And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I get the point (no pun) of that sort of kris knife. Sort of like a lunger bayonet that leaves a huge wound channel like a WW1 trench knife. The old trench knives had a handle with brass knuckles incorporated into it...which I always admired. The problem with these knives comes with the pushing. A lunger was a long solid taper. The thinner knives go in far more cleanly and are less likely to be obstructed by bones.
I get the point (no pun) of that sort of kris knife. Sort of like a lunger bayonet that leaves a huge wound channel like a WW1 trench knife. The old trench knives had a handle with brass knuckles incorporated into it...which I always admired. The problem with these knives comes with the pushing. A lunger was a long solid taper. The thinner knives go in far more cleanly and are less likely to be obstructed by bones.
ReplyDeleteThey're nice and effective, but not cheap, LL.
DeleteA bar of soap in a sock will do the trick, BSB.
DeleteThe medieval version had a wider guard and a flat disk pommel for pounding the point through eye slots of helmets.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, what was old is new again.
And as LL said, the guard is way too small for thrusting.
a one inch by 50 inch hinge handle/breaker bar would not get stuck in the ribs like these would. also are they not illegally too long for Kalifornia?
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