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I'll add another vote for a machete. A good one can not only cleave flesh, it can also chop wood, clear brush, dig holes, and even slice tomatoes...:)
 
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Cold Steel Chaos
 
Knives with a built-in brass knuckle gives a good grip and ensures that the knife can't be removed from your hand.

In my case, I would prefer to use knives that do not have this. This would allow me the flexibility to shift the knife to the other hand in case my knife hand gets injured and change the hand position of the knife from a Stab-and-Slash to an extended fighting position. In Pikiti Tirsha Kali, we were trained to handle knives to machetes to fighting sticks which may be required to shift hands at a moment's notice.
 
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If your gonna go tanto go with this instead, The Coldsteel Warcraft Tanto.. As a knife fighting instructor I don't recommend the brass knuckle style knives, too limiting in its range of motion.
 
I agree with both of you, anyone with advanced training in hand to hand combat would be limited by the Chaos. For individuals that have never been in a physical altercation, or have not experienced being on the receiving side of violence, I would recommend something that they can hold on to a little easier, and offers multiple striking options from the death grip they will most likely have on their only lifeline. When fight or flight kicks in, and muscle memory takes over, technique and forms that may have been read from a book will go out the window.

So like I said, if you have advanced hand to hand training, I agree with both of you. If you are new to the blade slinging community, I still recommend the chaos.
 
Wiredog8 said:
Ok gonna throw this in the mix. A belt. A simple belt can be an effective weapon.
Even a set of car keys.
At home: forget mace. It's expensive and will affect you to in a closed room.
Instead, go to the dollar store and buy a can of wasp/hornet killer. Not only does it shoot about 20 feet. It's also flammable. Teehee!
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oh yea! keys are great one placed just rite between 2 fingures makes a great face stabbing weapon.
 
Not sure if anyone has brought this up yet but I can't think of anyone of us who couldn't not use kelvar knuckled gloves. Protects your hands, gives your swing something a little extra, and many other obvious reasons. I purchased my newest pair from http://www.uscav.com/milmall/category.aspx?catid=2066&TabID=1
They have been great putting up wire fencing and bush whacking. Hope y'all found this helpful or enlightening
 
May I just note that it might be worth while looking into getting training to use you knives as a defensive weapon? I mean, yea, you could use a 15 inch blade but some one with experience will win if they are using a 3 invh pocket knife.
 
I would agree with the tomahawk and machete or large knife combo, but with a small mod, I would get a longer handle and a large knife or machete
 
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oh,my god,definately not cheap...perhaps santa's gonna bring me one ;)
 
I just added this to my canes. It's an Blackthorn shillelagh I ordered from Ireland. Shillelaghs have been around for a long time and used in fighting. This is street legal whereas it has not been modified or altered in any way. It is not loaded [no lead]. It is all natural. The cane measures 36" (91.44 cm) long. It weighs 1.5 Lbs. (680.38 grams). The circumference at the top is 3.5" (8.99 cm) and tapers down to 2.5" (6.35 cm). The circumference of the root ball at the top is 6" (66.4 cm). It used in fighting it would be classed as a bludgeon. Old, plain, simple. The great part is I get to use it every day.
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I think the weirdest thing I ever used was a regular garden hose (old school, rubber hose with brass nozzle). I was much younger, but I remember a bully threatening my brother with a pretty good sized club (made from a branch as thick as a baseball bat).

With him being armed, I decided to level the playing field, and grabbed up a hose. At first he laughed. Until he was bleeding all over (from the metal tip) and black and blue from the hose itself. (I first used the hose like a whip to disarm him of the club). Like other bullies I'd bested (just a few) in the past, we actually became friends later on.
 
I was cutting brush the other day and decided to sharpen some sticks and place them beside the house doors and put one in all of our vehicles. Free and deadly if you aim for the vital parts. I have long ones and short ones.
 
Gazrok said:
I think the weirdest thing I ever used was a regular garden hose (old school, rubber hose with brass nozzle). I was much younger, but I remember a bully threatening my brother with a pretty good sized club (made from a branch as thick as a baseball bat).

