Stabby and rippy
I picked up a Shivworks Clinch Pick:
Your eyes do not deceive you. The sharpened part of the blade is on the “wrong” side. That’s because the knife is designed to be used for pulling, thereby ripping muscles and skin. It fits on the belt horizontal to the ground and is very concealable.
This is not a utility type knife. So, you don’t cut boxes with it or anything like that. I like the idea of having a knife specifically for self-defense. And I’ll keep the Spyderco Endura Wave for actually doing day to day stuff. Here’s why the wave is cool.
I’ll be carrying it to see how I like it.
March 1st, 2017 at 8:34 pm
I’m taking Craig’s ECQC class in June. May end up buying one of those also.
March 1st, 2017 at 9:12 pm
ECQC will change your life.
March 1st, 2017 at 9:17 pm
Yeah, was looking for a course that was in driving distance.
March 1st, 2017 at 10:38 pm
That’s basically a Wharncliff style blade. More and more knife makers are switching to them for self-defense blades, especially after they see how much more damage a slash from one does compared to a slash from a drop point. Kitchen knives are usually Wharncliff blades.
Obviously this blade would work well for a lot of tasks, but it’s a good idea to keep a razor sharp blade in reserve for when you *really* need it.
March 1st, 2017 at 11:16 pm
i’ve drooled over the Spyderco Civilian for a self-defense only blade. the only problem is, as gorgeous as that piece of steel is, it’s perfectly useless unless i happen to end up in a knife fight — which is the one place i Do Not Want To Be.
March 1st, 2017 at 11:38 pm
KCSteve,
No, it’s more an upside-down Wharncliff. Since there’s no way to guide the spine with your thumb, it’s pretty useless for day-to-day tasks. It’s meant to be used in an icepick-type grip, like a monkey with a screwdriver, to get somebody off of you so you can buy some space and time to solve the problem.
March 1st, 2017 at 11:40 pm
Oh, and if you didn’t buy a training drone, Unc, I HIGHLY recommend one.
March 2nd, 2017 at 5:11 am
I’ll have to look at that. I picked up an Eskabar some time back for the same purpose, haven’t yet found what I want in the way of a horizontal sheath (which needs to hold it “upside down”). I suspect a call to Dennis is in order.
RE: sharpening-if you know a woodworker who does a lot of chisel and gouge work, they may have a Tormek. A 4K grit wheel on a Tormek (optional, and rather spendy) and the leather honing wheel is the bee’s knees for edges that will shame a razor into tears, and Tormek has several clamp-on guides so the edge angle is the same every time.
March 2nd, 2017 at 8:54 am
$90 for what amounts to a 440A blade is more than I’ll pay for a single use knife. Hope you like it.
March 2nd, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Why not ‘Sharpy’ both sides?
March 2nd, 2017 at 2:39 pm
I worry about how the DA and the people who show up for jury duty feel. I don’t want the evidence table to be the first time they see a knife/firearm like the one I carried.
Whenever a knife is used for self-defense, the criminal is always a disadvantaged good boy who had just turned his life around and who didn’t do nothing, while the victim is always a heartless monster who was just looking for an excuse to stab his or her privilege into the intersectional diversity of the stabee.
March 2nd, 2017 at 3:04 pm
You Tennessee folk have it good. Alas for Texans who want to wear the full uniform of a British Navy midshipman from the Napoleonic era.
“Texas knife laws are some of the most restrictive in the United States. It is illegal to open or conceal carry any knife with a blade over 5 ½ inches long, throwing knives or stars, dirks, daggers, stilettos, and other stabbing knives, Bowie knives, swords, or spears.”
Without the dirk, one looks silly dressed as a British midshipman from 1805.
March 2nd, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Texans can’t carry Bowie knives? Oh, the irony.
March 2nd, 2017 at 4:11 pm
With blades, there are two areas of concern for those who carry them. One is, there may be local or state laws that make it illegal to carry a blade that is intended for defensive use. This can eliminate those designed specifically for this use, or be used against you if the blade is never used for general cutting chores.
Two, if not illegal, it can still be used against you if not used daily as a tool, by an anti-self-defense DA. Most people get all sqiggy when they think about cutting someone with a knife, so DA’s, judges, and juries can be a hard sell.
March 3rd, 2017 at 12:48 am
Goldsworthy knives was making some custom pikal(the backfacing edge style) for a while for very reasonable prices in 440C. I dunno if he is now. Spyderco is offering a similar knife called the Reverse. DocSnubnose from the Spyderco Forums, did heavy slashing tests and the two he found best were both wharncliffes. The orginal Ronin by Spyderco and the Meyerco Wharning. Sadly both knives are out of production.
March 3rd, 2017 at 1:59 am
Enjoy. It ain’t my money.
Mine got spent on a Benchmade that I have no doubts about being able to cut down to bone in any extremity that’s available. And I can hold it any damn way I choose.
March 5th, 2017 at 10:27 pm
The trainer and a Shivworks course or something of equal caliber are definitely worth it.