Originally posted by Drew66
Good response to my response. And you are right about a knife as a defense option. But there are times when it is simply unfeasible to carry my 1911 or just too much hassle. And this way at least I am not empty handed. Maybe it's a mental thing.
I think I am going to get a small flashlight or one of those photon lights for my keys. Just to see how often I end up using it. Should be an interesting study.
A lot of times self-defense is down to having the right deterrent -
A gun is such overwhelmingly deadly force that most potential assailants will back off -
Whereas a knife, although is a threat, nevertheless may be regarded by some as a "challange" - and may even encourage an assult.
That is unless the knife is big and wicked looking enough -
that in itself brings a much higher potential problem - in being regarded as an offensive weapon - and one is much, much more likely to get into trouble with the law, than having use a knife to defend one's life......
With an average pocket knife - much is dependent on the demeanor and how the defender carries themselves -
which is no better (for me) than being "empty handed", but ready to defend oneslf with "deadly force".
Lights -
One of those Photon II or Inova Microlights should fit nicely on the keyring and is almost not there - there are choices of LED colors - the Photons have many more - white is generally useful - but can be "dazzling" in dark environment where your eyes may be dark adapted and you need to continue to see in the dim conditions - white being "bright" can also attract attention - which may or may not be desirable.
Red is the correct color to preserve true night (scoptopic, rods only vision) but since I live in an urban environment and hardly ever use true scotopic night vision - what I need is a light that does not glare/dazzle my eyes and yet I can still see well by - and that for me is Yellow (evidence the use of yellow/amber for fog lights to prevent dazzling when reflected back by white fog).
Only the Photons have yellow - the Photon II with constant on switch is well regarded.
Yellow also has the advantage (along with red and orange Photons) of being advertized as having 120 hours battery life.
I haven't measured this but can say that I've had a Photon II yellow for over 4 years waiting to replace the Photon Mk.1 yellow EDC on my keyring (for over 5 years) to wear out - and it just won't!