With him being armed, I decided to level the playing field, and grabbed up a hose. At first he laughed. Until he was bleeding all over (from the metal tip) and black and blue from the hose itself. (I first used the hose like a whip to disarm him of the club). Like other bullies I'd bested (just a few) in the past, we actually became friends later on.
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Thanks great idea going to fix a piece up today.
 
Among other "tools" I carry in my vehicles is a fish whacker. It's a club that looks like a small baseball bat with the end drilled out and filled with lead. A rubber hose filled with lead is effective too. Years ago I was on the receiving end of a lead hose. They do work!
 
In my car, I have a fish net fixer (pointy thing), metal pipe, sharp stick and a steak knife. Used to carry a hatchet, but gave it to my daughter.

Now I have my carry permit, so I also have my 9mm in my purse
 
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"" Modified"" Northern Ireland gloves, They were standard issue leather military gloves issue to British troops, full five finger gloves, elasticated cuffs, large foam padded leather patch on the back of the hand to rest against walls to help aim better, we replaced the foam with lead shot. When you got punched with a fist covered with a modded NI glove you stay down.

http://www.factsurplus.co.uk/product/118?currency=EURO
 
i have read a lot of the posts within this thread. The question i propose is, why are you gonna bring a knife to a gun fight. I for one do not want to engage in hand to hand if i don't have to. I'm 51 and not getting any younger. I will not be having talks with people i encounter, nor will i be joining a community of other people and sharing food with other who didn't prepare. I will keep what is mine and will defend it with a hot ball of lead quicker than someone can get out the word Hello.
 
Thinking that a gun is the end all be all for self defense issues shows a serious lack of understanding of real survival skills. The gun is one very limited tool in the tool box. Please understand this is my subject of expertise. I teach this for a living. I’d rather have a knife within 10 to 15 feet than a gun. It doesn’t require reloads and it goes where I put it. With minimal training I can be deadly and accurate with a blade. Not so with a gun. Also you’re assuming no one will ambush or lay in wait for you. Ps. Look it up here. Bringing a gun to a knife fight is the mistake most people make. Not the other way around. There are several videos on here where people thought their gun would stop the knife wielder, it ends with the gun user dying or going to the hospital with serious injuries. Also I can show you lots of videos of gun users with big caliber guns using them in self defense then being beaten and having the gun they drew used against them. Just expand your idea of survival to include knifes and machetes and you can’t go wrong.
 
62 years old the idea of hand to hand is not pleasant at my age but I keep a billy club and a tomahawk in my truck,and I have several knives that I carry from time to time,one of the most effective knives for slashing is a utility knife the ones that use a razor blade ,,,the blades are cheap and can be bought at any hardware store they will make 1 inch deep wounds with ease leaving your attacker to bleed out after you make your exit

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grayghost668 said:
62 years old the idea of hand to hand is not pleasant at my age but I keep a billy club and a tomahawk in my truck,and I have several knives that I carry from time to time,one of the most effective knives for slashing is a utility knife the ones that use a razor blade ,,,the blades are cheap and can be bought at any hardware store they will make 1 inch deep wounds with ease leaving your attacker to bleed out after you make your exit

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They certainly caused lots of hell on 9/11
 
I completely understand where you're coming from. i may of worded it wrong. I keep a Taser that has serrated edges that's heavy and about 16 inches long, plus a knife and a commemorative small size baseball bat all in my truck plus two guns. I would prefer not going toe to toe, but if i have to will knock their block off. I understand how people work from working for the past 6 years in prison. Even unprovoked, you never know what people will say or do. I'm always within arms reach from inmates, you learn to have eyes in the back of your head. I would never take chances without knowing my situation, but when the SHTF my wife and i are not going to be looking for others to group up with. We have other reason to survive that are a bit hard to explain to people who can't or won't understand. I know we will come out on the other side of things, it's just a matter of clawing our way through the muck
 
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