Fixed blade EDC

[RugerNurse]

I’m leaning towards the White River small game knife in magnacut. Slightly shorter blade but nice 4.6” handle.

[Naperville]

I imagine most people lean toward camp type use over self defense with small fixed blades, so that is probably why most of them are the way they are. I don't think many people like the idea of having small handles for a self defense blade, for example I typically carry my Izula in my left pocket and Endura in my right. If I had to grab one for defense it would deffinitely be my Endura, firstly because of the 5 in. handle, then also because of the longer blade and some of the reasons you mentioned.

This is one of the few small fixed blades I have seen with a definite fighting knife cant. It is as thick as my TOPS Fieldcraft despite it's small size, which probably makes it a pretty poor slicing knife, but it might still be able to pierce in a stab alright.

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I have one, excellent neck knife.

If somebody jumps you and get's you bent over, it is good for jabbing their thigh!

[Naperville]

The issue with knives from a self defense perspective that I see it that many knives are being designed as if they are going to be used for bushcrafting. They have way too much belly up near the tip and this will prevent 50% of the knives utility in a self defense application.

i.e. it will be good for a slash, but not a thrust. There will be little to no ability for the knife to penetrate anything.

I see it a lot. I see it in folders and I see it in fixed blades. That's fine if that is what floats your boat but it's not for me.

Naperville, would you recommend a stainless or carbon steel Mora knife a good emergency self defense knife or not?

Mora knives look like they have a good blade profile. Either one might be good for self defense.

[RugerNurse]

How likely is a Magnacut Mora Knife and if they made one would you buy it?

I don’t think the cost to performance would be worth magnacut. The sandvik steel they use is very rust resistant and tough. Great for $15 knife. I would be open to a full flat though on some Moras…

[RexGig0]

The issue with knives from a self defense perspective that I see it that many knives are being designed as if they are going to be used for bushcrafting. They have way too much belly up near the tip and this will prevent 50% of the knives utility in a self defense application.

You make a valid point, no pun intended. Personally, I am clumsy enough to prefer to use a utilitarian-type blade for everyday cutting tasks, but, have been exposed to enough blade-fighting material to appreciate a leading point, as opposed to a trailing point, for a purely defensive blade. I am on-again, off-again, in carrying a Shivworks Clinch Pick on a daily basis, but, I do not call a Clinch Pick an “EDC” knife, nor do I use it for daily tasks.

I bought my first Clinch Pick about 20 years ago, from the first run of mid-techs, and that “on-again, off-again” part has included being “on,” virtually-daily, for multiple years at a time. My first “off” period was simply due to having worn-out the sheath. Other off periods have included when I shook-up my daily carry load-out, or, simply realized that my training drills needed to be refreshed, before I hurt myself. (I had an “axe-i-dent,” about 30 years ago, that taught me to be wary of some things, and then a knife “bite,” in 2005, that did not require stitches, to serve as a reminder.)

[Naperville]

The issue with knives from a self defense perspective that I see it that many knives are being designed as if they are going to be used for bushcrafting. They have way too much belly up near the tip and this will prevent 50% of the knives utility in a self defense application.

You make a valid point, no pun intended. Personally, I am clumsy enough to prefer to use a utilitarian-type blade for everyday cutting tasks, but, have been exposed to enough blade-fighting material to appreciate a leading point, as opposed to a trailing point, for a purely defensive blade. I am on-again, off-again, in carrying a Shivworks Clinch Pick on a daily basis, but, I do not call a Clinch Pick an “EDC” knife, nor do I use it for daily tasks.

I bought my first Clinch Pick about 20 years ago, from the first run of mid-techs, and that “on-again, off-again” part has included being “on,” virtually-daily, for multiple years at a time. My first “off” period was simply due to having worn-out the sheath. Other off periods have included when I shook-up my daily carry load-out, or, simply realized that my training drills needed to be refreshed, before I hurt myself. (I had an “axe-i-dent,” about 30 years ago, that taught me to be wary of some things, and then a knife “bite,” in 2005, that did not require stitches, to serve as a reminder.)

Me. I've done stupid things with sharp knives.

In 2001 I was doing some martial-art-like moves with a knife and almost put it clean through the palm of my left hand. I missed all of the major blood vessels and tendons, how, I'd say luck or grace of God.

Around 2016 I was testing the frame lock on a ZT and it collapsed and stuck me really bad.

In both cases there was a lot of blood. It's amazing to me that the blood in our bodies stays where it is supposed to most of the time. Our bodies are very delicate. Surprised me at the rate and amount of blood in both instances.

[xceptnl]

I have a Northwoods Fall Creek in kudu bone that sees occasional carry, but this is my most carried fixed blade aside from the Mules that ride on my hiking bags

[opusxpn]

Today an esee izula

[Darklight111]

I, too, was looking for a small, fixed, portable knife for everyday use. It's hard to find something that's both discreet and ergonomic. So I decided to design a skeleton knife based on my favorite folding knife, Sacha Thiel's PPT. Sacha being a close friend, he agreed to transform my design into a knife and make it for me, and that's how the NEXT was born.