Hand held weapons?

[DrHenley]

I'll add another vote for a machete. A good one can not only cleave flesh, it can also chop wood, clear brush, dig holes, and even slice tomatoes...

 

[Gazrok]

I think a good machete is your best bet

Yep, certainly practical. (and light)

 

[12starsurvival]

Cold Steel Chaos

 

[Overlord]

Knives with a built-in brass knuckle gives a good grip and ensures that the knife can't be removed from your hand.

In my case, I would prefer to use knives that do not have this. This would allow me the flexibility to shift the knife to the other hand in case my knife hand gets injured and change the hand position of the knife from a Stab-and-Slash to an extended fighting position. In Pikiti Tirsha Kali, we were trained to handle knives to machetes to fighting sticks which may be required to shift hands at a moment's notice.

 

[Roninsensei]

If your gonna go tanto go with this instead, The Coldsteel Warcraft Tanto.. As a knife fighting instructor I don't recommend the brass knuckle style knives, too limiting in its range of motion.

 

[12starsurvival]

I agree with both of you, anyone with advanced training in hand to hand combat would be limited by the Chaos. For individuals that have never been in a physical altercation, or have not experienced being on the receiving side of violence, I would recommend something that they can hold on to a little easier, and offers multiple striking options from the death grip they will most likely have on their only lifeline. When fight or flight kicks in, and muscle memory takes over, technique and forms that may have been read from a book will go out the window.

So like I said, if you have advanced hand to hand training, I agree with both of you. If you are new to the blade slinging community, I still recommend the chaos.

 

[eireguy]

I'm suprised no one said a Sjambok http://www.coldsteel.com/Product/95SMB/SJAMBOK_42_BLACK.aspx

 

[Roninsensei]

I love the sjambok!! But wouldn't recommend it for a weapon.

 

[Kenprep1979]

Ok gonna throw this in the mix. A belt. A simple belt can be an effective weapon.
Even a set of car keys.
At home: forget mace. It's expensive and will affect you to in a closed room.
Instead, go to the dollar store and buy a can of wasp/hornet killer. Not only does it shoot about 20 feet. It's also flammable. Teehee!

oh yea! keys are great one placed just rite between 2 fingures makes a great face stabbing weapon.

 

[SAMmerk]

Not sure if anyone has brought this up yet but I can't think of anyone of us who couldn't not use kelvar knuckled gloves. Protects your hands, gives your swing something a little extra, and many other obvious reasons. I purchased my newest pair from http://www.uscav.com/milmall/category.aspx?catid=2066&TabID=1
They have been great putting up wire fencing and bush whacking. Hope y'all found this helpful or enlightening

 

[Tyler]

May I just note that it might be worth while looking into getting training to use you knives as a defensive weapon? I mean, yea, you could use a 15 inch blade but some one with experience will win if they are using a 3 invh pocket knife.

 

[Clyde]

kali stick, knife

The Kali Stick!!..... One of my favorite weapons!

 

[Jake-prepper_hopeful]

I would agree with the tomahawk and machete or large knife combo, but with a small mod, I would get a longer handle and a large knife or machete

 

[CharlesSibley]

Reading this thread has given me ideas on stuff I have never thought using. Running the drills on what you can use around you is awesome.

 

[jontte]

wan't..wan't..wan't that cold steel tanto....

 

[Roninsensei]

It's my hands down favorite but, it is expensive.

Although on amazon it's not too bad!

http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-13...qid=1411070254&sr=8-1&keywords=warcraft+tanto

 

[jontte]

oh,my god,definately not cheap...perhaps santa's gonna bring me one

 

[Loomis]

I just added this to my canes. It's an Blackthorn shillelagh I ordered from Ireland. Shillelaghs have been around for a long time and used in fighting. This is street legal whereas it has not been modified or altered in any way. It is not loaded [no lead]. It is all natural. The cane measures 36" (91.44 cm) long. It weighs 1.5 Lbs. (680.38 grams). The circumference at the top is 3.5" (8.99 cm) and tapers down to 2.5" (6.35 cm). The circumference of the root ball at the top is 6" (66.4 cm). It used in fighting it would be classed as a bludgeon. Old, plain, simple. The great part is I get to use it every day.

 

[Gazrok]

I think the weirdest thing I ever used was a regular garden hose (old school, rubber hose with brass nozzle). I was much younger, but I remember a bully threatening my brother with a pretty good sized club (made from a branch as thick as a baseball bat).

With him being armed, I decided to level the playing field, and grabbed up a hose. At first he laughed. Until he was bleeding all over (from the metal tip) and black and blue from the hose itself. (I first used the hose like a whip to disarm him of the club). Like other bullies I'd bested (just a few) in the past, we actually became friends later on.

 

[Robinjopo1]

I was cutting brush the other day and decided to sharpen some sticks and place them beside the house doors and put one in all of our vehicles. Free and deadly if you aim for the vital parts. I have long ones and short ones.