOTICED. Not even in meetings. Of course, I normally wear three badges, three proximity cards, a pager (they're too cheap to issue us cell phones), an idisk, two conventional master keys and a gasboy key around my neck. Probably disappeared into the crowd.

The UHAK is for opening boxes and such. The Brock Midnight Claw on my belt under my shirt is for defense, and the Ankle Claw is for last-ditch defense.

I used to carry a Spyderco Matriarch with a Delica for box-opening duty, but in force-on-force training I found the HAK's (training drone) are the only blades I can use reliably when the fit hits the shan.
 
Jason G, you stuck yourseld with that griptillitan yet? I had bad experiences with one where it would often open in my pocket. Lots of cut fingers! Traded it for a CRKT. Much happier now. That Pardue blade was always razor sharp though.
 
I carry a Kershaw Scallion I think is the model. Black with the black treatment on the blade. To be honest the knife just fits me great. I am about 6'2" 170 pounds with average size hands and the knife is JUST big enough. It has the assisted opening which is definitely nice and useful. However, I have tried out some other brand new ones(mine says August '04 on blade), and the action was not nearly as smooth as mine.
 
For work I carry a German Eye 3 blade stockman. I use it Every day. On weekends and after work I carry a Kershaw scallion, and my Sunday go to meetin knife is a pretty little Benchmade.
 
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