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• early Senior Member Posts: 4,950 Senior Member

  February 2018 #2

  Other than a potential mechanical failure during crisis, what's the perceived advantage of fixed over folded???:uhm:

  My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.

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• Jayhawker Moderator Posts: 16,916 Senior Member

  February 2018 #3

  One of the handiest small fixed blade knives I have is the TOPS Short Stop...
  https://www.topsknives.com/ranger-short-stop
  
  A good friend here on the board gifted me mine.....
  
  If where you live has a problem with double edged knives you can carefully grind one edge flat....

  Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"

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• bullsi1911 Moderator Posts: 11,146 Senior Member

  February 2018 #4

  I have been looking for a smallish fixed blade to carry off side, horizontal on the belt as a “GTFOM” knife. Problem I have is I want a decent handle on it to make sure I keep a good grip on it, and most of the knives that size have sliver handles that will either turn in the hand or slide under hard use.
  
  Closest I can find are the KaBar TDI https://www.kabar.com/knives/detail/76
  and benchmade Azeria http://www.benchmade.com/tactical-knives/azeria.html
  
  As to benefits of a fixed blade, in a close fight it does not need room to open, or any thing other than getting your hand on it, and starting the stabby, slashy time.

  To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
  -Mikhail Kalashnikov

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• knitepoet Senior Member Posts: 21,075 Senior Member

  February 2018 #5

  I'm not sure, but I think some states have a problem with a concealed, fixed blade knife.
  
  It may be related to blade length though :uhm:
  
  I've heard something about it it being verboten in some jurisdictions though

  Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates, Rule #37: There is no “overkill”. There is only “open fire” and “I need to reload”.
  
  
  

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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 23,972 Senior Member

  February 2018 #6

  I want this one.
  
  https://www.midwayusa.com/product/606464/crkt-clever-girl-fixed-blade-knife-46-trailing-point-sk5-steel-blade-g-10-handle-black

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 23,972 Senior Member

  February 2018 #7

  I have two of these, but they don’t match my style of usage.

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• early Senior Member Posts: 4,950 Senior Member

  February 2018 #8

  What happens if the person with the IWB fixed blade knife has a violent car accident???:uhm:

  My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.

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• Teach Senior Member Posts: 18,428 Senior Member

  February 2018 #9

  That's about as stupid an idea as carrying a pistol SOB. Falling on a hunk of steel right over my spine is not my idea of a smart move. Is carrying a fixed-blade knife a more or less ignorant concept?
  :uhm:
  Jerry

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• Old Ron Senior Member Posts: 4,265 Senior Member

  February 2018 #10

  In Iowa with a concealed permit I carry a boot knife all the time. It is lighter than a back up & good for close problems.

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• CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 12,622 Senior Member

  February 2018 #11

  Zee wrote: »

  I want this one.
  
  https://www.midwayusa.com/product/606464/crkt-clever-girl-fixed-blade-knife-46-trailing-point-sk5-steel-blade-g-10-handle-black

  
  That is interesting, I have not seen that before, thanks.

  I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11

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• waipapa13 Senior Member Posts: 838 Senior Member

  February 2018 #12

  Something like a Schrade sharpfinger seems good for your intended purpose, decent handle on it too. I carry a Case stockman, dependent on what I'm doing (**** knife laws and "sufficient purpose"), but a sharp finger would be a first choice for me were I able, or a KAbar TDI

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• Eli Senior Member Posts: 3,074 Senior Member

  February 2018 #13

  I find that the more I use fixed blades, the less and less that I care for folders of any sort. I actually don't even carry a "pocket" knife anymore. My general use knife is a lime green and safety orange Esee Izula, worn horizontally, at the 1 o'clock position (handle facing my right side, for a traditional saber grip). My GTFOM knife is a Joe Watson HITS Tanto with a carburized titanium blade, worn horizontally, at about the 11 o'clock position (handle towards my belt buckle, for an ice-pick grip with my left hand, or a saber grip with my right hand...situation dependent). I carry a Victorinox Fruit Knife (scalpel sharp) in another location for...fruit reasons.
  
  
  
  

  https://www.instagram.com/eli.farmer/

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• Squawk Box New Member Posts: 69 Member

  February 2018 #14

  shotgunshooter3 wrote: »

  I've noticed that on a lot of SD oriented forums people seem to be carrying small fixed blade knives IWB as an EDC. Some of them seem to get pretty pricey as well.
  
