Gene Kimmi
KNIFE MAKER
What, in your opinion, defines a knife as tactical or non-tactical?
Dang, I was just thinking it meant made for military/law enforcement (etc.) use...
You'll likely get a million different answer to that one!
I think the mall ninja, armchair commando crowd is responsible for the confusion of terms.
In honesty, a knife is so far down on my list of items I would chose to fight with its laughable really (and I have studied knife fighting briefly). Everybody bleeds in a knife fight its just a matter of who runs out first.That's what it SHOULD mean, in reality. But that's not the case in recent knife history.
I think the mall ninja, armchair commando crowd is responsible for the confusion of terms. The hoards of people that think they might ever be in a knife fight is laughable.
In honesty, a knife is so far down on my list of items I would chose to fight with its laughable really (and I have studied knife fighting briefly). Everybody bleeds in a knife fight its just a matter of who runs out first.
Called the Tueler drill. Not sure I spelled his name right. Named after the officer who originally came up with the concept.The 21 foot distance was taught to me in the mid 80's while in the police academy. Part of street survival training. The demonstrator was highly trained and used a rubber knife with chalk dust on the edges. At the sound of the whistle you had to draw from a snapped holster and "pretend" to fire a dummy gun before the rubber knife guy made you look like a chalk board.