Defensive knife usage!
Note that while many people carry a daily knife for general tasks its entirely another thing to use that knife in a defensive situation. While with a firearm you hopefully have time to defend yourself before an attacker can get to you, a knife is only useful while being in very close quarters to ones attacker. If you don't know how to properly handle a knife in a defensive situation the odds are very good that it can be taken away from you resulting in an even worse situation. If your idea is to pull a knife if someone were to grab for your firearm believe me.. the situation just got much more complicated and dangerous.. for you. While knives, batons, slappers, etc are all great defensive weapons, they can all be fairly easy to take away as well.
Please consider taking a personal defense class that includes defensive handling of a knife. There are many rubber training knives that can be utilized for personal training but a class should certainly be looked into. This
training knife I've personally used (though I didn't buy it online) and its quite safe for most abilities and ages due to its flexibility while others can be quite a bit more dense.
I'd love to be able to point out a training facility in this area however since I'm fairly new to the area myself I don't know of any. Perhaps someone else does and can add to this thread but maybe add it under the
Training Classes section as well.
Just wanted to bring this very important point up. You get training and practice with your firearms however if you even think you might have to draw a knife you better have at least a crash course in its proper use. I know this is off topic however its something that should be said.
Stay safe!
