a knife for the wife

[Water-Man]

For about $100.00... RAT DPx HEST

 

[hso]

So if she already likes your Endura why not let her pick a new one out herself? Commonly available in your price range, familiar ergonomics, good quality, what's not to like? Throw a speed dialer in for her to carry it in neck carry and she's set.

 

[RatDrall]

I will invite those with the training and experience to comment further.

OK

Not all people should carry a gun. This especially includes people who aren't comfortable with guns, and those who won't train to an exceptional level to where they would actually use the gun in a fight. To use a gun in a fight, most people need to see the fight coming from a ways off, they wouldn't know what to do if they had to draw the gun and fire at a moving target, or while they themselves were moving. Most firearm training is done NRA Bullseye style, with the shooter standing still, or in some IPSC stance, shooting at a stationary target, which does nothing to prepare the shooter to actually fight with a gun in the real world where attackers and defenders move or die. This includes most shooters, many here, of course

I spent a year getting my @$$ kicked in an exceptionally brutal family system of Kali. It turns out that a knife can be fine for self defense, as can a ball point pen, a shoe, a brick, a pipe, or any number of other items that we use and walk past day to day. Everyone, men and women (including those who carry guns) should know how to fight with or against sticks, knives, and bare hands. Anyone who doesn't know how to fight without a gun stands a good chance of being out done in a real fight, even if they have their gun.

I tell women (and men) that I care about to go train in Kali, Escrima, JKD, Win Chung, or any other realistic martial arts school in the area that understands that people in the real world have knives, and you'd better learn to fight with and against them. Sadly, most won't put forth the effort

If someone doesn't want to learn to fight with, and carry, a gun don't force it. Winning a debate won't instill the situational awareness, attitude, and skill needed to fight with a gun, or anything else.

OP, if your wife will learn to fight with the knife, awesome! Train her up! My wife carries the Boker Subclaw daily. It is small and flat and probably the best knife, for the task, that can be carried everywhere:

http://newgraham.com/store/product/4310/SUBCLAW-Satin-PE-BOK585/

My favorite small knife, by far, is the Spyderco Lava. I've started working in an office where a big knife would be a poblem. My Lava, with its 2" blade, isn't theatening to anyone, in apperance, but the handle allows for a very secure grip and the blade cuts like a bigger knife:



Both knives were designed by martial artist Chad Los Banos, who knows quite a bit about playing with knives.

Good luck training the wife

 

[hso]

Sadly, most won't put forth the effort

Agreed

If someone doesn't want to learn to fight with, and carry, a gun don't force it. Winning a debate won't instill the situational awareness, attitude, and skill needed to fight with a gun, or anything else..

Agreed

if your wife will learn to fight with the knife, awesome!

 

[Pow]

I've heard wasp spray is even better than pepper spray. Never tested the notion, however, and never asked an expert. If it IS better than pepper spray...hey, go for it. Now I gotta research that. I'm a big fan of multiple backup options.

 

[Pow]

I'm the only female member of my family who will even publicly express the opinion that the attacker is better off hurt/deceased than herself. I'm also the only one who owns/carries a simple pocketknife. And jahwarrior is absolutely right. It's all about mindset. Something else to consider if it hasn't been done already is to teach situational awareness until it's not even something that has to be consciously thought about. Just being aware of one's surroundings and knowing how to interpret them and act accordingly, even if one is dead-set against carrying defensive weapons, can be a lifesaver. Again, thinking defensively is all about mindset too, however, and even today, a LOT of women expect other people (men in particular) to defend them/rescue them. I know some of them. They're my female cousins and my aunts...anyway.

 

[hso]

Pow,

Welcome to NFW/THR. You don't even have to be a raging paranoid to learn situational awareness. Folks who like to "people watch" and guess what each person in a crowd is doing there and going where have situational awareness that isn't based on concern for safety. Just learning to people watch while remembering that the rare person is about something unsavory is a good skill to teach.

 

[bikerdoc]

Remembering an old joke.

A knife for the Wife.

Now thats a good trade!!

Sorry could not resist the inner child.