Aloha ALL,
Made a SF Trainer awhile back by simply dulling the blade. One "problem" I had was discerning which was the trainer, and which wasn't when it came time to "play". To solve this, I painted the scale red. After surprisingly being able to come home from my normal shift in Hell the other day, I made a stop at the hardware store and grabbed another can of red spray paint and re-sprayed my SFT for pictures sake.
I have been getting a LOT of requests via email, and sometimes through posts, for an SF Trainer. I always thought this was a good idea, which is why I made my own. Training with the SFT (Hmmmm, does it kinda sound like "Safety" when ya say "SFT"?) is a lot of fun, and shows what a small blade can and cannot do. Cripes, getting hit by the beveled, but dulled blade doesn't even hurt! Much.
I was messing with my friend Billy the other day, who is an expert at escrima, and lemme tell you, I am glad I have this SFT because it is more "fun" to feel and go through the "aliveness"!!! He got me a few good times across the hands and forearm, afterwhich we always discuss what "could have been" with a live blade. Eek. At full speed, he kinda had a hard time catching me, LOL, but that's because he just started another chemo treatment, so he was feeling sluggish. (Please keep Billy in prayer). However, he did shock the heck outta me literally when he parried me somehow, and I caught the full force of the SFT "tip" under my armpit! Ideally, blade kept thick from spine to "edge" and a more rounded tip would be appreciated, and a great improvement over my SFT! LOL!
Awhile back, the SF was hailed by Kim Breed of BLADE on it's utility usage. Many folks like the SF for that purpose...it's a great beater knife! However, a recent article in Tactical Knives done by one of my all time favorite writers, Mr. Jerry VanCook, hailed the SF for it's SD usage. The SF was also featured in COMMANDO, a French Weapons publication...although I don't know what was said aside from that the author carries one as a back up knife. I know a buncha folks "who know" what a 2" blade can do. Some "Non-Knife People" get a bit apprehensive about closing the SF, so a SFT would teach them properly without scaring the heck outta them. That being said...
Do you guys think there'd be a market for a SFT?
God bless and mahalo much!
Made a SF Trainer awhile back by simply dulling the blade. One "problem" I had was discerning which was the trainer, and which wasn't when it came time to "play". To solve this, I painted the scale red. After surprisingly being able to come home from my normal shift in Hell the other day, I made a stop at the hardware store and grabbed another can of red spray paint and re-sprayed my SFT for pictures sake.
I have been getting a LOT of requests via email, and sometimes through posts, for an SF Trainer. I always thought this was a good idea, which is why I made my own. Training with the SFT (Hmmmm, does it kinda sound like "Safety" when ya say "SFT"?) is a lot of fun, and shows what a small blade can and cannot do. Cripes, getting hit by the beveled, but dulled blade doesn't even hurt! Much.
I was messing with my friend Billy the other day, who is an expert at escrima, and lemme tell you, I am glad I have this SFT because it is more "fun" to feel and go through the "aliveness"!!! He got me a few good times across the hands and forearm, afterwhich we always discuss what "could have been" with a live blade. Eek. At full speed, he kinda had a hard time catching me, LOL, but that's because he just started another chemo treatment, so he was feeling sluggish. (Please keep Billy in prayer). However, he did shock the heck outta me literally when he parried me somehow, and I caught the full force of the SFT "tip" under my armpit! Ideally, blade kept thick from spine to "edge" and a more rounded tip would be appreciated, and a great improvement over my SFT! LOL!Awhile back, the SF was hailed by Kim Breed of BLADE on it's utility usage. Many folks like the SF for that purpose...it's a great beater knife! However, a recent article in Tactical Knives done by one of my all time favorite writers, Mr. Jerry VanCook, hailed the SF for it's SD usage. The SF was also featured in COMMANDO, a French Weapons publication...although I don't know what was said aside from that the author carries one as a back up knife. I know a buncha folks "who know" what a 2" blade can do. Some "Non-Knife People" get a bit apprehensive about closing the SF, so a SFT would teach them properly without scaring the heck outta them. That being said...
Do you guys think there'd be a market for a SFT?
God bless and mahalo much!
