NICE POST INKHEAD !
I am into the theory and pratice of many odd weapons and people who know this will ask me ..."how can I use this"? "whats it for? " etc...I always ask if they know the human body first and so few do so I always send people to my favorite weapons training manual ...a very good anatommical chart.
As far as the eyes..seen a eye pop out and hang...this was in a fight when a thumb eye gouge was used by a very strong person..eyes are SUPER TOUGH but look fragile.
I know a biker who was set up for a hit... due to a debt..he was beat with bats badly and then had his throat cut DEEP...but his main pipes were just a bit deeper and he lived and is fine.Most people would have died..their can be no for sure cut....unless you just remove the head and thats why super psycos and pros do.Thats a for sure cut but very hard to do and with a small blade well it may take a LOOONG TIME.
On the other hand..their are dudes who have the skill to hit the eye with a blade...I have few very gory pics in my files of a guy who was hit in the eye with a thin long blade and killed ..he was also hit in the inside of the mouth...I agree the killer was VERY skilled to be able to do this.
Their are ways to cut the forhead and let blood run into the eyes that can semi-blind a person..blood in the eyes sucks ! The back of the hands can be cut and will bleed alot....for what reason would I do this ? To allow an escape or to transition to a better weapon.I would never do this with a thought of stopping a attack that would be insane.It may buy me 1/2 second.
I have always thought of small blades as nothing more than last ditch escape type weapons.
That all said ...as far as my study of weapons the impact device i.e. sap.blacjack has a far better chance of stopping a human than a knife.
I know guys who have used blades and guys who have used saps as working tools...sap beats a blade hands down and they are a lot less messy .
I have been cut,stabbed and clubbed bad a few times in my life.Never been shot but have been shot at a few times.Its all very scary BS when it really goes down....small knife or not.
I was cut very bad with a box cutter ... that was also pressed in at points as it cutting (11 inch long cut) on my left arm.Fat spilling out,tearing skin ,blood all over ...crazy **** happens with long deep slash wounds.Arm that was hit froze up a bit and was not 100% will guess 80% useful...other arm was fine and did its job.After all this was over and I started to relax a wee bit and looked at my arm it did cause a type of shock to set in....dont look at your wounds until you are safe...it might freak you out.
Was also Stabbed 3 times with a ice pick type shank in the lower body that hit the small bowel .Almost died from peritonitis over this....Was able to function fine at the time...was like a VERY HARD punch to the gut nothing more...lots of problems way later from this.
Stab wound to left inner arm about a tiny 3 inch blade right in and ripped out.A joke really... lots of blood but no major damage and no loss of control over arm. This was a good example because the guy did this as a surprise attack and then blinked/kind a froze... when it did nothing gave me time lots of time to handle the problem.
I will get some pics of these 20 + year old wounds as they still look bad....knifes wounds do leave wicked scars.
I was a greenhorn and thought my academy training was the ****... it was NOT.After the box cutter deal I changed my whole street plan and never been cut/stabbed again.Well not yet and I hope NEVER AGAIN !
also want to add that I dont want people to think this is bragging in any way...scars dont mean "tough/cool " to me .
All the scars really mean is that I was a greenhorn fool and made some real bad mistakes on the street and was VERY lucky to live and learn from my mistakes.I WILL only post the pics to show what just a small sharp edge really can do.
What did I learn...well I learned to WATCH THOSE HANDS ....and I mean really watch them ...I thought I watched hands until I learned what to really watch for ....odd finger placements,tight fingers,thumb where is it,etc....
I learned to keep people back as much as possible...in fact because my new street plan... I left patrol type work ...it was just to close for me and not a lot of control....way to dangerous. Deep cover work is way safer IMO.
Remember to give the patrol type cop a hand as it really is hands on trench warfare at times.