What type of folding knife would be best to defend against an animal attack?

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Arya · Answer

None.  See this….        It's a Jaguar. Cute as feck right? Any idea what he'll deal out to a human? You won't see him coming. End of.        Last thing you'll ever see even with your little knife. Those fangs are two inches in length, to put in perspective look at a male thumb thats what you're up against, the jaguar can crack skull, you dont see him , you won't hear him, swim across a river in jaguar territory and it ain't piranhas you need to worry about.Jaguars can swim and enjoy water they can see in the dark, hunt from trees and their coup de gras? Crushing skulls. Jaguars learnt long ago that grabbing you by the skull is going to paralyze you, they are supreme ambush predators . Sure stab him, ain't in anyway going to divert his intention of killing you. And he's more powerful than a lion, this cat leaps all 18 stone of claws and teeth from on high and sinks his teeth into the back of your skull. He can take on a Caiman, you ain't shit.  Here's a lion..        Now no offence but no knife weilding maniac is that stupid. This guy….there's hell to pay…unlike the jaguar this fella has no problem eating you alive. And his family will join him. Ever seen a fully mature wild male lion? I have. Shit myself.        The star. The wolf. Big wolf fan, I feckin adore these guys. I've heard it said that humans are the best at stamina. Bollox! Meet the gorgeous Timber wolf, he will stalk prey for miles, he has adapted to freezing temperatures, he has a clan,        You and your knife don't get anywhere close.        This is my favourite canine. I have a rescue doberman named Cleo, I love dogs. I don't mind cats, I've seen some really stunning cats but I'm a dog person. 😁 So my dobie is the most loyal, loving hound. But as a stranger, threaten me, my dobie is going to seize your throat. Stab her with your knife, she won't let go. I guarantee it. Does that answer your question? 😁

Mia · Answer

Unless its a kitten, I dont want to “defend” myself against any animal with a folding knife
Not even many fixed blades are worth much in that role. Better than bare hands not as good as a pointy stick

Julia · Answer

The one you throw to your fat buddy as you quickly leave him behind.

