Posted on 06/28/2019 9:46:23 AM PDT by w1n1
Used to be a Gerber fan, but seems the quality went downhill....
A bigger one then your opponent has.
I still like this one.
The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes_fighting_knife
The Ontario Knife Company has good folders for very cheap one would normally pay double for, found on amazon like most of them.
Cold Steel has many nice tools.
Don’t go anywhere normally without two blades, and walking/running carry a small fixed blade on thick wide belt.
Finnish puukko. Scalpel sharp from the factory. Disembowel from sternum to pubic arch in one stroke. First move a horizontal draw across forehead..blood blinds instantly.
Gurkha tested. Gurkha approved.
Ditto.
Bigger caliber works all the time ...
I think any good quality blade with a sharp point would do.
I read the book about Bull Simons rescue of American employees stranded in Iran. He chose a team and trained them. The knives he chose were Gerber versions of the Sykes Fairbairne. Not the long bladed ones.
Simons had a lot of real life stabbing experience and Fairbairne even more.
I had a friend who was an Army Ranger and highly decorated in Viet Nam. I once looked him up on the internet and he was the real thing.
I once asked him what kind of knife he used and he said a simple Kabar tho a lot of them did use the Gerber.
Whatever you can get your hands on RIGHT NOW
Yep— wear it concealed under long sleeve shirt with the forearm scabbard. Triangular blade— razor sharp- a stab wound does NOT close up— the “stuck pig” effect.
Fairbain and Sykes were police in Shanghai in the Imperial police. Knew ‘rough’ fighting situations in many a dark alley.
I switched to a Kershaw SV30 Blur from the Fallkniven PXL I was carrying as it’s much lighter and frankly I am not nearly as concerned about beating it up (too expensive and pretty to bang up). Current one gets used a LOT and is stropped almost daily, sharpened weekly and will probably need replaced in a year but it’s been worth every penny.
Knives have saved my life more than a time or two and those of various friends and family members as well, be it self defense or removing themselves from wrecked cars, construction accidents, etc.
Keep a few Gerber EVO in various formats as throwaways, loaners, checked baggage knives, etc. Quality definitely down but for 10-15$ they aren’t bad
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