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AY1286
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Jun 5, 2017
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Axeguy
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Nov 19, 2017
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Jay_FIf you, God forbid, get in a tussle, that 550 may get you strangled. The chainit comes with, however, would just break.
Jay_F
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Nov 20, 2017
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AxeguyWell if you know what you are doing, the collar of someones shirt is easy enough to choke someone out with. SO while I agree, having something around your neck that will not break free is not the best idea... that small knife is not really going to be effective in the long run against someone. I carry a concealed fire arm, so knives are not really a concern, but I do carry a nice Benchmade as backup.
Axeguy
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Nov 20, 2017
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Jay_FI hear you Jay_F! The right tool for the job; always the way to go. No matter what school of thought, what you trained with is your best option under pressure anyway; right? Where I am, concealed Anything (but especially Firearms) sets you up for a very Long stay in The Crowbar Hilton. My rig dates me: lower/mid-back mounted double-edged, sterile ER Pugio in an obliquely-angled, inverted magnetic sheath. I am very, very happy not to deploy it...
Jay_F
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Nov 21, 2017
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AxeguyWell I am a firm believer in the right to carry, so I personally will only live in places that allow me to own and carry a firearm (with the proper certificates of course). I am well trained and have a fair amount of experience with the use and rapid "stressed" deployment of a firearm. I have taking many excellent training courses to prepare myself as best as possible. I spent 10 years in active service in the U.S. Army, so I do have a decent understanding of gun control under stress. SO my "training" is not just hypothetical... No what ifs for me, I know how my body and instincts react when dealing with high stress situations. SO many people don't know the what ifs... I have seen well trained people freeze the first time a bullet passes close by. That distinctive wizzz...pop of a round traveling just a few inches of you, will get the blood flowing and either turn you in to an "ready for action" type of person, or make you go blank and forget everything you trained for. However you will never know how you will react unless you have encountered those or experienced those situations.
Just my 2 cents on the topic... take it for however you like... :)
Axeguy
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Nov 21, 2017
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Jay_FWhen I began my service, it was just eight years after the Fall of Saigon. So the training methods were still of that era. Heavy focus of the whole ‘wipe Charlie off the face of the earth slash boots full of blood‘ kind of mentality. You can’t leave Service with its worst-case-scenario mentality and not suffer when they tell you you can’t carry—at least not without paying some kind of psychological penalty, or ‘hit’ to your sense of well-being. It’s terribly unfair so to a certain extent, I will break those rules for the sake of my peace-of-mind and, ultimately, safety. Thank you for your exchange of experience. Onwards!
Steelbutterfly
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Nov 22, 2017
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Jay_FWhy not strip the guts out of the paracord and thread the ball chain through? That's what I do. Best of both worlds...
AY1286
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Nov 22, 2017
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SteelbutterflyThat gives it enough strength to draw one handed but would still break under serious weight? If so, I'll have to do that.
Steelbutterfly
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Nov 22, 2017
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AY1286You still have the original strength of the chain, but any sound is muffled by the paracord sheath. To relieve any excessive strain on the ball chain, brace your thumb against the sheath. On the spine side of course! ;)
Jay_F
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Nov 23, 2017
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SteelbutterflyGood Idea, use to do this with the chain on my dogtags. keep from getting that rub line from the metal on the chain eating in to the skin.
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I have been hard on the knife and the steel has held up great, it is NOT a true scandi but in my opinion that's a good thing if you're using it for rough tasks.
The sheath is light and the knife won't fall out during use (I take it with me running and have never had an issue). It does rattle a little though. I replaced the chain with Paracord so I can draw it one handed
All in all a fantastic American made knife at a great price.