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Agree with this from A-Z. Glad the good guy won, but I think it's mistaken to the point of foolhardiness to think that this one situation is indicative of how untrained people fare with knives. For every story like this, unfortunately there's many many more where the good guy doesn't do as...

Heh, to keep things confusing, I recommend exactly the opposite. I love the Hideaway for utility use. I can cut something, then open my hand and manipulate with my fingers while the knife still stays attached to my fingers, then I simply close my hand and cut again. Beats picking up and...

Agreed. On the street, there's always the chance that you run into some crack-addled scumbag, you'd handle him easily if he had no knife, but a knife is so formidable that if he's armed, he's terrifying. The worst case is a prison-trained fighter, schooled in getting in close, relentless...

Just to emphasize my earlier point, I think that point is accurate but it's important not to focus on it, because in real life, it's highly unlikely that both you and the bad guy will have your knives out at the same time. If you're spending most of your time doing knife-to-knife (a common...

Dave's remarks are pretty consistent with conversations I've had with COs. Note, though, that a prison-style ambush is definitely a worst case. Street style knife attacks sometimes look like that, but not always. In any case, it's a difficult situation to train for, from the point of view of...

Steeltiger, Not that I'm Captain Obvious or anything, but knives are different than guns in that the gun holder feels in total control even at a distance, since all he needs to do is move his finger. The difference is critical. Against a knife assault, I wouldn't depend on being able "to...

While I haven't seen Thompson's videos, a training partner has. He told me the strategy is significantly based on keeping distance from your adversary, and preferably having a bowie-sized knife. In fact, I think Lynn even calls it "long range knife fighting". Now, this makes perfect sense...

Plink, if you haven't stress-trained this, I'm not sure what I can say to convince you, other than that the guys I've trained with all now have an appreciation of the wave that they didn't have previously. Opening for utility use or in your living room is a different situation than a panic...

I'm in for a p'kal & trainer myself. What we currently do is take a regular endura or delica drone, and either dremel a wave into it (I haven't done that yet but some training partners have) or put a zip tie on it. The zip ties are less reliable than a real wave, but are a good enough...

I feel a little actual hands-on training brings things into perspective. What may seem gimmicky in the living room may not seem so in training, and vice versa. When we do drills where someone plays a bad guy assaulting a good guy, and the good guy has to make space and draw under stress...

Hey Alvin! I've been following your exploits along as Cliff talks about them. You should boldly enter the 20th century and start posting on the other forums instead of just rec.knives :)j BTW, apropros this thread, I'd encourage everyone to head to Alvin's homepage and check out the power...

Will do! One of these days I'll make it out to LV to watch a UFC live

There are a lot of very experienced people taking very different knives into the bush. Some of the difference can be explained by differences in terrain -- there are differences in what you need between a northern pine forest, a desert, a rainforest, etc. But even that doesn't explain...

Thanks JTW. And I don't doubt you when you say you haven't seen great performance from 440A. I think in most cases, something like ATS-34 or 154-CM will outperform 440A. But it's the exceptions that are interesting. For a saltwater dive knife, 440A's far better rust resistance might make for...

I don't agree with the premise of the question -- that we can grade steels on some kind of hierarchical system without mentioned intended use, and end up with something meaningful. For any of the steels mentioned, I can find a particular usage for which the supposedly-inferior steel will work...

If you go the folder route, get the waved endura 4, the best bang for the buck and has a wave to boot. But you're way better off with a fixed blade. Regarding your choices, the First Strikes have had lots of reports of absolutely terrible edge geometry, and you want something that cuts. For...

Okay, I hate when people vary from the initial request, but ... if you're looking for fast one-hand opening, I think a wave, as executed by Spyderco, beats the pants off assisted opening mechanisms. With that in mind, I'd recommend the Spyderco waved endura 4. Great blade steel, great edge...

Glad you found them useful!

Another very important reason for the use of one steel or the other -- probably more important than any performance disparity between the two steels -- is that a knife manufactured in (say) Japan has a big economic advantage in using Japanese-made 8A versus American-made 440C.

If you like the FAQ posted here as a sticky, you can check out a bunch more at http://www.edcknives.com/vcom/knife_knowledge.php From the list there, the FAQs that I wrote are: the Sharpening FAQ, Steel FAQ, Liner Lock Test FAQ, Serrated vs Plain Edge FAQ, Blade Geometry FAQ. Joe