What is the optimal fighting blade shape to transition my old kitchen knife into?
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What is the optimal fighting blade shape to transition my old kitchen knife into?
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If you’ll be using it for actual fighting, I’d suggest adding additional metal to the blade so it doesn’t break. Kitchen knives are meant for slicing and fighting knives are meant for stabbing (at least ones that are shaped even remotely like kitchen knives). I’d suggest going for a typical commando-knife design. Straight blade, full tang, etc.
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Very likely a bad idea, unless this is a very heavily-built kitchen knife. Most kitchen cutlery is far too flexible and poorly made to make a true fighting knife out of.
Also, unless you are very careful with your grinding and cutting, the blade may get hot enough to loose temper.
Most kitchen knives don’t have full-length tangs, another weak point, and no guard, yet another. I’ve seen the results of attacks with kitchen knives, and often they are bent and broken.
A purpose-built “fighter” should be very sturdy, have a 6–7” blade at minimum, be capable of both thrust and cut, have a full tang and a grip that won’t get slippery when “wet”, and have a functional guard.
Here’s a classic, the Randall model one fighting knife:
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Your kitchen knives are not strong enough for combat no matter how you shape them. They are delicate things mostly. A real meat cleaver could be an effective weapon as they are pretty tough.
Sort of a mini axe. I see someone coming at me with that, I start shooting or give the person a wide berth.
I’m not saying you couldn’t hurt or kill someone with a chef’s knife, it would just be so far down on my list of offensive weapons to reach the “almost” useless level. You are making a shiv, a makeshift prison sort of weapon. They can be effective if your enemy is as poorly armed.
I have a few combat knives for historical value. They are all about 3/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Serious metal that can survive hard use. Mostly knives used in the military today are utility tools. People open MRE (food), open boxes of stuff, pry stuck things. Same sort of things everyone uses a knife for.
All standard issue rifles have a bayonet lug and most combat knives can be attached to the end of the weapon if need be. It’s one of those things where it’s better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
If you want a combat knife, visit your local army surplus store. Or Ebay. You can get a real knife for a just a few bucks.
Save your kitchen knives for celery and carrots.
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