Katherine · Answer

A2A  : almost none of them. The list of animals likely to seriously injure or kill you is very long indeed. However let’s just look at some animals that kill five-hundred or more people a year. There’s two examples I can think of where a knife might be useful, but far more where it would be less than useless, and remember this list is not comprehensive.  I’m also not covering animals which are  very  likely to kill you (like roundworms, mosquitos, Tsetse flies, or Assassin bugs) that a knife would provide no protection against whatsoever. However let’s not forget that they exist, and are far, far more likely to kill you than everything else on this list combined.   Hippopotamuses  : do I even need to explain why a knife isn’t going to help against an animal that can bite a Crocodile in half? You may, if you’re lucky. Very lucky, and you even see it coming (you probably won’t) and you’ve honed your skills to react fast enough to inflict a deep stab-wound before it starts mauling and trampling you to death, well, you could at least die horribly with a small glimmer of hope that the animal responsible may later perish from infection. You however will very likely die. Horribly. Hippos aren’t predators after all. Just exceptionally territorial and mean. They have the tools to do unspeakable damage to your comparatively frail body but not the finely-honed predatory instincts, or desire to dispatch you quickly with them. They don’t care how long you suffer. See you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and this isn’t personal,  capish?  So it could take some time before said Hippo ensures you make the transition from person to bleeding skin sack wishing you were dead to actual corpse. Enjoy.   Odds Your Knife Saves You:   0:1   Odds You Die Horribly  : as said Hippos are not dyed-in-the-wool killers. There’s a chance it will simply leave you wishing you were dead, and assuming you’re rescued promptly and given immediate medical attention a betting man might take a punt on your surviving if the bookie gave decent odds.   Odds It Dies Of Infection:   this bet is only for gambling addicts unless you are some sort of ultimate knife-wielding badass.   Elephants:   again, do I even need to go into detail? If you ever find yourself tangling with an elephant that wants you dead just pray it crushes your head first.   Odds Your Knife Saves You:   0:1   Odds You Die Horribly  : as with Hippos Elephants are not dyed-in-the-wool killers. It may feel you’ve learned your lesson after being non-fatally gored and trampled. So once again assuming you have prompt access to medical attention you could survive, and I might take the bet with decent odds.   Odds It Dies:   zero. Unless your knife is in fact a bayonet attached to a loaded AK-47.   Crocodiles  : crocodiles aren’t sharks. They’re not curious about you. They will not swim around wondering what you are and then maybe take a little exploratory nibble. To a crocodile you are simply a potentially convenient source of easy meat. A bit scrawny, sure, but they’re not fussy eaters, and even if they’re not hungry they’ll happily stash your dismembered carcass under a log or embankment for later. Waste not, want not, after all. Naturally a crocodile doesn’t want its meat to see it coming. Does a farmer give his livestock a fighting chance? No, it’s not looking for a fight, and seeing as it is one of the most perfectly evolved ambush predators on the planet  you  certainly won’t see it coming. After all animals with far more finely honed and attuned senses than you stand little chance of doing so. You stand none. You may be able to stab it if it clamps its jaws around your non-knife arm, or by the leg, or - if you’re one seriously tough son of a bitch - your head (assuming it’s not big enough to crush your skull outright) but it’s still going to drag you into deep water and twist whatever it’s got hold of off you as easily as you can twist a drumstick off a chicken-quarter. Admittedly this sort of traumatic amputation is known not to bleed too severely and may not incapacitate you that quickly (unless, of course, it just ripped your head off) but now you’re deep in brackish water minus a limb, and almost certainly in deep shock. Assuming you still have your knife about your only chance of survival is if it gets it jaws around something it  can’t  rip off. A larger croc, for example, might grab your torso. Now assuming you’re the worlds toughest SOB, and can stab it enough while being death-rolled, clamped in jaws with several tons of bite-force and lots and lots of pointy teeth, while unable to see, well, it might, eventually, spit you out before you drown, and there’s a chance it might not come back to finish the job. More likely however you will drown while it is dismembering you.   Odds Your Knife Makes Any Difference:   If it’s a small crocodile and you’re as tough as John Rambo I’d take a bet at 5:1, but for the rest of us you’d need to give me 100:1 odds at least to even tempt me. A croc can have a limb ripped off and care less than you would having your nose hairs tweezed. Assuming your knife doesn’t break it probably won’t even realise it’s being stabbed.   Odds You Die Horribly  : people do survive crocodile attacks. Usually minus a limb and with soul-crushing PTSD, but it does happen. However much depends on the croc in question, and I’d want to know it’s size before laying any sort of bet. The kind that can make a one-ton buffalo disappear in a couple of seconds isn’t going to have a problem making you disappear. Killing crocs like this takes high-powered rifle rounds so forget the knife. If you survive it’s because it lost interest. Predators sometimes do.   Odds it dies later:   most folding knives would break before doing much damage, but if you somehow managed to catch it in the eye, or the throat it might die, eventually, but remember you’re probably going to have to manage this while being death-rolled in what is essentially a two-ton press with teeth, minus a limb, in the dark. I’ll wish you good luck, but I’m not taking this bet.   Snakes  : snakes kill many times more people a year than Hippos, Elephants and Crocs combined. Which is really not a mark against their character. Actually most of them are pretty chill. I mean a snake isn’t going to come after you. Well, most of them won’t. Some  are  actually just huge jerks and totally will come after you, but they’re extremely rare exceptions. Actually snakes are OK as long as you keep your distance. Still you’re probably not going to see the snake in the first place as they’re pretty sneaky little buggers and will often be actively concealed, waiting for prey. If you get close enough to annoy one hope it’s a rattle-snake and is going to give a nice, loud warning for you to back off. And then back off. Because I don’t care how good you are with a knife. You’re not parrying a bite from a striking snake, and you’re not going to kill it before it bites you. Of course you can probably kill it after it bites you, but by then you’ve already been envenomed, and this probably isn’t advisable as you’re likely to get bitten repeatedly while doing so. Snakes don’t always inject much venom into things that annoy them, but they certainly won’t hold back if you’re picking a fight and trying to knife it. Being chill has its limits.   Odds Your Knife Makes Any Difference:   0:1 unless you’re stupid enough to try to kill the snake in which case it’s going to get you bitten repeatedly.   Odds You Die Horribly  : depends entirely on the snake, how much venom it uses, how often it bites you (some can strike repeatedly before you will even have a chance to react) and the time it takes for you to receive some sort of medical intervention.   Odds it dies:   you can certainly kill it if you really want to get your revenge, but see above.   Dogs:   domestic dogs are responsible for a lot of serious injuries, and even deaths each year, and this is one case where a knife could be a useful way to defend yourself. Unless of course you’re dealing with a pack. Or a trained attack-dog out for blood.   Odds Your Knife Makes Any Difference:   while it could help there are far better, and less dangerous ways to deal with aggressive dogs than trying to knife one to death.   Odds You Die Horribly  : fairly low. Even without the knife. Dogs maul far more often than they kill.   Odds it dies:   depending on the breed you have a decent chance of being able to dispatch it. However you’re going to get bitten at least once for your troubles and it won’t be holding back. Better to try to diffuse the attack or carefully withdraw to a place of safety.   Humans:   it doesn’t do to forget our fellow great-apes, and humans are the most dangerous of the lot. Accounting for almost half-a-million deaths a year. The problem here is humans are cowardly by definition. Spontaneous attacks are rare if the attacker does not feel they have some overwhelming advantage, and pre-meditated assaults are usually planned carefully to ensure the victim will be unable to defend themselves. While a knife is more than capable of killing a human it may take some time to disable a sufficiently motivated attacker. Most importantly few humans have the psychological tools to engage in the sort of violence necessary to kill or disable another human with a knife, but pulling a knife during a fight is an excellent way to raise the stakes. Both with respect to the immediate conflict, in the event you lose, and with respect to any legal issues that follow if you win.   Odds Your Knife Makes Any Difference:   it could save your life, or it could escalate what might otherwise have been a non-lethal conflict to one in which you’ll die should you lose it, and assuming you disable or kill your attacker you may face serious legal charges afterwards.   Odds You Die Horribly  : very few human attacks are fatal. The odds a knife could save your life in those that are need to be balanced against the odds of producing a knife escalating a non-lethal encounter into something more perilous.   Odds It Dies:   while a knife is eminently capable of killing a human few have the skills and psychological tools to make an effective, let alone lethal weapon of one.