  What are y'all's thoughts on this as a "piece of kit?" I personally just carry a pocket knife, and I'm not sure I have enough real estate on my 31" waste for my AIWB G19 AND a blade. However, as an added option in NPEs where you get searched, but knives are allowed, it has my interest.
  
  Some of this, of course, is predicated on getting some training on the SD applications of a knife.

  
  I am a cheapskate, so my knives are cheap ones. I have something called a RIPOFF. It is a 2" fixed blade, which I can clip to a backpack or the inside of my pocket. And I have some yard sale knives, like the Frost brand, which have lanyard holes. I run a light duty cord through the lanyard hole. Then I can slip the cord through a belt loop, and slip the knife through the cord. It is easy to do, and it holds the knife very well, until I need it.
  
  Something like this is all I need, because I have lost a bunch of knives in my life, and if I lose a Frost it is no big deal.

  Frost Neon Green Lockback 3.00...216101_216115...www.knifecountryusa.com.store.product.216101.jpg 14.4K

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• flphotog New Member Posts: 2 New Member

  February 2018 #15

  knitepoet wrote: »

  I'm not sure, but I think some states have a problem with a concealed, fixed blade knife.
  
  It may be related to blade length though :uhm:
  
  I've heard something about it it being verboten in some jurisdictions though

  That's one nice thing about FL, the FL CCW covers knives and other weapons as well as handguns. The bad thing being that only handguns are preempted, with knives, in some jurisdictions you take your chances.

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• NCFUBAR Senior Member Posts: 4,324 Senior Member

  February 2018 #16

  Wambli Ska wrote: »

  In NC concealing anything but a standard pocket knife is illegal.

  
  And we have Concealed Handgun Permits which does not include any other type of “weapon” like a knife, taser, etc. Yep, we can carry something that can send a projectile at 800 ... 900 ...or more feet per second but not a taser ... our laws are soooo smart.

  “The further a society drifts from truth ... the more it will hate those who speak it."
  - George Orwell

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• Elk creek Senior Member Posts: 6,450 Senior Member

  February 2018 #17

  Every day at work this is never out of reach.....

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  Aim higher, or get a bigger gun.

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• 41magnut Senior Member Posts: 1,202 Senior Member

  February 2018 #18

  Changes to TEXAS knife laws has made this more appealing.
  
  I see more folks carrying a hunting type knife than open carrying a sidearm.
  
  Knives seems to draw less attention? :uhm:
  
  https://www.crkt.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/920x412/beff4985b56e3afdbeabfc89641a4582/h/t/httpimages.salsify.comimageuploads--bvhrubgf--c_padw_1840h_824fl_clip.png8afxnkuyjp9jfejgzxret.png
  
  This has my interest.
  
  I am considering a sword cane as well.
  
  I think I would look quite dapper.

  "The .30-06 is never a mistake." Townsend Whelen :iwo:

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• knitepoet Senior Member Posts: 21,075 Senior Member

  March 2018 #19

  Nothing new to add, just noticed no one has posted in here since they got the forum back up.
  So I got the first post in here :
  

  Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates, Rule #37: There is no “overkill”. There is only “open fire” and “I need to reload”.
  
  
  

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• shush Senior Member Posts: 6,259 Senior Member

  March 2018 edited March 2018 #20

  41magnut said:
  I am considering a sword cane as well.

  I think I would look quite dapper.

  
  
  
  Undeniably.
  

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• Gene L Senior Member Posts: 11,730 Senior Member

  March 2018 #21

  Shush, what does your avatar mean?
  

  Concealed carry is for protection, open carry is for attention.
  

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• shush Senior Member Posts: 6,259 Senior Member

  March 2018 edited March 2018 #22

  Gene L said:

  Shush, what does your avatar mean?
  

  
  
  
  

  The "New" forum cropped it somewhat.

  I may try and tidy it up sometime.
  

  The left arrow points to my name, it was on top of the avatar on the old forum.

  The other arrow points to the words I write, or the "tripe" that I spout (pontificate).

  Tripe in this case meaning nonsense/rubbish and not the first or second stomach of a cow but........................
  

  
  

  I think of it as a public health warning.

   

   

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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