I’m one of those guys who says I’d be slower to just open up on a knife wielder but that burks queers that deal. That wrapping could hide a lot of evil...
Burka.
If the knife wielder gets to you because you were slow ,you die.
Knife could do major damage with excruciating ,immobilizing pain.
My knife wielder surprised me at arm’s length with no time to draw so lucky my left hand was empty and managed a wrist grab .A right hand grab would have been too late.I haven’t forgotten that incident even though it was many years ago.
Don’t let the knife holder near ,stop them at a safe distance.