Spyderco Trainers: Can they damage you?

SpyderEdgeForever · #1

Obviously, if someone is not using it for its proper designated use, almost any object can damage someone. But my question: If one is properly using the Spyderco trainers for their intended use: Knife combat training and knife-use demonstration, is there risk of serious injury, or are the blunted/rounded points and edges a near guarantee that no vitals will be pierced, things like that?

Also, the steel on the Endura trainer is listed as AUS-6, which is obviously a knife/cutlery steel. Could someone, if they wanted, grind a workable edge onto this and use it as an unusual-looking EDC knife?

JNewell · #2

SpyderEdgeForever wrote:Obviously, if someone is not using it for its proper designated use, almost any object can damage someone. But my question: If one is properly using the Spyderco trainers for their intended use: Knife combat training and knife-use demonstration, is there risk of serious injury, or are the blunted/rounded points and edges a near guarantee that no vitals will be pierced, things like that?

Also, the steel on the Endura trainer is listed as AUS-6, which is obviously a knife/cutlery steel. Could someone, if they wanted, grind a workable edge onto this and use it as an unusual-looking EDC knife?

Yes, significant injuries are possible with steel trainers. For real or potential contact, use something softer. A lot of energy and adrenaline can be deployed in training.

Rwb1500 · #3

I could probably put your eye out with a cardboard box, much more so with a slab of steel attached to an ergonomic handle.

Blerv · #4

They are not great for speed/intense sparring. You can bruise easily and even tweak small bones like fingers. Something like a Temperance trainer would be awful, lol. Waved models can draw blood.

They really shine in demos and slower stuff. Closest thing to a real knife in deployment and feel. Far safer than dulling a live blade as some people do.

Donut · #5

I know a guy who was using a trainer, not a spyderco one, but it was completely dull and rounded... The two people were coming at each other, and the trainer hit the guy by the elbow just right and completely separated his bicep from the bone.

SolidState · #6

For extended use, use archery arm guards to protect your forearms. Trainers do not feel ok after the third or fourth whack.

chuck_roxas45 · #7

JNewell wrote:Yes, significant injuries are possible with steel trainers. For real or potential contact, use something softer. A lot of energy and adrenaline can be deployed in training.

Yup, this.

phillipsted · #8

Donut wrote:I know a guy who was using a trainer, not a spyderco one, but it was completely dull and rounded... The two people were coming at each other, and the trainer hit the guy by the elbow just right and completely separated his bicep from the bone.

OUCH! :eek:

TedP

nuubee · #9

A skilled user could probably do a great deal of damage "just" using an unopened trainer as a kubaton alone. Anything hard can inflict serious injury. I wouldn't want to get hit with an unscalloped bezel on a Surefire flashlight.

Gerard Breuker · #10

Yes to both but the trainers are a lot safer then their sharp counterparts.