This is for the knife guys/gals, Szaboinc has some very interesting and high quality weaponry, James Keating endorses the company which states a lot, some of the stuff can be darn expensive for those who are not used to seeing $300+ cold steel.
They have a hybrid folder/fixed blade/Sacal Tripas, that has a unquie design that I have never seen before, either way check out the site, though I warn you, its euro-look will make a few of you smile.
I like a lot of their stuff, but I WANT the Ultimate Jaws and the UUK.
Do you have any of their knifes? Have you tested out any of their stuff?
I think the Ultimate Jaws is fierce, reminds me of one of those broad surgical scaples you see in the old movies, the UUK is nice to, I wonder where they got the idea from as its their main piece, it looks like it has some Kukri influence, and your right, the Kerambit is pretty sweet.
Why are single edged blades almost always curved, and double edged ones straight? The direction of the curve doesn’t seem to matter; ie: saber and kukri both curve. I assume there’s some ergonomic reason that I’m missing because I don’t mess around with them much.
Chang Style Novice
Here is a gory bit of information for you.
Strait blades if used in a swinging manner will stick in the opponent if hard contact is made forcing you to pull it out the other way. A curved blade will of course slice strait though nicely and allow you to continue to cut or move on to your next opponent.
Its a frequent misconception also within the Chinese arts, strait swords like Tai Chi blades are strictly dueling weapons and should not be employed on the battlefield. It it this very reason that china used almost exclusively curved blades in its melle military history.
Least thats what ive been told and researched.
To put it bluntly (oh the humanity)…
Strait blades are for stabbin and curved blades are for cuttin
Those are some crazy freakin’ knifes! I like the UUK, the
Manhattaxe and the kitchen Knife Set!!! The thought of people on the streets with those knives is kinda scary:rolleyes:
Me. (Little Bear Bowie, stag handle, finger grips, top edge bevelled for chopping, thumb notches). I just got mine this year (after a 4 year wait for them to make the d@mn thing) and I must say that it has performed better than I ever thought it could.
I don’t have the jack to pull down a Laci Szabo original…
I have gotten to play with a RAD folder, and they are niiiiiice.
Spyderco is supposed to be making a folding version of the UUK soon. As well as a Fred Perrin Bowie and neck knife. Actually, the bowie might already be on the market.
Qi Dup, you are a sissy hoplophobe. Chances are, anyone who buys one of those knives is first off a martial artist or collector, and wouldn’t use it unless necessary.
A thug is going to stab you with a screwdriver, not spend perfectly good crack money on a La Saca Tripas.
Don’t start with your whiny “why does anyone neeeeed a knife like that? ewwwww!” nonsense either.
If we are talking all American, yeah you got me, Randall is the bomb, that most of cost you a chunk of change for the bowie, IMHO the bowie knife is one of best fighting knifes/ourdoor tools on the planet.
The b!tch wasnt’ the is cost. The b1tch was the 4 year wait.
I have a model #2 red micarta handle and a model #1 with a single gaurd and walnut handle comming in sometime around September or October. The #1 is a gift to a friend. The #2 is for me.
The bowie is friggin awesome. I butchered a deer with it this year. Not just field dressed, but actually did all of the butchering with just this knife. Not only did the back edge split the hip and sternum in half when I chopped it, but I didn’t have to hone up the blade even once during the process. I field dressed and removed the backstrap of 4 other deer this year as well. It also worked will with camp chores during my last trip to Big Bend. I have owned litterally hundreds of knives, and this bowie is the only one I think I’ll ever need.
All of my blades with the exception of the #2 are carbon steel, not stainless.
According to some research I have seen their have been some different designs in some Bowies, mainly between what has been called a “Fighting Bowie”, which from what I understand was used more not as a standard mountain man Bowie, which served both functions as self protection and a excellent all around field tool, the fighting bowie was more I believe from the duelling school of thought.
Take a look at the James Keating based bowies, like the one on the Szabo link I gave and tell me what you think.
BTW, I was told once that the men of that time could even use the bowie as a paddle, due to its broad frame, man what a nice knife.
What even more wild is I know of a person who carries one on him in a special rig.
wu_de36, Hahaha! I guess i’ll have to trade in my knives and get back all that good crack money:)
JWT, One hell of a knife you’ve got there, I’m impressed. Everyone will probably give me crap for this, but my favorite knife is still my trusty old Ka-Bar.
I have always been a fan of the bowie, but I prefer the speed of a sabre style bowie. Bowie is always one of those poorly defined/used words by some people. Some people think anything capable of a backcut is a bowie
Keating’s ABC methods are pretty slick. And while the Crossada is not my thing, it is a balls-out fighting knife.
Of course, this guy also trains his accuracy by aggravating a hornet’s nest and slicing the little buggers in half
Have you ever been to the Riddle of Steel? Man oh man, I would love to get in on some of that action, I would love to have some hands on training from Keating on the Western methods.
Another guy I would like to meet is Colonel Dwight Mclemore, curious to the differences between Keating and Mclemore’s Bowie style, here is his website, go check out the technique of the month.
Whats great about the bowie is that it adapted from the other Western sword fighting methods, It can fit in very well with saber and bayonet excercises, all good stuff for the longer blade.
Those bowies sure look sweet, but are they even legal to carry in this day and age? I thought the blades on knives had to be ridiculously small so as not to “hit the heart” or some such nonsense?
Please tell me this is just another urban legend, like black belts having to register thier hands as deadly weapons…
In many states, laws on knife lengths and sort vary. Most laws on the books banning dirks, daggers, bowies, arkansas toothpicks, etc, stem from the 1830s when Dueling was still an acceptable method of sorting out quarrels.
Modern day example… gang movies from the 50s were the impetus to ban switchblades and butterfly knives in a lot of states.
the whole “hitting the heart” thing is a myth. A fatal blow can be achieved with a small knife since the flesh will compress and push down when you stab.
