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[Ren the devils trailboss]

Just a question. How do you 'combat test' a dagger?

 

[sdg]

In combat?

 

[Ren the devils trailboss]

In combat?

Thats doubtful...

 

[RYP]

We "combat test" a knife by giving it to people who kill people for a living and asking them how it performed. Also testing in combatives is important if only in a training scenario. But in reality most combat knives are used for fairly mundane chores..while in combat zones. Places were you are allowed to shoot hostile people. "In combat" is a term used to describe areas with high TICs but the chances of actually slipping a knife between someones' ribs or neck is slim to none.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

The question was, "How do you 'combat test' a dagger?" - and while a dagger is always a knife, a knife is not always a dagger...

If I was combat testing a dagger, or 'daggerin' if you will, I'd prolly start on goats...or pigs, pigs work too.

I'd hate to off daggerin', just to find out my dagger wouldn't do - that would suck!

 

[Maniacal Pete]

I'd hate to off daggerin', just to find out my dagger wouldn't do - that would suck!

Nothing like a dagger that's not up to snuff.

pete

 

[JarheadJournalist]

But in reality most combat knives are used for fairly mundane chores..while in combat zones.

No argument here. Every time I have been in a combat zone, my knives' primary purpose is to open MRE bags, trim my nails, cut the occasional nylon or eliminate boredom by whittling.