What is the best type of knife (karambit, kukri, push dagger, etc.) for knife fighting?
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What is the best type of knife (karambit, kukri, push dagger, etc.) for knife fighting?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “best dagger knife“
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You should specifically ask people who are Martial artists skilled in knife fighting. Doug Marcaida for one. As far as I knowb they each have their uses. One thing to remember, knife cuts hurt.
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The one you are trained to use and fight effectively with.
Seriously questions like this remind of rock/paper/scissors games children play.
X isn’t better than Y if you trained to use Z instead. That’s the long and short of it when it comes to most forms of combat, armed, unarmed, firearm or martial armed.
I love using this example because there’s documentation from the 1800s of green soldiers and career soldiers and which was not only firing faster, more accurate but safer as well.
Hand two men muskets, one trained to use a musket, the other man is untrained. The Musketeer will fire 2–3x faster than the former civilian and have a 50–75% more accurate rating down the range beyond the median average.
This applies to knives, swords, spears or modern firearms, familiarity breeds reliability and superiority with the weapon.
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This is the type of knife I am most comfortable with and most of the knives I carry for self defense are pretty much the same.
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There are a lot of different types and styles of “knife fighting”, and just like other methods of combat, they were developed by different peoples for use in different circumstances.
You have military combatives which are meant to quickly and efficiently take out sentries or to kill enemy troops in the (very rare) instance of hand-to-hand combat.
There are the very different types of “self defense” knife use where the intent is generally to disable the attacker, rather than kill.
There are all manner of historical “dueling” methods using various types of daggers and other short bladed weapons.
So ideally, you’d have to be a bit more specific. For most modern defense usage, the best overall would be a dagger-type weapon, double-edged, and capable of both cutting a thrusting. A substantial grip, made of non-slip materials, and a substantial guard to protect the hand during hard thrusts.
Something like the classic Randall model 1:
Problem…. In most states, carrying such a weapon would be flatly illegal and even if legal, pretty damned annoying.
So, most contemporary defensive knife tactics recommend modern “tactical” folders that are strong, concealable, and quick-opening.
Just one example…. There are many dozens on the market.
Specialized designs like the Kerambit require special training and also look very nasty and intimidating and will not go over well if you end up in court.
Using knives for self-defense is VERY problematic due to the legal repercussions. The general public does not look on knives favorably, and in most states you’d be better off to simply carry a firearm.
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I’ll let you in on a little secret:
There’s actually no such thing as “knife-fighting”. In real life, two people very rarely face off, evenly, in a knife “fight”. Short of duels, where weapons are already chosen, and evenly matched, in advance, knife fights, as dramatized in the movies, are very rare. So, you may want to adjust your knife selection paradigm, accordingly.
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