Skeptic Bob
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I thought this might be a fun topic.
As I have mentioned before, I have recently obtained my CCW license. I hit the range once a week and would consider myself better than average. I can certainly put rounds on target at self defense ranges, even from my snub nosed revolver.
But for several years now I have carried a karambit knife. I grew up doing martial arts and my last three years in the military was in Indonesia, where I took up karambit training. I am very proficient with a karambit knife. It feels like an extension of my hand at this point. I love using my handmade, fixed blade, double edged karambit. But in order to stay legal in the states, and for convenience, I carry a foldable one. A Fox 479 karambit, to be exact. Here is the demo for those of you who haven't heard of one.
This morning I was getting ready to head out so I put my knife in my pocket and gun in my IWB holster. My wife asked, "Why do you need the knife if you have the gun?" There are some obvious answers to that, of course. There are places I can't legally take my gun where I can still take my knife and I never know when I will have to stop off at one of those places. The knife can also be a backup. And then there is the simple fact that the knife has utilitarian purposes other than self defense. I'm not very likely going to use my revolver to open that FedEd package.
But it got me to thinking. Are there any self defense scenarios in which a person, proficient with both a gun and knife, might opt to draw their knife instead of their gun?
The first thing that comes to mind is a scenario in which I am surprised and the assailant is immediately right on me, grabbing me and he either has a knife OR a gun. I think in those closed quarters I could attack with my karambit quicker and more effectively.
Also, in a situation in which I don't have a line of sight on my attacker, such as being put in a headlock from behind. I can stab behind me. Shooting behind me isn't so easy and could endanger others.
Any self defense situations you can think of in which you would go for your knife before you go for your gun?
P.S. I have ZERO desire to get into a knife fight. If someone pulls a knife on me, and I can get to it, I am pulling my gun.
As I have mentioned before, I have recently obtained my CCW license. I hit the range once a week and would consider myself better than average. I can certainly put rounds on target at self defense ranges, even from my snub nosed revolver.
But for several years now I have carried a karambit knife. I grew up doing martial arts and my last three years in the military was in Indonesia, where I took up karambit training. I am very proficient with a karambit knife. It feels like an extension of my hand at this point. I love using my handmade, fixed blade, double edged karambit. But in order to stay legal in the states, and for convenience, I carry a foldable one. A Fox 479 karambit, to be exact. Here is the demo for those of you who haven't heard of one.
This morning I was getting ready to head out so I put my knife in my pocket and gun in my IWB holster. My wife asked, "Why do you need the knife if you have the gun?" There are some obvious answers to that, of course. There are places I can't legally take my gun where I can still take my knife and I never know when I will have to stop off at one of those places. The knife can also be a backup. And then there is the simple fact that the knife has utilitarian purposes other than self defense. I'm not very likely going to use my revolver to open that FedEd package.
But it got me to thinking. Are there any self defense scenarios in which a person, proficient with both a gun and knife, might opt to draw their knife instead of their gun?
The first thing that comes to mind is a scenario in which I am surprised and the assailant is immediately right on me, grabbing me and he either has a knife OR a gun. I think in those closed quarters I could attack with my karambit quicker and more effectively.
Also, in a situation in which I don't have a line of sight on my attacker, such as being put in a headlock from behind. I can stab behind me. Shooting behind me isn't so easy and could endanger others.
Any self defense situations you can think of in which you would go for your knife before you go for your gun?
P.S. I have ZERO desire to get into a knife fight. If someone pulls a knife on me, and I can get to it, I am pulling my gun.
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