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Scandi Grind wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:57 pm

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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SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 8:08 pm

Naperville wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:38 pm

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?

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:12 am

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

Naperville wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:38 pm

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.

RexGig0 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:17 am

Naperville wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:38 pm

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.)