The Tourist
Moderator
"For the unprepared, under trained, or underestimating"
Excellent points. We should remind our brothers here of this.
Look, I like jokes as much as the next guy. In fact, I laughed out loud when I first heard the "knife to a gunfight" joke. The problem is that we seem to have taken the joke and made it a manual of arms.
I even heard the gag on CSI.
During the last week I bought an 18 dollar Japanese pocketknife from my distributor. In truth, I just wanted to see one. Oh, I had seen the Japanese build 'American' pocketknives like Kershaws and Sydercos, but those are for export.
This was a real-deal Japanese home-grown product.
Imagine my surprise when I opened the package and found that the knife had a sashimi blade. That is, a chisel grind on the decorative side and a hollow-grind on the obverse side.
I gave it a polish and now it is the sharpest knife I own. I have handed it to clients who are all in disbelief.
So let's suppose the advice that Threegun just gave us is ignored. If an aggressor confronted Mr. Threegun intending him harm and denigrating sound advice, I know what I would do.
I'd toss him the Japanese knife and say, "Hey, TG, finish him off."
Excellent points. We should remind our brothers here of this.
Look, I like jokes as much as the next guy. In fact, I laughed out loud when I first heard the "knife to a gunfight" joke. The problem is that we seem to have taken the joke and made it a manual of arms.
I even heard the gag on CSI.
During the last week I bought an 18 dollar Japanese pocketknife from my distributor. In truth, I just wanted to see one. Oh, I had seen the Japanese build 'American' pocketknives like Kershaws and Sydercos, but those are for export.
This was a real-deal Japanese home-grown product.
Imagine my surprise when I opened the package and found that the knife had a sashimi blade. That is, a chisel grind on the decorative side and a hollow-grind on the obverse side.
I gave it a polish and now it is the sharpest knife I own. I have handed it to clients who are all in disbelief.
So let's suppose the advice that Threegun just gave us is ignored. If an aggressor confronted Mr. Threegun intending him harm and denigrating sound advice, I know what I would do.
I'd toss him the Japanese knife and say, "Hey, TG, finish him off."