Beatrix · Answer

A folding knife mounted on a pole.
It’s also called a spear.
Sure, a GOOd folding knife COULD be usefull, but you don’t want to be that close to any dangerous animal.
So, one the first think that our ancestors figures is that the best simple way to deal with them was to have a piercing thingy at the end of a pole.
And you shoud do it, too, if this is all what you have to face a dangerous beast.

Emma · Answer

Against any animal that is capable of causing swift major damage to a human you are going to need a fixed-blade knife with at least a 7″ blade. And then I wouldn't give you odds of winning above 3%.

Ruby · Answer

What kinda Animal we talkin? Cape Buffalo, Kodiak Bear, Saltwater Crock, Bambie?

Audrey · Answer

If that was all you had, it would need to be a locking blade of the longest, stoutest, and sharpest you could comfortably carry.

Eden97 · Answer

The same one that would be ideal for a Man attacking you so my opinion would be an Emerson CQC 7 or an Al-Mar S.E.R.Eor a Sog Vision XR,or Sog Pentagon XR they’re many other worthy folding Tactical Fighters but these would be my top and I personally carry each one of them on a daily basis.

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Elliana · Answer

Longer is better. Pointier and thinner is better. Sharper is better. Fast opening is better. Something you can carry in a way that lets you get it into your hand faster, is better.

Reagan · Answer

Echoing Penjaya’s opinion, the kind of knife that makes a nice sharp spear.
By the time you deployed and reached the point of stabbing any dangerous large animal with a knife, you have long ago been inside its lethal attack range.

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