Fascination with the Blade!

[Travis C]

What is it about knives that interest you the most. We are in a bladed art and most of those blades are short enough to bring your adversary into very close range! You know you have a deep interest in the blade or you wouldn't be here. So spill it! What about the knife has attracted you?

[Elijah Gartin]

I love the sense of safety the knife brings.  I also love to flip it around in my hands when I'm idle.  If I ever go anywhere without at least one blade attached to each on of my pockets, I feel naked.  I'm also probably biased because I've practically have had a blade in my hand since I was a baby... so maybe that's behind my sense of nakedness when I'm not wielding.  The knife is simple to conceal, and simple to use in many different ways.  It is merely an attachment to my fists, and with that becomes more deadly than a thug slashing away without technique.

I suppose they are also good for opening boxes and envelopes...

Kol Tuv.

[Travis C]

So true! On top of that I think there is an inherent danger that goes along with a knife that is a great attractant as well. I have a folding karambit that is always a distraction for me when nothing else is going on. I too enjoy the action of flipping it open and just getting practice time with the intimate handling of the blade. To be truly great or just to be reliably good when it comes to deploying a blade in combat of any kind, you have to have that time spent with your knife to understand its workings and so it becomes a natural action to deploy. Develope that muscle memory!

[Travis C]

There has to be more than a couple knife nuts on here!

[Art Kidwell]

Yep, I'll bet there is. 

BTW, is there any danger that some of those trainers will be ready for the Summer Training GetTogether in Golden?

[Travis C]

That would be nice! I am actually developing protos of the plans we were looking at! I am turning those into trainers first to get a feel for them and work out any kinks before they go to a "live" model. I have been working on blanks for the mock folders though but not sure if I would have them ready by then. I have to go out of town for a few weeks coming up and will be away from my shop. Will try my best to get something up though. We really need to get a few more people into the blades area of this forum so we can get the juices flowing!!!