Introduction - Survival Series - Stay Alive
This is the series introduction on military style survival that I will be doing over the next month or two. This series will include information that I’ve learned during a variety of training exercises with the US military. The series will also include much information I gathered from private instruction as well as loads of [...]
SOG Arcitech - The Perfect Folder
The SOG Arcitech is one of the best looking collectible folding pocket knives that I’ve ever laid my eyes on. Unfortunately, I don’t own one yet, but will very soon. I played with this knife a little bit and am totally impressed with the smooth opening mechanism. This is the absolute smoothest folder that I [...]
The fighting Knife Guide to Reading a Person
Whether you’re a law enforcement officer, a soldier or whatever your trade, one tool you should add to your toolbox is the ability to read others. I can’t say that this tactic is perfect or fool-proof; however it works very well, if used often and practiced frequently.
Many people are uncomfortable with being observed or read. [...]
Benchmade River & Rescue Knife - Fighting Knife or Not?
The Benchmade River & Rescue fixed blade knife is not your average fighting knife. As a matter of fact, it’s more of an emergency workers tool. I think this is one of the most practical emergency knives available on the market today.
Benchmade has done an excellent job with the River & Rescue fixed blade knife. [...]
Paul Presto Folding Knife – Classic Collectible Knife
The origins of the Paul Presto Folding Collectible knife began about 30 years ago by a knife developer, Paul Poelmann. He developed these Axial locking knives. Gerber sold them in the 70’s and ended production in 1986.
This knife and story are very interesting and gives you a bit of history about the Lone Wolf Knife [...]
The Apache Warrior – The Fighting Knife Specialist
There is more than meets the eye to the Apache warrior than what you see John Wayne facing up against in the movies. Not to take away from The Duke, but the Apache warrior was more adept with his knife than he was just about anything. These warriors did not believe that their fighting knives [...]
How Do I Sharpen That Fighting Knife?
Finding a good sharpener for your fighting knife is not that hard to do. There are two steps involved that leads to your decision. The first step is to look your knife blade over and decide what level of sharpening it needs. Then, determine the best type of sharpener for you to get this job [...]
How Do I Pick Out a Survival Knife?
A survival knife is not a fighting knife. These are two different items and should not be confused. A fighting knife is more akin to a bayonet. The idea of the fighting knife is to eliminate a threat in whatever form it comes. A survival knife is your key tool too surviving in the outdoors.
There [...]
The Gorkha Warriors - Their Choice of Fighting Knife, The Kukri
One topic that interests me greatly, and something I want to start talking about within the Fighting Knife log, is warriors. I’m all about giving recognition to warriors in the form of a fighting knife salute, and now I want to get a bit more in depth about the warriors all over the world that [...]
Fighting Knife Salute to 9/11 Heroes and Counter-Terrorism Warriors
I would like to take a moment to give a huge thanks, a major dose of honor and a fighting knife salute to every single hero out there that serves this great country in its ongoing battle against spineless scumbag terrorists and those that support their “jihad” against the Untied States and its allies.
No matter [...]