TheShadowKnows
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I'm a firm believer in practicing with your equipment, and this should most definitely include EDC items like knives. However it's not feasible to practice knife fighting with live steel, so trainer knives are a must. My question to the experts is, do you know of any good trainer resources out there? From what I've seen, Spyderco offers trainers for two of their folders but I'm not going to spend over a hundred dollars on an inert blade, so those are out. I'm specifically looking for a folding tanto style trainer, but I'm sure others out there would be interested in other knife styles as well. From Cold Steel I've only seen trainer swords, not their folding knives. A Voyager trainer would be awesome.
I suppose one could always severely blunt the edge of the real thing but that still seems a little iffy for contact training, and then you are again spending as much on the trainer as on the real thing. Rubber seems the way to go when available.
I suppose one could always severely blunt the edge of the real thing but that still seems a little iffy for contact training, and then you are again spending as much on the trainer as on the real thing. Rubber seems the way to go when available.